The Dhammapada Vol 04 ~ 07

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event type discourse
date & time 28 Aug 1979 am
location Buddha Hall, Pune
language English
audio Available, duration 1h 53min. Quality: good.
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video Not available
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online text find the PDF of this discourse
shorttitle DHAM0407
notes
synopsis
Reader of the sutras: Sw Ananda Teertha.
The sutra
All beings tremble before violence.
All fear death.
All love life.
See yourself in others.
Then whom can you hurt?
What harm can you do?
He who seeks happiness
By hurting those who seek happiness
Will never find happiness.
For your brother is like you.
He wants to be happy.
Never harm him
And when you leave this life
You too will find happiness.
Never speak harsh words
For they will rebound upon you.
Angry words hurt
And the hurt rebounds.
Like a broken gong
Be still, be silent.
Know the stillness of freedom
Where there is no more striving.
Like herdsmen driving their cows into the fields
Old age and death will drive you before them.
But the fool in his mischief forgets
And he lights the fire
Wherein one day he must burn.
He who harms the harmless
Or hurts the innocent
Ten times shall he fall --
Into torment or infirmity,
Injury or disease or madness,
Persecution or fearful accusation,
Loss of family, loss of fortune.
Fire from heaven shall strike his house
And when his body has been struck down
He shall rise in hell.


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