Daily Reading ~ January 11

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association)
Venerable Shravasti Dhammika

The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom

The doctrines of which you can say: “These doctrines do not lead to letting go, giving up, stilling, calming, higher knowledge, awakening or to Nĩrvana”—you can be certain that they are not Dhamma, not discipline, not the word of the Teacher.

But the doctrines of which you can say: “These doctrines lead to letting go, giving up, stilling, calming, higher knowlege, awakening and to Nĩrvana”—you can be certain that they are Dhamma, they are discipline, they are the word of the Teacher.