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syn = Reader of the sutras/questions: [[Sw Ananda Teertha]]. | | syn = Reader of the sutras/questions: [[Sw Ananda Teertha]]. | ||
:The sutra | |||
::You are as the yellow leaf. | |||
::The messengers of death are at hand. | |||
::You are to travel far away. | |||
::What will you take with you? | |||
::You are the lamp | |||
::To lighten the way. | |||
::Then hurry, hurry. | |||
::When your light shines | |||
::Without impurity or desire | |||
::You will come into the boundless country. | |||
::Your life is falling away. | |||
::Death is at hand. | |||
::Where will you rest on the way? | |||
::What have you taken with you? | |||
::You are the lamp | |||
::To lighten the way. | |||
::Then hurry, hurry. | |||
::When your light shines purely | |||
::You will not be born | |||
::And you will not die. | |||
::As a silversmith sifts dust from silver, | |||
::Remove your own impurities | |||
::Little by little. | |||
::Or as iron is corroded by rust | |||
::Your own mischief will consume you. | |||
::Neglected, the sacred verses rust. | |||
::For beauty rusts without use | |||
::And unrepaired the house falls into ruin, | |||
::And the watch, without vigilance, fails. | |||
::In this world and the next | |||
::There is impurity and impurity: | |||
::When a woman lacks dignity, | |||
::When a man lacks generosity. | |||
::But the greatest impurity is ignorance. | |||
::Free yourself from it. | |||
::Be pure. | |||
:([[Glossary#source_of_quotes_in_the_synopsis|source:''CD-ROM'']]) | |||
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prevevent = Scriptures in Silence ~ 22 | | prevevent = Scriptures in Silence ~ 22 | | ||
nextevent = Birthday Celebration 1979 ~ 01 | | nextevent = Birthday Celebration 1979 ~ 01 | |
Revision as of 17:43, 4 March 2019
event type | discourse |
date & time | 11 Dec 1979 am |
location | Buddha Hall, Pune |
language | English |
audio | Available, duration 1h 51min. Quality: good. |
online audio | |
video | Not available |
online video | |
see also |
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online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
shorttitle | DHAM0701 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutras/questions: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- You are as the yellow leaf.
- The messengers of death are at hand.
- You are to travel far away.
- What will you take with you?
- You are the lamp
- To lighten the way.
- Then hurry, hurry.
- When your light shines
- Without impurity or desire
- You will come into the boundless country.
- Your life is falling away.
- Death is at hand.
- Where will you rest on the way?
- What have you taken with you?
- You are the lamp
- To lighten the way.
- Then hurry, hurry.
- When your light shines purely
- You will not be born
- And you will not die.
- As a silversmith sifts dust from silver,
- Remove your own impurities
- Little by little.
- Or as iron is corroded by rust
- Your own mischief will consume you.
- Neglected, the sacred verses rust.
- For beauty rusts without use
- And unrepaired the house falls into ruin,
- And the watch, without vigilance, fails.
- In this world and the next
- There is impurity and impurity:
- When a woman lacks dignity,
- When a man lacks generosity.
- But the greatest impurity is ignorance.
- Free yourself from it.
- Be pure.
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