The Dhammapada Vol 09 ~ 03
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| event type | discourse |
| date & time | 13 Feb 1980 am |
| location | Buddha Hall, Pune |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 42min. Quality: good. |
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| video | Not available |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | DHAM0903 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutras: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- I shall endure hard words
- As the elephant endures the shafts of battle.
- For many people speak wildly.
- The tamed elephant goes to battle.
- The king rides him.
- The tamed man is the master.
- He can endure hard words in peace.
- Better than a mule
- Or the fine horses of sindh
- Or the mighty elephants of war
- Is the man who has mastered himself.
- Not on their backs
- Can he reach the untrodden country,
- But only on his own.
- The mighty elephant Dhanapalaka
- Is wild when he is in rut,
- And when bound he will not eat,
- Remembering the elephant grove.
- The fool is idle.
- He eats and he rolls in his sleep
- Like a hog in a sty.
- And he has to live life over again.
- My own mind used to wander
- Wherever pleasure or desire or lust led it.
- But now I have it tamed,
- I guide it,
- As the keeper guides the wild elephant.
- Awake.
- Be the witness of your thoughts.
- The elephant hauls himself from the mud.
- In the same way drag yourself out of your sloth.
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