Monday, March 23, 2015

Dhammapada 81 [Khuddaka Nikaya]


6 - Panditavagga, The Wise
7 - Lakundakabhaddiyatthera Vatthu
Selo yatha ekaghano, vatena na samirati;
evam nindapasamsasu, na saminjanti pandita.
81: As a mountain of rock is unshaken by wind, so also, the wise are unperturbed by blame or by praise.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Friday, March 20, 2015

Dhammapada 80 [Khuddaka Nikaya]


6 - Panditavagga, The Wise
5 - Panditasamanera Vatthu
Udakam hi nayanti nettika,
usukara namayanti tejanam;

darum namayanti tacchaka,
attanam damayanti pandita.

80: Farmers (lit., makers of irrigation canals ) channel the water; fletchers straighten the arrow; carpenters work the timber; the Wise tame themselves.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Dhamma Info (25)


Think About

It is good from time to time to think about your own faults.
It is good from time to time to think about faults of others.
It is good from time to time to think about your own virtues.
It is good from time to time to think about the virtues of others.
Reference: Dhammika, S. Good question good answer. 2011.

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Monday, March 2, 2015

Theravada Audio Dhamma (42)


Janakabhivamsa, Ashin (Maha Gandhayon Sayadaw). ရ႒ပါလ သုတၱန္ တရားေတာ္။ [Rathapala Sutta]. [no date]
Include: how Samyojjana is the source of Dukkha; Buddha's remedy; gist of the Dhamma in Rathapala Sutta. http://goo.gl/PUMyN5
Pannissara, Dr Ashin (Dhammaduta, Bago). တရားေဆးကိုေသာက္ သုံးပါ။ [Take the Dhamma Remedy]. Bago, 16 December 2005.
Described: three Akusala Vitek; Dhamma remedy to tame one's mind_ Asupa bhavana, Metta bhavana, Anapanassati, Anicca Sanna. http://goo.gl/QB2MOg
Vimala, U (Mogok Sayadaw). အသိလိုက္ရန္တရားေတာ္။ [Having Realization]. Amarapura, 1 January 1960.
Ditthi_the most important Dhamma that prevent from the attainment of Nibbana; discarding Ditthi; way to secure mind. http://goo.gl/00gedI
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