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The Suttapitaka
Majjhimanikāya
Mūlapannāsaka
18. xxxxxxxxxx Vagga
18. Vattupama Sutta
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Introduction:
by Bhikkhu Bodhi
Dvedhāvitakka Sutta
Two Kinds of Thought. With reference to his own struggle for enlightenment, the Buddha explains the way to overcome unwholesome thoughts and replace them by wholesome thoughts.
Notes - Dvedhāvitakka Sutta
Two Kinds of Thought
SUTTA 19
235 The Bodhisatta's twofold division of thought occurred during his six-year struggle for enlightenment.
236 Thoughts of non-ill will and thoughts of non-cruelty may also be explained positively as thoughts of loving- kindness (mettā) and thoughts of compassion (karunā).
237 MA: Excessive thinking and pondering leads to agitation. To tame and soften the mind, the Bodhisatta would enter a meditative attainment, then he would emerge from it and develop insight.
