Saturday, August 23, 2014

Dhammapada 66 [Khuddaka Nikaya]


5 - Balavagga, The Fool
7 - Suppabuddhakutthi Vatthu

Caranti bala dummedha,
amitteneva attana;

karonta papakam kammam,
yam hoti katukapphalam.

66: With themselves as their own enemies, fools lacking in intelligence, move about doing evil deeds, which bear bitter fruits.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Friday, August 22, 2014

Dhammapada 65 [Khuddaka Nikaya]


5 - Balavagga, The Fool
6 - Timsapaveyyakabhikkhu Vatthu

Muhuttamapi ce vinnu, panditam payirupasati;
khippam dhammam vijanati, jivha suparasam yatha.
65: An intelligent man, even though he is associated with a wise man only for a moment, quickly understands the Dhamma, just as the tongue knows the taste of soup.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Dhamma Info (18)


The Buddha spoke only good speeches
The Buddha is honoured with the Virtue of “Sugato” because he spoke only the true and beneficial speeches.
In the matter of futility he had forsaken the four ways of speeches:
1. The speech that is not true, not beneficial and unpleasant to the hearer such as wrong accusatation, use of abusive language etc.
2.
The speech that is true but not beneficial and unpleasant to the hearer such as calling the blind man as blind; calling the deaf man as deaf; calling the leper as leper and so on.
3. The speech that is not true and not beneficial but pleasant to the listener such as flattery.
4. The speech that is true and not beneficial but pleasant to the listener such as calling good killer, good thief, good drinker etc.
In the matter of truth he spoke only two ways of speeches:
1. The speech that is true and beneficial but unpleasant to the listener such as saying evil deed leads to Apaya; will be long in misery in Samsara; no remedy for Devadatta; he will go to hell etc.
2. The speech that is true, beneficial and pleasant to the listener such as saying charity brings happiness; morality brings longevity and absence of diseases etc.
Reference: Eindaka, Ashin (Nyaungkanaye Sayadaw). Fundamentals of Buddhism. 2008.

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Sunday, August 3, 2014

Theravada Audio Dhamma (35)


Revata, Ashin (Paauktoya). လူ ့အဆင့္အတန္း။ [Human Standard]. 26 Mar 2007.
Described: different kinds of human standard; recognition of standard; three reasons that the bodhisatta entered into the jungle as a recluse; sensuality.
Revata, Ashin (Paauktoya). အ႐ုဏ္ႏွင့္ ဆည္းဆာ။ [Dawn and Twilight]. 14 Jan 2007.
Explained: how birth and death are like dawn and twilight; ways to live as a valuable wise person between birth and death; a wise person that the Buddha mentioned; benefits of Dana, Sila and Bhavana.
Silanandabhivamsa, Dr Ashin. ဘုရားရတနာ (၁)။ [The Buddha Ratana (1)]. July 1991.
Mentioned: three jewels to take refuge; what Buddha is and what he knew; wonders of the Buddha; four Noble Truth; Anatta.
Silanandabhivamsa, Dr Ashin. ဘုရားရတနာ (၂)။ [The Buddha Ratana (2)]. July 1991.
Include: preference of the Buddha to the freedom of thought; facts that should not be accepted easily as correct ones; the nature law of Buddhism; how the Buddha rejected the discrimination of social class; the most hardworking person, the Buddha.
Vilasagga, Ashin (Saddhammaransi). ဘုံဘဝေစာ္မနံနဲ ့။ [Don't be Smelt Like Realm Life]. [no date]
Mentioned: Atta ditthi; whether Dana and Sila definitely send to celestial realm; influence of Avijja; practising Vipassana means; purified Dana, Sila and Bhavana.
Vilasagga, Ashin (Saddhammaransi). သခၤါရပစၥယာ ဝိညာဏံ။ [Sankhara Piccaya Vinnanam]. [no date]
Explained: sense objects and consciousness; Sakkaya ditthi; contemplation of mind.
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