MN 45 Cūḷa Dhamma Samādāna Sutta:
The Shorter Discourse on Taking Up Practices

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There is a way of undertaking dhammas that is pleasant now and ripens in the future as pain. There is a way of undertaking dhammas that is painful now and ripens in the future as pain. There is a way of undertaking dhammas that is painful now and ripens in the future as pleasure. There is a way of undertaking dhammas that is pleasant now and ripens in the future as pleasure.

The Buddha explains how taking up different practices can have different results. The memorable simile of the creeper shows how insidious temptations can be.

About: Buddhist Meditation Imagery in the EBTs Right Thought Majjhima Nikāya

Translated by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli Thera. Published in 1977.

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