The Dhammapada Vol 01 ~ 09
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event type | discourse |
date & time | 29 Jun 1979 am |
location | Buddha Hall, Pune |
language | English |
audio | Available, duration 1h 47min. Quality: good. |
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video | Not available |
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online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
shorttitle | DHAM0109 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutras: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- As the fletcher whittles
- And makes straight his arrows,
- So the master directs
- His straying thoughts.
- Like a fish out of water,
- Stranded on the shore,
- Thoughts thrash and quiver.
- For how can they shake off desire?
- They tremble, they are unsteady,
- They wander at their will.
- It is good to control them.
- And to master them brings happiness.
- But how subtle they are,
- How elusive!
- The task is to quieten them,
- And by ruling them to find happiness.
- With singlemindedness
- The master quells his thoughts.
- He ends their wandering.
- Seated in the cave of the heart,
- He finds freedom.
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