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Reflection of the Day
“I do not see any other form that so completely obsesses a man’s mind as the form of a woman.”
— AN 1.1·
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The Buddha lists the seven fetters that bind beings.
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The Buddha shares seven factors that make a family unsuitable to approach or sit with, such as failing to greet pleasantly, concealing wealth, or giving disrespectfully.
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The Buddha identifies seven types of persons worthy of offerings who act as the world's unsurpassed field of merit, including those liberated by wisdom and Dhamma-followers.
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Seven types of noble persons are worthy of offerings. By constantly observing impermanence in all conditions, they attain liberation, ranging from Arahants who exhaust the taints in this life to different types of Non-Returners.
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