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Dharma Talk – Prajñā, The Fourfold Sangha (5)
Dwelling in the present moment and “I have arrived, I am home” are two of the four pairs of fruits of the Sangha, together with interbeing and no birth. The four pairs and eight noble fruits include:
- Dwelling-in-the-present-moment path and fruit – the fruit of froglessness, transcending “frog nature” to rest peacefully in the here and now.
- “I have arrived, I am home” path and fruit – the state of aimlessness (apranihita), “I have arrived, I’m home.”
- Interbeing path and fruit – the insight of interbeing, seeing oneself and all phenomena as one.
- No-birth path and fruit – the realization of no birth and no death, transcending birth and death, possessing fearlessness.
A true Sangha is a community of the fourfold assembly (monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen) who have mindfulness, concentration, and insight; who have dwelling in the present moment, “I have arrived, I am home,” interbeing, and no birth. Building the Sangha is not only based on organization, letters, or emails, but must be rooted in practice: precepts are mindfulness, the Threefold Training of mindfulness, concentration, and insight, practicing the precepts (the Five Mindfulness Trainings, novice precepts, bhikshu precepts) through recitation and Dharma discussion to deepen understanding and love, beautify the Sangha, and at the same time contribute to creating cultural villages and neighborhoods, protecting the communal life.
