Friday, March 21, 2014

Dhammapada 53 [Khuddaka Nikaya]


4 - Pupphavagga, Flowers
8 - Visakha Vatthu
Yathapi puppharasimha,
kayira malagune bahu;

evam jatena maccena,
kattabbam kusalam bahum.

53: As from a collection of flowers many a garland can be made by an expert florist, so also, much good can be done (with wealth, out of faith and generosity) by one subject to birth and death.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986. 

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Dhammapada 51-52 [Khuddaka Nikaya]


4 - Pupphavagga, Flowers
7 - Chattapani upasaka Vatthu
Yathapi ruciram puppham,
vannavantam agandhakam;

evam subhasita vaca,
aphala hoti akubbato.

Yathapi ruciram puppham,
vannavantam sagandhakam;

evam subhasita vaca,
saphala hoti kubbato.

51: Just as a beautiful flower, lacking in scent, cannot give
the wearer the benefit of its scent, so also, the well-preach-
ed words of the Buddha cannot benefit one who does not
practise the Dhamma.
52: Just as a flower, beautiful as well as fragrant, will give
the wearer the benefit of its scent, so also, the well-preach-
ed words of the Buddha will benefit one who practises the
Dhamma.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Sunday, March 16, 2014

Dhammapada 50 [Khuddaka Nikaya]


4 - Pupphavagga, Flowers
6 - Paveyya ajivaka Vatthu
Na paresam vilomani, na paresam katakatam;
attanova avekkheyya, katani akatani ca.
50: One should not consider the faults of others, nor their doing or not doing good or bad deeds. One should consider only whether one has done or not done good or bad deeds.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Dhammapada 49 [Khuddaka Nikaya]


4 - Pupphavagga, Flowers
5 - Macchariyakosiyasetthi Vatthu
Yathipi bhamaro puppham,
vannagandhamahethayam;

paleti rasamadaya,
evam game muni care.

49: As the bee collects nectar and flies away without damaging the flower or its colour or its scent, so also, let the bhikkhu dwell and act in the village (without affecting the faith and generosity or the wealth of the villagers).
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.
 
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Dhamma Info (13)


A good friend
 

In Singalovada Sutta, a good friend is the one:
who protects you and your interests;
who encourages you to do good things;
who never abandons you when you are in trouble;
who asks you to refrain from doing bad things;
who does not gossip about you;
who appreciates your good qualities and achievements;
who acknowledges his own weak points and
who is not boastful.
 

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Theravada Audio Dhamma (30)


Pannananda, Ashin (A Sitagu Star). မိတ္ေကာင္းေပါင္းမွ ခ်မ္းသာရ (၁) (၂)။ [Associating with Good Friend Gives Happiness (1) (2)]. Magwe, 1367 B.E. 
Good friend and Bad friend and their differences; explanation of Similes stated by the Buddha. Listen more(1) (2).
Pannananda, Ashin (A Sitagu Star). အေမ့ေမတၱာ ကိုးဆယ္ဆသာ (၁) (၂)။ [Greatness of Mother's Metta (1) (2)]. Magwe,16 November 2009.
Sayings of Sayadaws, wise men and famous persons regarding to parents' gratitudes; similes of parents' loving kindness; a Dhamma to practise until the end of the world. Listen more(1) (2).
Sirindabhivamsa, Bhaddanta (Yaw Sayadaw). ဒကၡိဏဝိဘဂၤ သုတၱန္ (၁)။ [Dakkhina Vibanga Sutta (1)]. Pathein, 22 January 1987.
Referring to Dekkhinavibanga Sutta, explained: two happiness; types of Dana; Kala Dana definition and its variety; difference between repaying by Dhamma Nuggaha and Piccaya Nuggaha; why the Buddha is worth to worship. Listen more
Sirindabhivamsa, Bhaddanta (Yaw Sayadaw). ဒကၡိဏဝိဘဂၤ သုတၱန္ (၂)။ [Dakkhina Vibanga Sutta (2)]. Pathein, 22 January 1987.
Mentioned: fourteen recipients of Dana and stages of benefits; five things not to trade; seven types of Sanghika Dana (Dana for all monks); four kinds of Dana; how to donate effectively. Listen more
Sujata, Ashin (Metta Aye Sayadaw). ကုသိုလ္အလုပ္ ေနာက္မဆုတ္ နဲ ့(၁) (၂)။ [Don't Hesitate to Do Merit (1) (2)]. Mandalay, 15 December 2008.
Include: Kusala and Happiness; those who do not like Dhamma; Dhamma and Adhamma; a real Buddhist. Listen more(1) (2).
Sujata, Ashin (Metta Aye Sayadaw). အသက္ေပး၍ ကိုးကြယ္သူ (၁) (၂)။ [Giving Life to Worship (1) (2)]. Yangon, 29 November 2008.
Described the works of person who loves one's lineage, religion and Sasana giving the story of a slave girl- Sudasi as an example. Also, advise to give life if necessary for the sake of one's country, race and Sasana. Listen more(1) (2).
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