The Dhammapada Vol 01 ~ 03

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event type discourse
date & time 23 Jun 1979 am
location Buddha Hall, Pune
language English
audio Available, duration 1h 43min. Quality: good.
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video Not available
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online text find the PDF of this discourse
shorttitle DHAM0103
notes
synopsis
Reader of the sutras: Sw Ananda Teertha.
The sutra
Mistaking the false for the true
And the true for the false,
You overlook the heart
And fill yourself with desire.
See the false as false,
The true as true.
Look into your heart.
Follow your nature.
An unreflecting mind is a poor roof.
Passion, like the rain, floods the house.
But if the roof is strong, there is shelter.
Whoever follows impure thoughts
Suffers in this world and the next.
In both worlds he suffers,
And how greatly,
When he sees the wrong he has done.
But whoever follows the law
Is joyful here and joyful there.
In both worlds he rejoices,
And how greatly,
When he sees the good he has done.
For great is the harvest in this world,
And greater still in the next.
However many holy words you read,
However many you speak,
What good will they do you
If you do not act upon them?
Are you a shepherd
Who counts another man's sheep,
Never sharing the way?
Read as few words as you like
And speak fewer.
But act upon the law.
Give up the old ways --
Passion, enmity, folly.
Know the truth and find peace.
Share the way.


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