Dhammapada 75 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

5 - Balavagga, The Fool
14 - Vanavasitissasamanera Vatthu

Anna hi labhupanisa, anna nibbanagamini;
evametam abhinnaya, bhikkhu Buddhassa savako;
sakkaram nabhinandeyya, vivekamanubruhaye.

75: Indeed, the path that leads to worldly gain is one and the Path that leads to Nibbana is another. Fully comprehending this, the bhikkhu, the disciple of the Buddha, should not take delight in worldly gain and honour, but devote himself to solitude, detachment and the realization of Nibbana.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Dhammapada 73-74 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

5 - Balavagga, The Fool
14 - Cittagahapati Vatthu 

Asantam bhavanamiccheyya,
purekkharanca bhikkhusu;
avasesu ca issariyam,
pujam parakulesu ca.
Mameva kata mannantu,
gihi pabbajita ubho;
mamevativasa assu,
kiccakiccesu kismici;
iti balassa sankappo,
iccha mano ca vaddhati.

73: The foolish bhikkhu desires praise for qualities he does not have, precedence among bhikkhus, authority in the monasteries, and veneration from those unrelated to him.
74: "Let both laymen and bhikkhus think that things are done because of me; let them obey me in all matters, great and small." Such being the thoughts of the fool, his greed and his pride grow.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.
 

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The Best

Four things shine in the world,
You will not find a fifth.
The sun shines by day and the moon by night.
Fire gives light both day and night,
Both here and there.
But of all things that shine,
The Buddha is the Best.
Dhammika, Bhante S. Words of the Buddha. 2013.

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Theravada Audio Dhamma (39)

Eindacarabhivamsa, Ashin. အေၾကြးကင္းမွ ခ်မ္းသာရ။ [Get Happiness Without Debt]. Hlegu: 9 January 2005.

With reference to Eina Sutta, mentioned: two kinds of debt; misery to be indebted; way of indebted to Dhamma; three characteristics of Saddha; two reasons of not performing Dana; five Micchariya; four Viriya; practising Satipatthana to be free from debt. http://goo.gl/EMCzhq

Malacara, Bhaddanta (Nyaungbintha Sayadaw). စိတ္ကိုဆုံးမ နိဗၺာန္ရ။ [Discipline Mind to Attain Nibbana]. Singapore: 7 May 2013.

Include: six facts for yogi to practise; two kinds of Khandha and eyes; thirteen consciousness to observe. http://goo.gl/ytwtQE

Vasitthabhivamsa, Ashin (Kyauktalone Sayadaw). တရားႏွင့္သာ ခ်မ္းသာ႐ွာ။ [Find Happiness Only With Dhamma]. 22 May 2006.

Explained: four types of human beings; Nibbana means; ability of Dhamma and finding happiness only with Dhamma. http://goo.gl/ryppYJ 

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Dhammapada 72 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

5 - Balavagga, The Fool
13 - Satthikutapeta Vatthu

Yavadeva anatthaya,
nattam balassa jayati;
hanti balassa sukkamsam,
muddhamassa vipatayam.

72: The skill of a fool can only harm him; it destroys his merit and his wisdom (lit., it severs his head).
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.
 
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Dhammapada 71 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

5 - Balavagga, The Fool 
12- Ahipeta Vatthu

Na hi papam katam kammam,
sajju khiramva muccati;
dahantam balarnanveti,
bhasmacchannova pavako.

71: An evil deed does not immediately bear fruit, just as the newly-drawn milk does not curdle at once; but it follows the fool burning him like live coal covered with ashes.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Difference
 
Learn this from the waters;
In mountain clefts and chasms,
Loud gushes the streamlets,
But great rivers flow silently.
Empty things make a noise,
The full is always quiet.
The fool is like a half-filled pot,
The wise one is like a deep still pool.
Dhammika, Bhante S. Words of the Buddha. 2013.

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Theravada Audio Dhamma (38)

Janeiya, Bhaddanta (Myaseintaung Sayadaw). [Buddhism]. ဗုဒၶဘာသာ တရားေတာ္။ Yangon, 1368 B.E. (18 May 2007.)

Include: three types of buddhists; different Buddha; the origin of Buddhism; why performing Dana and Sila; listening to discourse means; three Samma ditthi; mental action_the worst one. http://goo.gl/x2Umru

Jatila, U (Kyanikan Sayadaw). [A Real Beneficial Dana]. သားေဟာင္းခ်ီးေျမွာက္ နတ္ျပည္ေရာက္။ Taungoo, 1338 B.E.

Explanation of beneficial Dana with reference to the story of Ashin Maha Kassapa and a poor lady Acama. http://goo.gl/2qKlex

Suriya, Ashin (Aung Cakka). သီလကထာ။ [Sila Katha]. Yangon, [no date]

Describing Sila which included: definition, benefits and type with various examples. http://goo.gl/2IhgwV

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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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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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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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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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Dhammapada 68 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

5 - Balavagga, The Fool
9 - Sumanamalakara Vatthu

Tanca kammam katam sadhu,
yam katva nanutappati;
yassa patito sumano,
vipikam patisevati.

68: That deed is well done if one has not to repent for having done it, and if one is delightful and happy with the result of that deed.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Birth, Life, Death and Rebirth
The combination of five aggregates is called Birth.
Existence of these aggregates is called Life.
Dissolution of these things is called Death.
And recombination of these aggregates is called Rebirth.
Reference: Dhammananda, K. Shri. Why Worry. 2011.
 
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Theravada Audio Dhamma (36)

ဇဋိလ၊ ဦး (ၾကာနီကန္ဆရာေတာ္)။ ျမစ္ကိုပစ္၍ ေခ်ာင္းကို႐ွာ။ [Leave the River and Find the Stream]. ေတာင္ငူ၊ ၁၃၃၈။

Mentioned how the Buddha prevented a monk from leaving a monkhood. http://goo.gl/NRQeGd

ဇာေနယ် ၊ ဘဒၵႏၲ (ျမစိမ္းေတာင္ဆရာေတာ္)။ ေနဝင္ခါနီး
ခရီးသည္ ေတြ။ [Travellers at near to twilight] [ခုႏွစ္မပါ]

Explained: near to death can be called near to twilight. People are born, aged and die like the sun rises and then sets. Also, advised to find a branch line between ageing and illness. http://goo.gl/p6wjZL 

သူရိယ၊ အ႐ွင္ (ေအာင္စၾကာ)။ ဒါနကထာ။ [Dana Katha]. ရန္ကုန္၊ [ခုႏွစ္မပါ]

Mentioned: three works for peaceful life; ability of Dana; two types of Dana; pairing Dana and Nana. http://goo.gl/ExOx0I

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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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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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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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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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Dhammapada 64 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

5 - Balavagga, The Fool
5 - Udayitthera Vatthu

Yavajivampi ce balo, panditam payirupasati;
na so dhammam vijanati, dabbi suparasam yatha.

64: A fool, even though he is associated with a wise man all his life, does not understand the Dhamma, just as a ladle does not know the taste of soup.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Dhammapada 63 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

5 - Balavagga, The Fool
4 - Ganthibhedakacora Vatthu

Ya balo mannati balyam, panditovapi tena so;
balo ca panditamani, sa ve baloti vuccati.

63: The fool who knows that he is a fool can, for that reason, be a wise man; but the fool who thinks that he is wise is, indeed, called a fool.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Drink and Drugs

Drink and drugs are considered as one of the pathways to ruin in the Singalovada-sutta because it causes:
Dissipation of wealth;
Brawls;
Impairing one's standing into disrepute;
Rude and shameless exposure to ensue, and
Intelligence to weaken.

Reference: Dhammasami, Dr Khammai. Blessings...You Can D.I.Y. 2012.   

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Theravada Audio Dhamma (34)

Candavara, Bhaddanta (Hlaing Mahasi Sayadaw). ဒါနေၾကာင့္ သံသရာ မ႐ွည္ပါ။ [Dana Doesn't Prolong Samsara]. Yangon, 12 December 1978.

Mentioned: Vipassana_the only way to Nibbana; achievement of the person who follows the instruction of the Buddha; ways of performing Dana Kusala giving the story of the wealthy man, Jotika as an example.

Candavara, Bhaddanta (Hlaing Mahasi Sayadaw). နိဗၺာန္ေမြးျမဴေရး တရားေတာ္။ [Having Nibbana]. Yangon, 16 april 1987.

Include: importance of discipline; sila visoddhi; citta visoddhi; level of attainment in meditation; Megga Kusala.

Jayatissa, Dr Ashin (Kothaung Sayadaw). အပ်င္းပယ္ေဖ်ာက္ နိဗၺာန္ေရာက္။ [Discard Laziness and Attain Nibbana]. Singapore, 9 August 2012.

Include: six big leakages of human beings; four Sampada; opposite of laziness; eleven characteristics of effort (Viriya).

Jayatissa, Dr Ashin (Kothaung Sayadaw). မဂၤလာတရားေတာ္။ [Mangala Dhamma]. Singapore, 19 August 2012.

With various examples, explained: four Sampatti; introduction to Mangala; associating with the wise and not to associate with the fool; residing in a suitable locality; having done the meritorious actions in the past; setting oneself in the right course.

Pannasihabhivamsa, Ashin. ေနာက္ဆုံးလူမျဖစ္ပါေစႏွင့္။ [Don't Be a Last Person]. Yangon, 1372 B.E.

Giving the Maghadeva Jataka as an example, explained, how eight Maggangha is the only practice to attain Nibbana.

Pannasihabhivamsa, Ashin. အခြင့္ေကာင္းကို မေ႐ွာင္လႊဲပါႏွင့္။ [Don't Avoid the Good Opportunity]. Yangon, 19 January 2012.

Described: three kinds of Metta; whom to pray for Metta; developing Metta; facts to amend; four good opportunities; audience of the Buddha; seizing the good opportunity; three types of beliefs; how to meditate; the Mahabuta_ the four basic properties of matter.

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Dhammapada 62 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

5 - Balavagga, The Fool
3 - Anandasetthi Vatthu

Putta ma'tthi dhanam ma'tthi, iti balo vihannati;
atta hi attano natthi, kuto putta kuto dhanam.

62: "I have sons, I have wealth"; with this (feeling of attachment) the fool is afflicted. Indeed, he himself is not his own, how can sons and wealth be his?
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Dhammapada 61 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

5 - Balavagga, The Fool
2 - Mahakassapa saddhiviharika Vatthu

Carance nadhigaccheyya,
seyyam sadisamattano;
ekacariyaram dalham kayira,
natthi bale sahayata.

61: If a person seeking a companion cannot find one who is better than or equal to him, let him resolutely go on alone; there can be no companionship with a fool.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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A Content Person
The Metta-sutta says that a content person:

lives a simple life,
does not overburden himself,
moves around with ease,
is calm, mature,
not greedy and
is not overly sensitive to family status and family pride.
These are of an advanced and refined personality.

Reference: Dhammasami, Dr Khammai. Blessings...You Can D.I.Y. 2012. 

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Theravada Audio Dhamma (33)

Chandadhika, Ashin (Shweparamitoya). တစ္ေယာက္ ထဲေန တစ္စိတ္ထဲထား။ [Stay Alone With One Mind]. Yangon, 17 Dec 1996.

Explained: the reason of staying alone with one mind; consequences of staying with companion while practising Satipatthana; three faults of talking during meditation; how keeping one mind is more important than staying alone; facts not to choose to have Vipassana mind every times.

Chandadhika, Ashin (Shweparamitoya). မေသခင္ ဘာလုပ္ၾကမလဲ။ [What Will You Do Before You Die]. [no date]

Mentioned: way of the Mundane World; five unknown facts about death; seven happiness; how human life is short; six diseases in the period of Arattha head master; khandha and death.

Janakabhivamsa, Ashin (Chanmyay Sayadaw). အေကာင္းေလး မ်ိဳးတရားေတာ္။ [Four Good Ones]. [no date]

Manifestation of four good ones_ Sila, Saddha, Panna and Kusala giving a wealthy man Jotika and an Arahat Dhamma Dinna as example persons.  

Janakabhivamsa, Ashin (Chanmyay Sayadaw). အားကိုးမွန္မွ ခ်မ္းသာရ။ [Correct Reliance Gives Happiness]. [no date]

Described: the five religions; why buddhists follow and practise the Buddha's Dhamma; how to be a true buddhist; Triple Gems.

Saddhamma Kittisara, Bhaddanta (AungSan Sayadaw). ေနေရး ထက္ ေသေရးအေရးၾကီးပုံ။ [How Death Is Important Than Alive]. New York, 5 Jun 2004.

Included: ways of listening to Dhamma; the work which one must do in every age group of life, why human life is precious; cause and effect; two types of Vipassana; importance of having good teacher to become a Sotappana; method of eliminating Ditthi.

Saddhamma Kittisara, Bhaddanta (AungSan Sayadaw). ပဋိစၥ သမုပၸါဒ္ နိဒါန္း။ [An Introduction To Paticca Samuppada]. New York, 29 May 2004.

Explained: the dependable Dhamma; objective of practising Vipassana; four Asava; importance of knowing Sacca; ways of obtaining Vijja Nana.

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Dhammapada 60 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

5 - Balavagga, The Fool
1 - Annatarapurisa Vatthu

Digha jagarato ratti, digham santassa yojanam;
digho balana samsaro, saddhammam avijanatam.

60: Long is the night to one who is wakeful; long is (the journey of) one yojana to the traveller who is tired; long is samsara (round of rebirths) to the fool, who is ignorant of the true Dhamma (the Teaching of the Buddha).
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.
 
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Instruction for Quick Gaining of Dhamma
 
Act like a blind person, although one's eye-sight is good.
Act like a deaf person, although one's hearing is good.
Act like a dumb person, although one is a good speaker.
Act like a weak person, although one has full of energy.
If practice is done in this manner, the dhamma shall be gained.
Mottos, by Ashin Kundalabhivamsa.  

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Theravada Audio Dhamma (32)

Lakkhana, U. (Kyaswar Sayadaw). ကိုယ္ေတြ ့ေဝဒနာႏု

ပႆ       နာ သတိပ႒ာန္ (၂)။ [Personal Experience Vedana-
nupassana Satipatthana (2)]. Sydney, 25 December 2012.

Explained: why Vedana is necessary to observe;
three levels of knowing Vedana; anxiety and
compassion; nature of Tanha and Ditthi.

Lakkhana, U. (Kyaswar Sayadaw). ကိုယ္ေတြ ့ေဝဒနာႏု
ပႆ       နာ သတိပ႒ာန္ (၃)။ [Personal Experience Vedana-
nupassana Satipatthana (3)]. Sydney, 26 December 2012.

Include: four Kammathana; practical observa-
tion: three kinds of Photthabba rupa; four
Sampajanna and their important area.

Sobhana, Ashin (ShweMyintmo Sayadaw). စစ္ဆင္ ဥပမာ
ျပတရားေတာ္။ [A Discourse with Fighter Elephant
Example]. Yangon, 22 May 2007.

Mentioned: the five necessities in meditation such
as_1. listening to Dhamma; 2. dispelling applica-
tion (Vitakka); 3. controlling six faculties
(Indrias); 4. patience; 5. practising until the
achievement of Nibbana.

Sobhana, Ashin (ShweMyintmo Sayadaw). အာဇာနည္
စိတ္ဓါတ္ ထားရန္။ [To Have Herioc Morale]. [no date]

A detail instruction of meditating with herioc
morale to attain Nibbana.

Sobhita, Ashin (Padamya Yeikthar Sayadaw). ဒြါရ၆ခြင္ 
ဉာဏ္မ်က္႐ွင္ အလုပ္ေပးတရားေတာ္။ [Observation of Six
Doors by Nana]. Amarapura, 1351.

Described: what Vipassana is; three Samadhi
Magga and two Panna Magga; disadvantage of
not meditating; benefits of meditation; which and
when to observe.

Sobhita, Ashin (Padamya Yeikthar Sayadaw). ဒိ႒ိျပဳတ္ျပန္
ေသာတာပန္ အလုပ္ေပးတရားေတာ္။ [Eliminating Ditthi to
Be a Sotapanna]. Amarapura, 1351.

Explained: Sotapatti Magga and Phala; location
of Ditthi; defining Cittanupassana; number of consciousness to observe; where consciousness
appear; Namarupaparicheda nana; Paccaya-
parigaha nana; ability of consciousness;
observing Cittanupassana.

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Dhammapada 58-59 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

4 - Pupphavagga, Flowers
12 - Garahadinna Vatthu

Yatha sankaradhanasmim,
ujjhitasmim mahapathe;
padumam tattha jayetha,
sucigandham manoramam.
Evam sankarabhutesu,
andhabhute puthujjane;
atirocati pannaya,
sammasambuddhasavako.

58 - 59: As a sweet-smelling and beautiful lotus flower may grow upon a heap of rubbish thrown on the highway, so also, out of the rubbish heap of beings may appear a disciple of the Buddha, who with his wisdom shines forth far above the blind (ignorant) worldlings.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.
 

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Dhammapada 57 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

4 - Pupphavagga, Flowers
11 - Godhikattheraparinibbana Vatthu

Tesam sampannasilanam,
appamadaviharinam;
sammadanna vimuttanam,
Maro maggam na vindati.

57: Mara cannot find the path taken by those who are endowed with virtue, who live mindfully and have been freed from moral defilements by Right Knowledge.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.
 

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Dhammapada 56 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

4 - Pupphavagga, Flowers
10 - Mahakassapatthera Vatthu

Appamatto ayam gandho, yayam tagaracandani;
yo ca silavatam gandho, vati devesu uttamo.

56: The scents of rhododendron and of sandal wood are very faint; but the scent (reputation) of the virtuous is the strongest; it spreads even to the abodes of the deva.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Dhammapada 54-55 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

4 - Pupphavagga, Flowers
9 - Anandattherapanha Vatthu

Na pupphagandho pativatameti,
na candanam tagara mallika va;
satanca gandho pativatameti,
sabba disa sappuriso pavayati.
Cadanam tagaram vapi,
uppalam atha vassiki;
etesam gandhajatanam,
silagandho anuttaro.

54: The scent of flowers cannot go against the wind; nor the scent of sandalwood, nor of rhododendron (tagara), nor of jasmin (mallika)2; only the reputation of good people can go against the wind. The reputation of the virtuous ones (sappurisa) is wafted abroad in all directions.
55: There are the scents of sandalwood, rhododendron, lotus and jasmin (vassika)3; but the scent of virtue surpasses all scents.
Reference:
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Ten Types of Married Woman (Wife)

1. One money-bought (Dhanakkita);
2. A desire cohabitant (Chanda vasini);
3. A wealth cohabitant (Bhoga vasini);
4. A cloth cohabitant (Pata vasini);
5. A water-bowler (Odapattakini): family elders dip her  and his two hands into a bowl of water, wishing that they  be joined like the water, not to part;
6. One with removed (carrying) pad (Obhata cumbata): she becomes his wife by having her head pad (for carry loads) removed by him;
7. A slave and wife (Dasi ca bhariya ca);
8. A worker and wife (Kammakari ca bhariya ca);
9. One flag-brought (Dhajahata): a captive taken in conquered territory, where the flag has been raised;
10. A momentary wife (Muhuttika): a prostitute.
The Workings of Kamma, by Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw.

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Theravada Audio Dhamma (31)

Eindavudabhivamsa, U (HtoogyiSayadaw). ငရဲၾကီး

႐ွစ္ထပ္တရားေတာ္(၁)။ [Eight Levels of Niraya (1)].
Yangon, 21 October 2006.

Include: definition of Paticca Samuppada and
Patthana; thirty one realms; four Apaya;
superiority of human realm; circulation of three
Vutta (Kilesa, Kamma and Vipaka); names of
eight levels of Niraya. Listen more

Eindavudabhivamsa, U (HtoogyiSayadaw). ငရဲၾကီး
႐ွစ္ထပ္တရားေတာ္(၂)။ [Eight Levels of Niraya (2)].
Yangon, 22 October 2006.

Mentioned: three Sankhara; three connections;
causes of birth in Niraya and its sufferings; five
Ottara lesser Niraya; kind of person who cast
into each level of Niraya and their sufferings.
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Panditabhivamsa, Ashin (Shwe Taungon Sayadaw).
ကိုယ္က်င့္တရားေကာင္းျပီး လူႏွင့္တူသူ။ [A Man-like
Person with Good Moral]. San Francisco, 3 July 2010.

Mentioned: meaning of Dhamma; three different
persons in listening to Dhamma; how moral and
Dana are separate ones; four dangers; develo-
ping Metta; nearest causes of Metta and Karuna;
the matured intelligence; IQ, EQ and SQ; duties
of parents and children; the imitative work of
Jews. Listen more

Panditabhivamsa, Ashin (Shwe Taungon Sayadaw).
အမ်ိဳးဘာသာ သာသနာ မေပ်ာက္ပ်က္ရန္။ [Not to Destroy
Nation, Religion and Dispensation]. San Francisco,
4 July 2009.

Explained: the most ancient prayer_ Namotassa;
three refuges; five precepts; Anumottika Katha
(doctrine upgrading in serial order); mind of a
real man. Listen more

Thitzana, U. ဗုဒၶဘာသာသည္ ႐ုပ္တုကို ကိုးကြယ္ေသာ
ဘာသာေလာ(၁)။ [Is Buddhism a Religion that Worships
Idol (1)]. San Francisco, 3 April 2010.

Include: why the Buddha could announce that he
became the Buddha; reasons of worshipping the
Buddha; how the Buddha was named "Buddha";
what the person of old generation worshipped as
the Buddha's symbol and why they did not make
the idol of the Buddha; power of the omniscience
of the Buddha; questions and answers. Listen more

Thitzana, U. ဗုဒၶဘာသာသည္ ႐ုပ္တုကို ကိုးကြယ္ေသာ
ဘာသာေလာ(၂)။ [Is Buddhism a Religion that Worships
Idol (2)]. San Francisco, 4 April 2010.

Described: how to worship the Buddha; discus-
sion between the Buddha and sixteen followers
of Bavari brahmin; attributes of the Dhamma;
ten Dhamma to revere; questions and answers.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Dhammapada 48 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

4 - Pupphavagga, Flowers
4 - Patipujikakumari Vatthu

Pupphani heva pacinantam,
bysssasattamanasam naram;
atittanneva kamesu,
antako kurute vasam.

48: Like one who picks and chooses flowers, a man who has his mind attached to sensual pleasures and is insatiate in them is over powered by Death.
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Two Extremities and the Right Middle Way 

Enjoying kama sensual pleasures must be abandoned and avoided.
Refraining from eating, self-motification must also be avoided.
The middle way the right path must be practised certainly.
Kamasukhallika nuyoga is lobha extremity.
Dying with greed, shall they reach to peta realm.
Attakilamatha nuyoga is the dosa extremity.
Dying with dosa, shall they reach to the realm of niraya.
Alobha is the true cause of avoiding the kama sensual pleasures.
Adosa is the true cause of refraining from attakilamatha.
Amoha is the true cause of practising the middle way.
Avoiding the two wrong extremes, the right one is the middle way.
On treading the right way, penetrative wisdom develops, then nibbana is attained.
Reference: Mottos, by Ashin Kundalabhivamsa.

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Theravada Audio Dhamma (29)

Kheiminda, Bhaddanta (Khinmakan Sayadaw). ဘဝ ဇာတ္ဆရာ (၁)-(၂)။ [The Master of Life]. Yangon, 6 December 2008.

Include: ways to attain Nibbana; how Tanha is the master of life; advantage of listening to the Dhamma. Listen more(1) (2)

Kheiminda, Bhaddanta (Khinmakan Sayadaw). ေသမွာ မေၾကာက္ ထိုငါးေယာက္။ [Five Persons Who Do Not Frighten Death]. Yangon, [no date]

Explained: three Sasana and the main practice; mindfulness and knowing; teaching of every Buddha; five persons who do not frighten death. Listen more

Kumara, Ashin (Dhammadhara). ကုသိုလ္ႏွင့္ အကုသိုလ္။ [Merit and Demerit]. Mandalay, 1373 B.E.

Regarding to Merit (Kusala) and Demerit (Akusala), mentioned: meaning, characteristics, causes and types. Listen more

Kumara, Ashin (Dhammadhara). အေဟာင္းျပဳ ျပင္ အလွ ဆင္စို ့ (၁)-(၂)။ [Let's Repair the Old and Beautify]. Wetlat, 1371 B.E.

Described: five principles to propagate Buddha Sasana; six basis of progressing business; six facts to be healthy; one who repair the old and beautify; six conventions of Bud- dhist synod. Listen more(1) (2)

Narapati, U (Phyu Sayadaw). ရတနာထိုက္တဲ့ ခ်စ္သမီး။ [The Ideal Beloved Daughter]. Yangon, 5 December 1998.

With reference to “Rohini Theri Gatha Sutta”, mentioned the essence of Triple Gems; attributes of Sotapanna and Sangha; the purified one and Vedagu. Listen more

Narapati, U (Phyu Sayadaw). အသက္ေသေသာ္လည္း မ်က္ရည္မက် စတမ္း။ [Never Be Tearful Even Dead]. Yangon, 9 December 1998.

Manifestation of four protective Dhamma (Buddhanussati, Metta Bhavana, Maranassati and Asubha Bavana) andtheir benefits referring to “Suraka Jataka”. Listen more

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