The third book of the Majjhima Nikāya, the Uparipaṇṇāsa, delves into specific themes and advanced topics, with chapters exploring critiques of other philosophical views, meditation practices, the concept of emptiness, analytical methods, and the six sense bases. This book offers profound insights for those seeking a deeper understanding of the Buddha’s teachings.
Uparipaṇṇāsa - The Final Fifty - Two
The Buddha shares the gradual training guidelines in the Dhamma and discipline with the Brahmin Moggallāna. It is through a gradual practice and gradual progression per these guidelines that one attains the ultimate goal of Nibbāna.
Venerable Ānanda recollects the wonderful and marvelous qualities of the Tathāgata, the Buddha, relating to his conception and birth. The Buddha then caps it off by sharing what he considers the most wonderful and marvelous quality of all.
The Buddha shares a powerful verse on what leads one to have had a single auspicious night.
The Buddha teaches Venerable Pukkusāti the Dhamma of this person which constitutes of the six elements, six bases of contact, the eighteen explorations of mind, and is established in four ways.