AN 6.11 - 6.20 Warm Hearted
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AN 6.11 Six warm-hearted qualities practiced among the mendicants. AN 6.12 Six warm-hearted qualities practiced among the mendicants. AN 6.13 The Buddha’s teachings are effective, so we can’t claim to have practiced them fully if we’re still afflicted by the various forms of suffering. AN 6.14 A mendicant who lives well and doesn’t waste time will have a good death. AN 6.15 A mendicant who lives well and doesn’t waste time dies without regret. AN 6.16 A sick householder is consoled by his wife, who says there is no need for him to be worried about dying, as she is well able to support the family and practice the Dhamma. He recovers, and visits the Buddha to sing the praises of his kind and wise wife. AN 6.17 Neither a king nor a mendicant gets anything accomplished if they just sleep all the time. AN 6.18 Those whose livelihood is the killing of animals do not prosper. AN 6.19 Many of those who practice mindfulness of death don’t do so urgently enough. Death might come to us at any moment. AN 6.20 A method for recollecting one’s own death that leads to urgency, diligence, and joy.
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