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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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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Dhammapada 47 [Khuddaka Nikaya]

4 - Pupphavagga, Flowers
3 - Vitatubha Vatthu

Pupphani heva pacinantam,
byasattamanasam naram;
suttam gamam mahoghova,
maccu adaya gacchati.

47: Like one who picks and chooses flowers, a man who has his mind attached to sensual pleasures is carried away by Death, just as a great flood sweeps away a sleeping village.
Mya Tin, Daw, tr. The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Rangoon: Burma Tipitaka Association, 1986.

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