'Ariya' and its application in the suttas

[Gabriel_L]

@tommit

Please explain to me the mechanism by which “through the inspiration brought about by the bhikkhus” you come to no return

To address your first question I would like to firstly point to this topic:

The logic and advantages of supporting the Sangha

In the mood of Kathina season, I would like to share with everyone a nice fragment in which one finds a summary of the logic behind and advantages of lay disciples supporting the Sangha. The fragment below shows the Buddha agreeing with the reasons put by Visākhā Migāramātā (aka Visākhā, Migāra’s mother) for the offering of an eightfold support to the Sangha at Sāvatthī: i) cloths for the rains, ii) alms for those coming, iii)departing, iv) sick and v)attending the sick, vi) medicine, vii)cong…

It is also worth checking the Upanisa sutta (SN12.23) in which one finds the crucial linkage between faith/confidence and suffering/stress in the transcendental dependent origination of the way to Enlightenment.

The other questions I would leave unanswered here but repeat my recommendation a separate topic is created to address / explore them.