Wednesday, May 21, 2014

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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Monday, May 12, 2014

Dhamma Info (15)


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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Sunday, May 4, 2014

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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