Dhammapada 46 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

4 - Pupphavagga, Flowers
2 - Maricikammatthanika bhikkhu Vatthu

Phepnupamam kayamimam viditva,
maricidhammam abhisambudhano;
chetvana marassa papupphakani,
adassanam maccurajassa gacche.

46: One who knows that this body is impermanent like froth, and comprehends that it is insubstantial like a mirage, will cut the flowers of Mara (i.e., the three kinds of vatta or rounds), and pass out of sight of the King of Death.
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Theravada Audio Dhamma (28)

Ghosita, U. ပဋိစၥသမုပၸါဒ္ ႏွင့္ ကမၼဘဝ႐ွင္းတမ္း။ [Clarification of Paticca Samuppada and Kamma Bhava]. 14 April 1994.

Explaining: why beings are confused in mind; eight connections such as two origins, two Sacca, four layers, twelve characteristics, three relations, three Vatta, three times and twenty matters; Kamma Bhava. Listen more

Ghosita, U. ေ႐ွးအတိတ္ ကံစြမ္းအားေၾကာင့္ ျဖစ္ေပၚလာပုံ တရားေတာ္။ [Arise Because of the Power of Past Kamma]. 14 April 1993.

Include: three relations of Paticca Samuppada (Sankhara and Vinnana; Vedana and Tanha; Kamma Bhava and Jati); Sassata and Uccheda-ditthi; three consciousness; Nama and Rupa; size and development of Rupa; twelve Ayatana and eighteen Datu.
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Jotika, U (Pakhokku Airport Sayadaw). ပုဂၢိဳလ္ဆယ္မ်ိဳး တရားေတာ္။ [Ten Types of Person]. Sydney, 4 Mar 2011.

Mentioned: Ajivatthamaka Sila; ten types of person that the Buddha stated; the one which the Buddha praised; why the Buddha preached this discourse. Listen more

Jotika, U (Pakhokku Airport Sayadaw). ေလာကဓံ။ [Worldly Vicissitudes (Loka-dhamma)]. Sydney, 5 Mar 2011.

Explained: the difference between keeping ordinary Sila and special Sila; eight kinds of Lokadan; how virtuous person and stupid one faces the Worldly Vicissitudes. Listen more

Pannavara, Ashin (Dhammaduta, Theinzayat). ေနာက္
ေၾကာင္းျပန္ေတြး စိတ္မေလးနဲ႔တရားေတာ္။[Don't Look Back
the Past and Worry]. Theinzayat, 13 April 2011.

Include: how khandha and attributes are different; to amend the wrong doing of the past instead of worrying; Nibbana can surely be attained if one has objective and strives to do so.  Listen more

Pannavara, Ashin (Dhammaduta, Theinzayat). ဘဝလမ္းခြဲ။ [Branch Line of Life]. Bilin, 14 Jan 2013.

Described: way to associate and depart among family members; how practising meditation is necessary in all ages of life; facts to do for the prosperity of race, religion and dispensation of Sasana; advice to reduce attachment and to develop loving kindness (Metta).  Listen more

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Dhammapada 44-45 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

4 - Pupphavagga, Flowers
1 - Pancasatabhikkhu Vatthu

Ko imam pathavim vicessati,
yamalokanca imam sadevakam;
ko dhammapadam sudesitam,
kusalo pupphamiva pacessati.
Sekho pathavim vicessati,
yamalokanca imam sadevakam;
sekho dhammapadam sudesitam,
kusalo pupphamiva pacessati.

44: Who shall examine this earth (i.e., this body), the world of Yama (i.e., the four Apayas) and the world of man together with the world of devas? Who shall examine the well-taught Path of Virtue (Dhammapada) as an expert florist picks and chooses flowers?
45: The Ariya Sekha2 shall examine this earth (i.e., the body), the world of Yama (i.e., the four Apayas) and the world of man together with the world of devas. The Ariya Sekha shall examine the well-taught Path of Virtue (Dhammapada) as an expert florist picks and chooses flowers.
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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Dhamma Info (11)

For Beautiful Life
 

The world of living beings is constituted on both mind and materiality. One of the Buddha's message is "Manopubbangama Dhamma" which means mind is forerunner, mind makes human life, mind is master of man, mind mould the human life, human beings are architects of their own lives, so, in order to create the beautiful life, we should mould our mind to be beautiful.
 

Nowadays, the world of mankind is full of chaos, full of evils, full of battles, full of crimes, full of sorrow and sufferings. These unpleasant situations, miserable events are generated by evil mind. In many Buddha's messages mention that the starting point of these miserable events is selfishness thought of egocentric world.

Beginning of competition and conflict is the thought of jealously or unhappy of other's progress and success.

Therefore, the Buddha emphatically stated that you should convert from selfishness to selflessness, from jealousy to joy, from evil to noble.
 

Nyanissara, Dr. Ashin (Sitagu Sayadaw).  Peace, Harmony and Coexistence; delivered by Sitagu Sayadaw Dr. Ashin Nyanissara. NY, UN, 2011.)

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New Year and You (2014)

Here comes another year,
Full of prosperity and cheer,
Don't you be the one,
Who lives just to eat, sleep and earn.

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Labels: New Year