BIRTH AND CESSATION OF DEFILEMENTS
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Amid defilements and bewilderments in the Buddhist principles that have been branched into various beliefs and faiths. This causes disputes among monks and laypeople to the level of challenges and quarrels with displeasure that is different from catechism for the enlightenment in Dhamma. Each party assures themselves that they are right according to the Buddhist teachings principles and Buddhist disciplines. These attachments cause feuds, disputes, discriminations that destroy the inner peace of mind. This eventually deviates from Dhamma in supermundane states (Lokuttara-Dhamma) to release oneself from the attachment.
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