Verse 344:
Whoever in the forest find freedom from desire,
yet later returns to the household life, is still bound.
Look! Though freed, he is verily running back into
being entangled, in the very same net.
Monday 30 September 2013
Dhammapada 344
Posted by drdoof on 04-07-2013, 5:58 PM :
Verse 344:
Whoever in the forest find freedom from desire,
yet later returns to the household life, is still bound.
Look! Though freed, he is verily running back into
being entangled, in the very same net.
Verse 344:
Whoever in the forest find freedom from desire,
yet later returns to the household life, is still bound.
Look! Though freed, he is verily running back into
being entangled, in the very same net.
Dhammapada 338 - 343
Posted by drdoof on 04-07-2013, 5:56 PM :
Verse 338:
Just as a tree with roots undamaged and firm
grows again even though cut down,
so also, if latent craving is not rooted out,
this dukkha (of birth, & death) arises again and again.
Verse 339:
That man of wrong views,
in whom the thirty-six streams # (of craving) that flow towards pleasurable objects are strong,
is carried away by his many thoughts connected with passion.
Verse 340:
The stream of craving flows always and in all directions.
When this creeper of craving shoots up and stands strong,
then cut it off at the Root, immediately, right there and then.
Verse 341:
In beings, there flows happiness that is smeared with craving;
those beings attached to pleasure and seeking pleasure are,
indeed, subject to birth and ageing.
Verse 342:
People beset with craving are terrified like a hare caught in a snare;
held fast by fetters and bonds
they undergo dukkha (round of rebirths) again and again,
for a long time.
Verse 343:
People beset with craving are terrified like a hare caught in a snare.
Therefore, One who wishes to free himself from suffering
should eradicate craving.
Verse 338:
Just as a tree with roots undamaged and firm
grows again even though cut down,
so also, if latent craving is not rooted out,
this dukkha (of birth, & death) arises again and again.
Verse 339:
That man of wrong views,
in whom the thirty-six streams # (of craving) that flow towards pleasurable objects are strong,
is carried away by his many thoughts connected with passion.
Verse 340:
The stream of craving flows always and in all directions.
When this creeper of craving shoots up and stands strong,
then cut it off at the Root, immediately, right there and then.
Verse 341:
In beings, there flows happiness that is smeared with craving;
those beings attached to pleasure and seeking pleasure are,
indeed, subject to birth and ageing.
Verse 342:
People beset with craving are terrified like a hare caught in a snare;
held fast by fetters and bonds
they undergo dukkha (round of rebirths) again and again,
for a long time.
Verse 343:
People beset with craving are terrified like a hare caught in a snare.
Therefore, One who wishes to free himself from suffering
should eradicate craving.
Dhammapada 334 - 337
Posted by drdoof on 04-07-2013, 5:51 PM :
Verse 334:
In a man who is ever careless,
craving grows like a creeper.
He runs from birth to birth,
like a monkey seeking fruits in the forest.
Verse 335:
Whoever is overcome by this fierce craving,
clinging to the world,
for such one the sorrows increase
like watered grass grows high.
Verse 336:
In this world, sorrow falls away
from one who overcomes this vile craving
that is difficult to get rid of,
just as water drops fall away from a lotus leaf.
Verse 337:
Therefore, I will deliver this teaching to all of you who have assembled here.
Dig up the root of craving just as one who wishes to have the fragrant root digs up the birana grass.
Do not let Mara destroy you again and again,
as the flood destroys the reed.
Verse 334:
In a man who is ever careless,
craving grows like a creeper.
He runs from birth to birth,
like a monkey seeking fruits in the forest.
Verse 335:
Whoever is overcome by this fierce craving,
clinging to the world,
for such one the sorrows increase
like watered grass grows high.
Verse 336:
In this world, sorrow falls away
from one who overcomes this vile craving
that is difficult to get rid of,
just as water drops fall away from a lotus leaf.
Verse 337:
Therefore, I will deliver this teaching to all of you who have assembled here.
Dig up the root of craving just as one who wishes to have the fragrant root digs up the birana grass.
Do not let Mara destroy you again and again,
as the flood destroys the reed.
Dhammapada 331 - 333
Posted by drdoof on 03-07-2013, 11:28 AM :
Verse 331:
It is good to have friends when the need arises;
it is good to be content with anything that is available;
it is good to have merit when life is about to end;
it is good to be rid of all dukkha.
Verse 332:
In this world it is good to be dutiful to one's mother;
also it is good to be dutiful to one's father.
In this world it is good to minister unto samanas (monks);
also it is good to minister unto brahmanas.
Verse 333:
It is good to have virtue till old age,
it is good to have unshakable faith,
it is good to gain wisdom,
it is good to do no evil.
Verse 331:
It is good to have friends when the need arises;
it is good to be content with anything that is available;
it is good to have merit when life is about to end;
it is good to be rid of all dukkha.
Verse 332:
In this world it is good to be dutiful to one's mother;
also it is good to be dutiful to one's father.
In this world it is good to minister unto samanas (monks);
also it is good to minister unto brahmanas.
Verse 333:
It is good to have virtue till old age,
it is good to have unshakable faith,
it is good to gain wisdom,
it is good to do no evil.
Dhammapada 328 - 330
Posted by drdoof on 03-07-2013, 11:24 AM :
Verse 328:
If one finds a sagacious friend,
who is a virtuous and steadfast companion,
one should live with him joyfully and mindfully,
overcoming all dangers.
Verse 329:
If one cannot find a sagacious friend,
who is a virtuous and steadfast companion,
one should live alone like the king who gave up and
left the country he had won, and
like the elephant roaming alone in the forest.
Verse 330:
It is better to live alone;
there is no fellowship with a fool.
So one should live alone,
do no evil, and
be carefree like the elephant roaming alone in the forest.
Verse 328:
If one finds a sagacious friend,
who is a virtuous and steadfast companion,
one should live with him joyfully and mindfully,
overcoming all dangers.
Verse 329:
If one cannot find a sagacious friend,
who is a virtuous and steadfast companion,
one should live alone like the king who gave up and
left the country he had won, and
like the elephant roaming alone in the forest.
Verse 330:
It is better to live alone;
there is no fellowship with a fool.
So one should live alone,
do no evil, and
be carefree like the elephant roaming alone in the forest.
Dhammapada 327
Posted by drdoof on 03-07-2013, 11:22 AM :
Verse 327:
Take delight in mindfulness, guard your mind well.
As an elephant stuck in mire pulls itself out,
so also, pull yourself out of the mire of moral defilements.
Verse 327:
Take delight in mindfulness, guard your mind well.
As an elephant stuck in mire pulls itself out,
so also, pull yourself out of the mire of moral defilements.
Dhammapada 326
Posted by drdoof on 03-07-2013, 11:21 AM :
Verse 326:
Thoughts wander first here and then there,
crossing and turning where and whenever they like.
Therefore control your thoughts
like the mahout drives the Elephant with a strong hook.
Verse 326:
Thoughts wander first here and then there,
crossing and turning where and whenever they like.
Therefore control your thoughts
like the mahout drives the Elephant with a strong hook.
Dhammapada 325
Posted by drdoof on 03-07-2013, 11:19 AM :
Verse 325:
The foolish one who is lazy, gluttonous, and always drowsy,
who just wallows like a well-fed pig,
is subject to repeated rebirths.
Verse 325:
The foolish one who is lazy, gluttonous, and always drowsy,
who just wallows like a well-fed pig,
is subject to repeated rebirths.
Dhammapada 324
Posted by drdoof on 03-07-2013, 11:17 AM :
Verse 324:
The elephant called Dhanapala,
in severe must and uncontrollable,
being in captivity, eats not a morsel,
yearning for his native forest (i. e., longing to look after his parents).
Verse 324:
The elephant called Dhanapala,
in severe must and uncontrollable,
being in captivity, eats not a morsel,
yearning for his native forest (i. e., longing to look after his parents).
Dhammapada 323
Posted by drdoof on 03-07-2013, 11:14 AM :
Verse 323:
Indeed, not by any means of transport (such as elephants and horses)
can one go to the place one has never been before (i.e., Nibbana);
but only by thoroughly taming oneself,
the self tamed one can get to that place (i.e., Nibbana).
Verse 323:
Indeed, not by any means of transport (such as elephants and horses)
can one go to the place one has never been before (i.e., Nibbana);
but only by thoroughly taming oneself,
the self tamed one can get to that place (i.e., Nibbana).
Dhammapada 320 - 322
Posted by drdoof on 03-07-2013, 11:12 AM :
Verse 320:
As an elephant in battlefield withstands the arrow shot from a bow,
so shall I endure abuse.
Indeed, many people are without morality.
Verse 321:
Only the trained (horses and elephants) are led to gatherings of people;
the King mounts only the well trained & well tamed horses and elephants.
Noblest among men are the tamed, who can endure abuse.
Verse 322:
Quite excellent are well trained and completely tamed
Elephants and full-blooded horses,
yet far better is the one,
who have tamed himself
Verse 320:
As an elephant in battlefield withstands the arrow shot from a bow,
so shall I endure abuse.
Indeed, many people are without morality.
Verse 321:
Only the trained (horses and elephants) are led to gatherings of people;
the King mounts only the well trained & well tamed horses and elephants.
Noblest among men are the tamed, who can endure abuse.
Verse 322:
Quite excellent are well trained and completely tamed
Elephants and full-blooded horses,
yet far better is the one,
who have tamed himself
Dhammapada 318 - 319
Posted by drdoof on 02-07-2013, 10:09 AM :
Verse 318:
Beings who imagine wrong in what is not wrong,
who do not see wrong in what is wrong, and
who hold wrong views
go to a lower plane of existence.
Verse 319:
Beings who know what is wrong as wrong and
who know what is right as right,
and who hold right views
go to a happy plane of existence.
Verse 318:
Beings who imagine wrong in what is not wrong,
who do not see wrong in what is wrong, and
who hold wrong views
go to a lower plane of existence.
Verse 319:
Beings who know what is wrong as wrong and
who know what is right as right,
and who hold right views
go to a happy plane of existence.
Dhammapada 316 - 317
Posted by drdoof on 02-07-2013, 10:07 AM :
Verse 316:
Those beings who are ashamed of what should not be ashamed of,
who are not ashamed of what should be ashamed of, and
who hold wrong views
go to a lower plane of existence.
Verse 317:
Those beings who see danger in what is not dangerous,
who do not see danger in what is dangerous, and
who hold wrong views
go to a lower plane of existence.
Verse 316:
Those beings who are ashamed of what should not be ashamed of,
who are not ashamed of what should be ashamed of, and
who hold wrong views
go to a lower plane of existence.
Verse 317:
Those beings who see danger in what is not dangerous,
who do not see danger in what is dangerous, and
who hold wrong views
go to a lower plane of existence.
Dhammapada 315
Posted by drdoof on 02-07-2013, 10:05 AM :
Verse 315:
As a border town is guarded both inside and outside,
so guard yourself.
Let not the right moment go by
for those who miss this moment,
come to grief when they fall into Hell.
Verse 315:
As a border town is guarded both inside and outside,
so guard yourself.
Let not the right moment go by
for those who miss this moment,
come to grief when they fall into Hell.
Dhammapada 314
Posted by drdoof on 02-07-2013, 10:03 AM :
Verse 314:
It is better not to do an unwholesome deed;
an unwholesome deed torments one later on.
It is better to do a wholesome deed
as one does not have to repent for having done it.
Verse 314:
It is better not to do an unwholesome deed;
an unwholesome deed torments one later on.
It is better to do a wholesome deed
as one does not have to repent for having done it.
Dhammapada 311 - 313
Posted by drdoof on 02-07-2013, 10:01 AM :
Verse 311:
Just as kusa grass if badly held cuts that very hand,
so also, the ill-led life of a Bhikkhu
drags that Bhikkhu down to niraya.
Verse 312:
An act carelessly performed,
or a practice that is depraved,
or a questionable conduct of a Bhikkhu
is not of much benefit.
Verse 313:
If there is anything to be done, do it well;
do it firmly and energetically;
for the slack life of a Bhikkhu scatters only dust (of moral defilements).
Verse 311:
Just as kusa grass if badly held cuts that very hand,
so also, the ill-led life of a Bhikkhu
drags that Bhikkhu down to niraya.
Verse 312:
An act carelessly performed,
or a practice that is depraved,
or a questionable conduct of a Bhikkhu
is not of much benefit.
Verse 313:
If there is anything to be done, do it well;
do it firmly and energetically;
for the slack life of a Bhikkhu scatters only dust (of moral defilements).
Dhammapada 309 - 310
Posted by drdoof on 02-07-2013, 9:55 AM :
Verse 309:
Four misfortunes befall a man
who is unmindful of right conduct and
commit sexual misconduct with another man's wife:
acquisition of demerit, disturbed sleep, reproach, andsuffering in Hell.
Verse 310:
Thus, there is the acquisition of demerit, and
there is rebirth in the four lower realms.
The enjoyment of a scared man with a scared woman is short-lived, and the king also metes out severe punishment.
Therefore, a man should not commit misconduct with another man's wife.
Verse 309:
Four misfortunes befall a man
who is unmindful of right conduct and
commit sexual misconduct with another man's wife:
acquisition of demerit, disturbed sleep, reproach, andsuffering in Hell.
Verse 310:
Thus, there is the acquisition of demerit, and
there is rebirth in the four lower realms.
The enjoyment of a scared man with a scared woman is short-lived, and the king also metes out severe punishment.
Therefore, a man should not commit misconduct with another man's wife.
Dhammapada 308
Posted by drdoof on 02-07-2013, 9:52 AM :
Verse 308:
It is better for one to eat a red-hot lump of iron burning like a flame
than to eat alms-food offered by the people,
if one is without morality (sila) and
unrestrained in thought, word and deed.
Verse 308:
It is better for one to eat a red-hot lump of iron burning like a flame
than to eat alms-food offered by the people,
if one is without morality (sila) and
unrestrained in thought, word and deed.
Dhammapada 307
Posted by drdoof on 02-07-2013, 9:51 AM :
Verse 307:
Many men wearing the yellow robe round their necks,
yet are of an evil greed,
being uncontrolled in thought, word and deed
are reborn in hell due to their unwholesome deeds.
Verse 307:
Many men wearing the yellow robe round their necks,
yet are of an evil greed,
being uncontrolled in thought, word and deed
are reborn in hell due to their unwholesome deeds.
Dhammapada 306
Posted by drdoof on 02-07-2013, 9:50 AM :
Verse 306:
Those who falsely declare: "That indeed happened",
about what did not happen or: "I did not do that",
about what they actually did, earn themselves
a hot ticket to a future existence in Hell.
Verse 306:
Those who falsely declare: "That indeed happened",
about what did not happen or: "I did not do that",
about what they actually did, earn themselves
a hot ticket to a future existence in Hell.
Dhammapada 305
Posted by drdoof on 01-07-2013, 10:07 AM :
Verse 305:
He who sits alone,
lies down alone,
walks alone,
in diligent practice,
and alone tames himself
will find delight and solace by living in the forest.
Verse 305:
He who sits alone,
lies down alone,
walks alone,
in diligent practice,
and alone tames himself
will find delight and solace by living in the forest.
Dhammapada 304
Posted by drdoof on 01-07-2013, 10:06 AM :
Verse 304:
Like the Himalayas, the good ones are visible even from afar;
like arrows shot in the night,
the evil are not seen even though very near.
Verse 304:
Like the Himalayas, the good ones are visible even from afar;
like arrows shot in the night,
the evil are not seen even though very near.
Dhammapada 303
Posted by drdoof on 01-07-2013, 10:05 AM :
Verse 303:
He who is full of faith and virtue,
who also possesses fame and fortune,
is held in reverence wherever he goes.
Verse 303:
He who is full of faith and virtue,
who also possesses fame and fortune,
is held in reverence wherever he goes.
Dhammapada 302
Posted by drdoof on 01-07-2013, 10:04 AM :
Verse 302:
It is hard to become a Bhikkhu;
it is hard to be happy in the practice of a Bhikkhu.
The hard life of a householder is painful;
to live with those of a different temperament is painful.
A traveller in samsara is continually subject to dukkha;
therefore, do not be a traveller in samsara;
do not be the one to be subject to dukkha again and again.
Verse 302:
It is hard to become a Bhikkhu;
it is hard to be happy in the practice of a Bhikkhu.
The hard life of a householder is painful;
to live with those of a different temperament is painful.
A traveller in samsara is continually subject to dukkha;
therefore, do not be a traveller in samsara;
do not be the one to be subject to dukkha again and again.
Dhammapada 296 - 301
Posted by drdoof on 01-07-2013, 10:02 AM :
Verse 296:
Fully alert and ever vigilant are Gautama Buddha's disciples,
who by day and by night
are always mindful of the qualities of the Buddha.
Verse 297:
Fully alert and ever vigilant are Gautama Buddha's disciples,
who by day and by night
are always mindful of the qualities of the Dhamma.
Verse 298:
Fully alert and ever vigilant are Gautama Buddha's disciples,
who by day and by night
are always mindful of the qualities of the Sangha.
Verse 299:
Fully alert and ever vigilant are Gautama Buddha's disciples,
who by day and by night
are always mindful of the component parts of the Body.
Verse 300:
Fully alert and ever vigilant are Gautama Buddha's disciples,
whose mind by day and by night
always takes delight in being compassionate (lit., Harmlessness).
Verse 301:
Fully alert and ever vigilant are Gautama Buddha's disciples,
whose mind by day and by night
always takes delight in the cultivation of Meditation.
Verse 296:
Fully alert and ever vigilant are Gautama Buddha's disciples,
who by day and by night
are always mindful of the qualities of the Buddha.
Verse 297:
Fully alert and ever vigilant are Gautama Buddha's disciples,
who by day and by night
are always mindful of the qualities of the Dhamma.
Verse 298:
Fully alert and ever vigilant are Gautama Buddha's disciples,
who by day and by night
are always mindful of the qualities of the Sangha.
Verse 299:
Fully alert and ever vigilant are Gautama Buddha's disciples,
who by day and by night
are always mindful of the component parts of the Body.
Verse 300:
Fully alert and ever vigilant are Gautama Buddha's disciples,
whose mind by day and by night
always takes delight in being compassionate (lit., Harmlessness).
Verse 301:
Fully alert and ever vigilant are Gautama Buddha's disciples,
whose mind by day and by night
always takes delight in the cultivation of Meditation.
Dhammapada 294 - 295
Posted by drdoof on 01-07-2013, 9:58 AM :
Verse 294:
Having killed mother (i.e., craving), father (i.e., Conceit), and
the two kings (i.e., Eternity-belief and Annihilation-belief), and
having destroyed the kingdom (i.e., the sense bases and sense objects) together with its revenue officer (i.e., attachment),
the brahmana (i.e., the Arahat) goes free from dukkha (suffering).
Verse 295:
Having killed mother, father, the two brahmin kings and
having destroyed the hindrances of which the fifth (i.e., doubt) is like a tiger-infested journey,
the brahmana (i.e., the Arahat) goes free from dukkha.
Verse 294:
Having killed mother (i.e., craving), father (i.e., Conceit), and
the two kings (i.e., Eternity-belief and Annihilation-belief), and
having destroyed the kingdom (i.e., the sense bases and sense objects) together with its revenue officer (i.e., attachment),
the brahmana (i.e., the Arahat) goes free from dukkha (suffering).
Verse 295:
Having killed mother, father, the two brahmin kings and
having destroyed the hindrances of which the fifth (i.e., doubt) is like a tiger-infested journey,
the brahmana (i.e., the Arahat) goes free from dukkha.
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