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syn = Reader of the sutras/questions: [[Sw Ananda Teertha]]. | | syn = Reader of the sutras/questions: [[Sw Ananda Teertha]]. | ||
:The sutras | |||
::The Buddha said: | |||
::"There was once a man who, being in despair over his inability to control his passions, wished to mutilate himself. The Buddha said to him, 'Better destroy your own evil thoughts than do harm to your own person. The mind is lord. When the lord himself is calmed, the servants will of themselves be yielding. If your mind is not cleansed of evil passions, what avails it to mutilate yourself?' " | |||
::Thereupon, the Buddha recited the gatha: | |||
::"Passions grow from the will, the will grows from thought and imagination: When both are calmed, there is neither sensualism nor transmigration." | |||
::The Buddha said, "This gatha was taught before by Kashyapabuddha." | |||
::The buddha said: | |||
::"From the passions arises worry, and from worry arises fear. Away with the passions, and no fear, no worry." | |||
:([[Glossary#source_of_quotes_in_the_synopsis|source:''CD-ROM'']]) | |||
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prevevent = God Is Not for Sale ~ 17 | | prevevent = God Is Not for Sale ~ 17 | | ||
nextevent = God Is Not for Sale ~ 18 | | nextevent = God Is Not for Sale ~ 18 | |
Revision as of 17:56, 8 March 2019
event type | discourse |
date & time | 29 Oct 1976 am |
location | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona |
language | English |
audio | Available, duration 1h 40min. Quality: good. |
online audio | |
video | Not available |
online video | |
see also |
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online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
shorttitle | TRANS309 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutras/questions: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutras
- The Buddha said:
- "There was once a man who, being in despair over his inability to control his passions, wished to mutilate himself. The Buddha said to him, 'Better destroy your own evil thoughts than do harm to your own person. The mind is lord. When the lord himself is calmed, the servants will of themselves be yielding. If your mind is not cleansed of evil passions, what avails it to mutilate yourself?' "
- Thereupon, the Buddha recited the gatha:
- "Passions grow from the will, the will grows from thought and imagination: When both are calmed, there is neither sensualism nor transmigration."
- The Buddha said, "This gatha was taught before by Kashyapabuddha."
- The buddha said:
- "From the passions arises worry, and from worry arises fear. Away with the passions, and no fear, no worry."
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