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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kalyanamithra" data-source="post: 2396659" data-attributes="member: 99586">Not exactly... True Followers "follow/practice" Dhamma with genuine intention of reaching the goal Nibbana...You are not wrong <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /> because True Followers try to accumulate knowledge of Dhamma (the Doctrine) in themselves.... They do not stop at this... They try to analyze life according to Dhamma so that its Truth can be realized...One may say following 7 aspects characterize a True Shrawaka (including the beginners that try to cultivate them...): <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shraddha (believing in the Truth in Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha, because they know at least partially the Truth by analyzing life according to it; and from what they experience through practicing it)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sila (virtue cultivated as a component in their Path to Nibbana; it is the 5 percepts for a Lay Shrawaka - only difference is their aim of practcing is realizing Nibbana one day)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hiri (being ashamed to Sin - i.e. to have wrong thoughts, say wrong words or do wrong deeds)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Oththappa (being afraid of returns of the Sins)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sutha (the "armory" - accumulated knowledge in Dhamma; which allow them to discern Dhamma from Adhamma, Vinaya from Avinaya)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Chaga (ability to give away/let go of things without attachment)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Panna (ability to see life/world in accordance with Dhamma; this also helps understand the deceiving nature of our mind...)</li> </ul>If you seek just one characterisitc; it is Appamada (dedication to complete the Path, which helps them practice Dhamma with higher priority amidst all other things in life, whatever obstacle they may come up against...)The Shrawaka enters the Arya Bhumi (the "land" of the Arya - those established in Dhamma with better understanding of Anithya, Dukkha, Anathma nature of life) after he/she starts to realize the Truth in Dhamma (he/she is called "Shraddhanussari" - he/she does not understand the Truth; but knows there is  a Truth; and tries to go further in the Path).Once in the Path following characterisitcs starts to take "roots" in them. They are called Indriya because they are virtually like other organs (e.g. eye) of the body. <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shraddha</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Viriya (endeavoring to cultivate Kusal, eliminate Akusal... in order to follow the Path)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sathi (mindfulness cultivated in order to keep the mind "tethered" so that Path can be followed)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Samdhi (concentration of mind developed to )</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Panna</li> </ul>They do not stop even at this... They keep on practicing Dhamma till they reach the Goal...Aim of all of us Buddhists should be following this Path... becoming one of these Shrawakas...Theruwan saranai!</blockquote>

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