Dear Bhante & Pali friends,

Bhante Pesala has been generous is directing us to a free download of the Uttama
Purisa Dipani, for which you have to buy elsewhere. I think the URL below is the only
one from which you can download it.

It's a PDF file so it is easy to read. However, my download of the Anapanasati Dipani
(Ledi Sayadaw) needs MyTimes which for some reason are not embedded with the PDF. So
I get cute little dots instead of Pali. It's like an exam paper where you have to
fill in the Pali.

Sukhi

Piya

Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:

> I found this passage in Venerable Ledi Sayaadaw's Uttamapurisa Diipanii,
> which might be of some help.
>
> There are four classes of confidence: 1) Pasaada Saddhaa, 2) Okappana
> Saddhaa, 3) AAgama Saddhaa, and 4) Adhigama Saddhaa.
>
> 1. Pasaada Saddhaa is confidence in the Three Gems because the Buddha, the
> Dhamma, and the Sa"gha are recognized as being worthy of reverence. It is
> based upon a superficial high regard for the Three Gems and not on a deep
> conviction, so it is not stable.
>
> 2. Okappana Saddhaa is confidence inspired by the noble attributes of the
> Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sa"gha. It comes out of conviction and it
> endures for a lifetime, but after one's death it vanishes from one's
> consciousness.
>
> 3. AAgama Saddhaa is the type of confidence acquired by bodhisattas. After
> receiving recognition and assurance of future Buddhahood, a bodhisatta has
> unwavering confidence in the Three Gems, which implies an abiding
> confidence in the merit of good deeds.
>
> 4. Adhigama Saddhaa is the confidence nurtured by the Noble One who,
> having won the fruits of path knowledge, has realized nibbaana. Of these
> four classes, even the first is a rare gift. Many who are born in
> Buddhist countries do not have even this kind of confidence. One who has
> the second kind of confidence can revere a bhikkhu whose conduct is far
> from being correct, knowing the nine attributes of the Ariya Sa"gha to
> which a bhikkhu belongs. One endowed with AAgama Saddhaa cannot refrain
> from doing some sort of perfect merit even for a day.
>
> The Noble Ones, who have won attainments in the path knowledges, are
> endowed with a confidence that is a great attainment (adhigama). They have
> an abiding confidence in the Three Gems, the upkeep of the five precepts,
> the performance of the ten kinds of meritorious deeds, and the practice of
> the thirty-seven factors of enlightenment.
>
> From:
>
> http://www.aimwell.org/assets/A%20Manual%20of%20the%20Excellent%20Man.pdf
>
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