Sunday, November 24, 2013

Dhammapada 40 [Khuddaka Nikaya]


3 - Cittavagga, The Mind
6 - Pancasatabhikkhu Vatthu
Kumbhupamam kayamimam viditva,
nagarupam cittamidam thapetva;
yodhetha maram panna vudhena,
jitanca rakkhe anivesano siya.
40: Knowing that this body is (fragile) like an earthern jar, making one's mind secure like a fortified town, one should fight Mara with the weapon of Knowledge. (After defeating Mara) one should still continue to guard one's mind, and feel no attachment to that which has been gained (i.e., jhana ecstasy and serenity gained through meditation).
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Monday, November 18, 2013

Theravada Audio Dhamma (26)


Candasara, Ashin (Kyaung Kone) မေသေသးခင္ သြားလမ္းျပင္။ [Prepare for the Return Journey Before Death]. Dawei, 1372 B.E.
Explained: two types of person; five things that cannot be known in advance; advice to practise Vipassana asap giving the story of a weaver girl. Listen more
Candasara, Ashin (Kyaung Kone) အျမဲေန႔ည ဆင္ျခင္ၾက။ [Always Consider Day and Night]. Dawei, 20 September 2009.
Mentioned: five things to consider consistently; how to consider and its benefits. Listen more
Kovida, Dr Ashin (Mijjimagonyi). ေနဖို႔လည္းျပင္ ေသဖို႔
လည္းျပင္။ [Prepare Both to Live and to Die]. Yangon, 1
December 2009.
Include: comparison of mindful person and forgetful person; way to prepare for death. Listen more
Kovida, Dr Ashin (Mijjimagonyi). ဘယ္လိုျပန္ၾကမွာလဲ။ [How Will You Return?]. Yangon, 5 November 2009.
Advice to practise Vipassana and leave good history rather than doing evil and have miserable death. Also, explained the importance of Saddha and Panna in attaining Nibbana. Listen more
Revata, Ashin (Mula Kathitwaing Sayadaw). ဝိပဿနာ အလုပ္ေပး(၁)၊ သီလေပး (၁)။ [Vipassana Exercise (1): Sila (1)]. [no date]
Explained: real worshipping to the Buddha; what Nibbana is and its location; difference between Putujjana and Ariya; causes of rebirth in Apaya; why beings reborn in Apaya repeatedly; old and new Kamma; seven mental actions; ways to discard Ditthi. Listen more
Revata, Ashin (Mula Kathitwaing Sayadaw). ဝိပဿနာ အလုပ္ေပး(၂)၊ သီလေပး (၂)။ [Vipassana Exercise (2): Sila (2)]. [no date]
Described: ways to check Samma Sila by three charac-teristics (right speech, right action and right livelihood); layman's Sila; Miccha Sila; brief and elaborate methods of observing five precepts; how Sila in combination with Vipassana practice is necessary to prevent from rebirth in Apaya. Listen more
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Theravada Audio Dhamma (25)


Sobhita, Ashin (Padamya Yeikthar Sayadaw). ဆုေတာင္းမရ နိဗၺာန အလုပ္ေပးတရားေတာ္။ [Praying cannot Attain Nibbana]. 1364 B.E.
With reference to “Bumija Sutta”, explained how judicious consideration on Khandha is more important than praying to attain Nibbana.  Listen more
Sobhita, Ashin (Padamya Yeikthar Sayadaw). ဝိပဿနာေ႐ွ႔ အလုပ္ ဒိ႒ိျဖဳတ္ အလုပ္ေပးတရားေတာ္။ [Dispelling Ditthi Prior to Vipassana]. 1364 B.E.
Mentioned: way of establishing Samadhi by Anapana meditation, observation of Khandha by Nana and dispelling Ditthi.  Listen more
Teijosara, Ashin (Chintaungtan Tharthanarpyu). ကမၼဝါဒ။ [Kamma Vada]. Kyaikmaro, 10 December 2011.
Described: what Kamma Vada is; two Kamma (Kusala, Akusala); results of Kamma.  Listen more
Teijosara, Ashin (Chintaungtan Tharthanarpyu). ဗုဒၶဝါဒ အေျခခံ။ [Basis of Buddha Vada]. Mandalay, 14 August 2011.
Include: objective of doing obeisance; ten persons to pay obeisance and results of doing wrong to them; three duties of Buddhists; advice to maintain the tradition of paying obeisance to the Buddha.  Listen more
Teizeinda, U. ပုဂၢိဳလ္သတၱဝါျဖစ္ေအာင္ ဘယ္သူလုပ္သလဲ။ [Who Made the Puggala Beings]. Yangon, 2 August 2007.
Explained: two types of Ditthi; three Miccha ditthi; importance of eliminating Ditthi and way to dispel Ditthi.  Listen more
Teizeinda, U. ပါရမီျပည့္စုံေသာ္လည္း ဆရာေကာင္းႏွင့္
မေတြ႔က နိဗၺာန္မရ။ [Importance of Good Teacher in Attaining Nibbana]. London, 1 September 2007.
Include: why one listen to the Dhamma and practise; defining Parami; explanation of two Parami; how good teacher is necessary in attaining Nibbana.  Listen more
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Friday, November 15, 2013

Dhammapada 38-39 [Khuddaka Nikaya]


3 - Cittavagga, The Mind
5 - Cittahatthatthera Vatthu
Anavatthitacittassa, saddhammam avijanato;
pariplavapasadassa, panna na paripurati.
Anavassutacittassa, ananvahatacetaso;
punnapapapahinassa, natthi jagarato bhayam.
38: If a man's mind is unsteady, if he is ignorant of the true Dhamma, and if his faith is wavering, then his knowledge will never be perfect.
39: If a man's mind is free from passion, if he is free from ill will, if he has abandoned both good and evil, and if he is vigilant, for such a man there is no danger.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Dhammapada 37 [Khuddaka Nikaya]


3 - Cittavagga, The Mind
4 - Samgharakkhitatthera Vatthu

Durangamam ekacaram,
asariram guhasayam;

ye cittam samyamissanti,
mokkhanti marabandhana.

37: The mind wanders far and moves about alone: it is non-material; it lies in the cave (chamber) of the heart. Those who control their mind will be free from the bonds of Mara.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association,1986.

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Sunday, November 3, 2013

Dhamma Info (9)


Magganga Vehicle

The straight path, to Nibbana, is Vipassana.
Only Nibbana, truly is, a danger-free place.
This can be reached only by eight Magganga Vehicle.
Magganga vehicle has been fixed properly with two wheels.
Noiseless are both the physical and mental wheels.
Hiri is definitely like the seat-back of the vehicle.
Sati is definitely liken to walls.
Vipassana is definitely liken to the line-clearer.
Magga Nana certainly is liken to the driver.
Reference: Mottos by Ashin Kundalabhivamsa (Saddhammaransi Sayadaw)
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