Sakkapañha Sutta

Question. How does a monk dispel papañca saññà?

Answer: Sakkhapañha Sutta is mentioned in Dìgha nikàya. This story took place when the Buddha was residing at Indàsala cave on Vediyaka Mountain in Ambasaäða village, in Màgadha country, east of Ràjagaha.

          At one night, Sakka, the king of Deities came to the Buddha to ask some questions. This is the sixth question by the Sakkha. The Buddha answered him for the question according to Vedàna kammaååhàna as follows:

          There are three feelings: pleasant, unpleasant and indifferent feeling. When we observe that in the pursuit of pleasant feeling, for example, if wholesome factors are increased, unwholesome factors are decreased, then it I to be pursued. But if unwholesome factors increased and wholesome factors decreased, then it should be avoided. 

          The same applies to unpleasant felling and indifferent feeling.

          Such pleasant feeling as is accompanied by thinking (Vitakka) and pondering (Vicar), and of that which is not so accompanied, the later is the more excellent.

          The same applies to unpleasant felling and indifferent feeling.

          After listening to this answer from the Buddha, Sakka was very pleased.

Question: What practice has that monk undertaken who has controlled of his sense-faculties? (Pàåimokkhasaçvara Sìla).

Answer: Sakkhapañha Sutta is mentioned in Dìgha nikàya. This story took place when the Buddha was residing at Indàsala cave on Vediyaka Mountain in Ambasaäða village, in Màgadha country, east of Ràjagaha.

          At one night, Sakka, the king of Deities came to the Buddha to ask some questions. This is the Seventh question by the Sakkha. The Buddha answered him for the question according to Vedàna kammaååhàna as follows:

          There are two kinds of body conduct: the kid to be pursued and the kind to be avoided.

          When I observe that by performance of certain actions, unwholesome factors increased, and wholesome factors decreased, then that form of bodily action was to be avoided. 

          When I observe that by performance of certain actions, unwholesome factors increased, and wholesome factors decreased, then that form of bodily action was to be pursued. 

          The same applies to conduct of Speech and Pursuit of Goal.

          After listening to this answer from the Buddha, Sakka was very pleased.

Question: What practice has that monk undertaken -

               who has controlled of his sense-faculties? (Indrìyasaçvara Sìla

Answer: Sakkhapañha Sutta is mentioned in Dìgha nikàya. This story took place when the Buddha was residing at Indàsala cave on Vediyaka Mountain in Ambasaäða village, in Màgadha country, east of Ràjagaha.

          At one night, Sakka, the king of Deities came to the Buddha to ask some questions. This is the Eighth question by the Sakkha. The Buddha answered him for the question according to Vedàna kammaååhàna as follows:

          Things perceive by the eye are of two kinds: the kind to be pursued, the kind to be avoided.  

          The same applies to things perceived by the ear, the nose, the tongue, the body and the mind.

Whatever object perceived by the eye, if its pursuit leads to the increase of unwholesome factor and the decrease of wholesome factors, that is not to be sought after, if its pursuit leads to the decrease of unwholesome factors and the increase of wholesome factors, that object is to be sought after;

          The same applies to things perceived by the ear, the nose, the tongue, the body and the mind

          After listening to this answer from the Buddha, Sakka was very pleased.