Dhammapada 43 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

3 - Cittavagga, The Mind
9 - Soreyya Vatthu

Na tam mata pita kayira, anne vapi ca nataka;
sammapanihitam cittam, seyyasonaim tato kare.

43: Not a mother, nor a father, nor any other relative can do more for the well-being of one than a rightly-directed mind can.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Dhammapada 42 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

3 - Cittavagga, The Mind
8 - Nandagopalaka Vatthu

Diso disam yam tam kariya,
veri va pana verinam;
micchapanihitam cittam,
papiyo nam tato kare.

42: A thief may harm a thief; an enemy may harm an
enemy; but a wrongly directed mind can do oneself far
greater harm.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association,1986.

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Theravada Audio Dhamma (27)

Acaralankara, Ashin (Sagaing Shwe Hinthar). အခ်ိန္မျဖံဳးနဲ ့တရားေတာ္။ [Don't Waste Time]. Yangon, 20 April 2007.

Include: ways of prolonging time; Dhamma which pull down to Apaya (Loba, Dosa, Moha) and that raise up to the Upper realms and Nibbana (Aloba, Adosa, Amoha).  Listen more

Acaralankara, Ashin (Sagaing Shwe Hinthar). အေသလွတဲ့တရား။ [Dhamma for Good Death]. Yangon, 21 April 2007.

Explained: why one has to prepare for death by good deeds; three ways to prepare for good death.  Listen more

Kavidhajajoti, U (Kaung Hsu Wei). ကိုယ့္ကိုယ္ကိုသိပါ။ [Know Yourself]. Mindon, 16 October 2010.

Include: meaning of living; way to maintain one's valuable life; Dhamma is every where; four Oga; observation of Rupa and Nama.  Listen more

Kavidhajajoti, U (Kaung Hsu Wei). ၾကိဳးစားမႈေနာက္မွာ
ေအာင္ျမင္ျခင္း႐ွိပါတယ္။ [There is Success Behind Effort]. Taungdwingyi, 27 March 2011.

Described: the Basic Buddhism; right view (Samma Ditthi); way to be a successful person; importance of Kamma, wisdom and effort in one's life.  Listen more

Rajinda, Bhaddanta (Aungmangala Sayadaw). ဒုစ႐ိုက္ သုစ႐ိုက္ ဘာဝနာ။ [Evil Deed Good Deed Bhavana]. [no date]

Comparing the decisions of the Buddha and puthujjana on superiority and inferiority of people; evil deed and good deed; advice to practise Vipassana to be a noblest one.  Listen more

Rajinda, Bhaddanta (Aungmangala Sayadaw). ေသနည္းေကာင္း လမ္းညႊန္တရားေတာ္။ [Guide to Have a Good Death]. [no date]

Explained: who the real conqueror is; causes of rebirth in Apaya; how Dhamma is important to escape from death and attain Nibbana.  Listen more

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Dhammapada 41 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

3 - Cittavagga, The Mind
7 - Putigattatissatthera Vatthu

Aciram vata' yam kayo, pathavim adhisessati;
chuddho apetavinnano, niratthamva kalingaram.

41: Before long, alas, this body, deprived of consciousness, will lie on the earth, discarded like a useless log.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Dhamma Info (10)

Greatness of the Parents' Gratitude

In comparison to parents' gratitude:
The Earth may be like a bamboo leaf.
Mount Meru may liken a mound.
Cekkavala (great circular barrier surrounding the world) may be that of the needle hole.
Water from all ponds, lakes, streams, rivers and oceans altogether may liken a drop of rain.
The Sky may be of plum leaf size.
နရပတိ၊ ဦး ( ျဖဴးဆရာေတာ္)။ အေမ့ေက်းဇူးမေက် ငါမေသ တရားေတာ္။  

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