Content of Maṅgala Sutta – Protection with Blessing

By Bhikkhu Uttamo（鄔達摩 比丘）

• Introduction
• Texts
• 1 Not Consorting with Fools
• 2 Consorting with the Wise
• 3 Paying Homage to Those Worthy of Homage
• 4 Residing in a Suitable Place
• 5 Having Made Merit in the Past
• 6 Directing Oneself Rightly
  • Samāpatti (success) and Vipatti (failure)
  • Having a Good / Bad Existence
  • Having a Good / Ugly Look and Physical Structure
  • Living at the Time of a Good / Chaotic Period
  • Presence / Lacking of Mindfulness, Intelligence and Perseverance
• 7 Broad Knowledge
• 8 Having Skills
• 9 Well Mastered Disciplines
• 10 Well Spoken Words
• 11 Support for One’s Parents
• 12 Assistance to One's Wife and Children
• 13 Consistency in One's Work
• 14 Giving
• 15 Living in Rectitude
• 16 Assistance to One’s Relatives
• 17 Deeds That Are Blameless
• 18 Avoiding, Abstaining from Evil
• 19 Refraining from Intoxicants
• 20 Being Heedful of the Qualities of the Mind
• 21 Respect
• 22 Humility
• 23 Contentment
• 24 Gratitude
• 25 Hearing the Dhamma on Timely Occasions
• 26 Patience
• 27 Compliance / Obedience
• 28 Seeing Contemplative
• 29 Discussing the Dhamma on Timely Occasions
• 30 Austerity / 31 Celibacy
• 32 Seeing the Noble Truths
  • The Middle Way – Majjhimā Patipadā
  • Establishing of Mindfulness: Satipatthāna
    • Contemplation of the Body: Kāyānupassanā
    • Contemplation of Feelings: Vedanānupassanā
    • Contemplation of the Mind: Cittānupassanā
    • Contemplation of the Dhammas: Dhammānupassanā
  • Seven Purifications
    • Purification of Virtue
    • Purification of the Mind
    • Purification of View
    • Purification by Overcoming Doubt
    • Purification of the Path and Not-Path
    • Purification of the Way and Purification by Knowledge and Vision
• 33 Realizing Nibbāna
• 34 A Mind Is Unshaken When Touched by the Ways of the World
• 35 Sorrowless
• 36 Dustless
• 37 Secure
• Postscript
• Manuscript of Translations
• About the Author

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