Thursday, October 23, 2014

Dhammapada 70 [Khuddaka Nikaya]


5 - Balavagga, The Fool
11 - Jambukatthera Vatthu
Mase mase kusaggena,
balo bhunjeyya bhojanam;

na so sankhatadhammanam,
kalam agghati solasim.

70: Even though, month after month, the fool (living in austerity) takes his food sparingly with the tip of a grass blade, he is not worth even one-sixteenth part of those who have comprehended the Truth (i.e., the ariyas).
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Monday, October 20, 2014

Dhammapada 69 [Khuddaka Nikaya]


5 - Balavagga, The Fool
10 - Uppalavannattheri Vatthu
Madhumva mannati balo,
yava papam na paccati;

yada ca paccati papam,
atha dukkham nigacchati.

69: As long as the evil deed does not bear fruit, the fool thinks it is sweet like honey; but when his evil deed does bear fruit, the fool suffers for it.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Friday, October 10, 2014

Dhamma Info (20)


Wisdom and Virtue

Wisdom is purified by virtue, and virtue is purified by wisdom. Where one is, so is the other.
The virtuous person has wisdom, and the wise person has virtue.
The combination of virtue and wisdom is called the highest thing in the world.
Dhammika, Bhante S. Words of the Buddha. 2013.

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Theravada Audio Dhamma (37)


Candavarabhivamsa, Dr Bhaddanta (Kyaikkalot Sayadaw). အေျပာခႏၶာႏွင့္ သေဘာခႏၶာ တရားေတာ္။ [Verbal Khandha and Natural Khandha]. Singapore: 13 August 2014.
Elucidation of Verbal and Natural Khandha; Dos and Don't in Vipassana practice. http://goo.gl/K1nEfo
Kumara, Dr Ashin (Dhammadhara). ေဗာဓိသတၱ ဘုရားေလာင္း(၁) (၂)။ [Bodhisatta]. Singapore: 1 July 2014.
Mentioned: two kinds of religion (real and unreal); five benefits of listening to Dhamma; pre-work and suitable places for insight meditation; eight characteristics of Bodhisatta; ten Perfections; the great five sacrifices; the great five considerations. (01) http://goo.gl/VYKaUi ;
(02) http://goo.gl/3vD0ly

Visuddha, Ashin (Nyaung Kan Aye). အျပစ္ကင္းေပ်ာက္ ခ်မ္းသာေရာက္ဖို ့တရားေတာ္။ [To Be Free from Misdeed and Have Peacefulness]. Singapore: 14 September 2014.
Include: objective of the discourse; misdeed defined by buddhist; ten misdeeds; difference between knowing and not knowing evil; three facts to be faultless (good mind, good friend and listening to religious sermon properly); importance of wisdom and mindfulness; four Sampajanna. http://goo.gl/zLdaE5 
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