22a: The Discourse on the Treasures – 729
2. Administration of protection (
paritta
) with a desire for gains and fame
(
ajjhāsaya-vipatti
).
The success of one who administers protection arises from two causes, namely:
success in the undertaking (
payoga-sampatti
) and success through right
determination (
ajjhāsaya-sampatti
).
1. Proficiency in administering protection through diligence, through
learning the correct modes of enunciation and with full understanding
of the meaning (
payoga-sampatti
)
2. Proficiency in administering protection through loving-kindness,
compassion with an inclination towards emancipation and without a
selfish motive looking for rewards (
ajjhāsaya-sampatti
).
This section on failure and success are excerpts from the sub-commentary
to the Āṭānāṭiya discourse (
Āṭānāṭiya-sutta
, DN 32).
The Four Accomplishments of a Listener
1. The listener should be free from the guilt of the five grave
transgressions which bring immediate retribution (
pañcānantarīya-
kamma
): killing his father, killing his mother, killing an Arahat, causing
bleeding in an attempt on the Buddha’s life, causing schism amongst the
disciples of a Buddha.
2. The listener should be free from wrong views with a fixed destiny
(
niyata-micchā-diṭṭhi
).
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3. The listener should possess unshakable faith in the efficacy and
beneficial results of the protection.
4. The listener should listen to the protection recitation with due diligence,
full attention and profound respect.
These are the qualifications which should be possessed by a listener to the
protection recitations (
paritta
); in the Questions to Milinda (
Milinda-pañhā
), in
the chapters on the Question about the Ram (
Meṇḍaka-pañhā
), and the Question
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The views of the uncausedness of existence (
ahetuka-diṭṭhi
); of the inefficacy of
action (
akiriya-diṭṭhi
); and nihilism (
natthika-diṭṭhi
); see the Buddhist Dictionary by
Ven. Ñāṇatiloka).