Essay name: Ahara as depicted in the Pancanikaya
Author:
Le Chanh
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages
This critical study of Ahara (鈥渇ood鈥�) explores its significance in Buddhism, encompassing both physical and mental nourishment. The Panca Nikaya, part of the Sutta Pitaka, highlights how all human problems, including suffering and happiness, are connected to Ahara. Understanding this concept is crucial for comprehending and alleviating suffering, aiming for a balanced, enlightened life.
Appendix 1 - Buddha's teachings on Ahara (Pali texts and English translations)
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There are, monks, things good and things bad, things blameworthy and things
not blameworthy, things mean and things exalted, things that are constituent parts of
darkness and light. Systematic attention thereto, if made much of, is no food for the
more-becoming and growth thereof, if already arisen.
IV. No food for the limbs of wisdom
And what, monks, is no food for the arising of the limb of wisdom that is
mindfulness, if not yet arisen, or for the cultivation and fulfillment of mindfulness
that is already arisen?
There are, monks, things based on the limb of wisdom that is mindfulness.
Unsystematic attention thereof, if made much of, is no food for the arising of the limb
of wisdom that is mindfulness not yet arisen, or for the cultivation and fulfillment
thereof, if already arisen.
And what, monks, is no food for the arising of the limb of wisdom that is
Norm-investigation, if not yet arisen, or for the cultivation and fulfillment
thereof, if already arisen?
There are, monks, things good and things bad, things blameworthy and things
not blameworthy, things mean and things exalted, things that are constituent parts
of darkness and light. Unsystematic attention thereto, if made much of, is no food
for arising of the limb of wisdom that is Norm-investigation, or for the cultivation
and fulfillment thereof, if already arisen.
And what, monks, is no food for the arising of the limb of wisdom that is
energy not yet arisen.?
There is, monks, the element of putting forth effort, the element of exertion, the
element of striving. Unsystematic attention thereto, if made much of, - this is no food
for the arising of the limb of wisdom that is energy .
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And what, monks, is no food for the arising of the limb of wisdom that is zest
not yet arisen, or for the cultivation and fulfillment thereof if arisen. There are, monks
things based on the limb of wisdom that is zest. Unsystematic attention thereto, if
made much of, this is no food for the arising of the limb of wisdom that is zest . . .
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And what, monks, is no food for the arising of the limb of wisdom that is
tranquillity not yet arisen, or for the cultivation and fulfillment thereof, if already arisen?
