The Discipline of Transcendence Vol 4 ~ 09
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| event type | discourse |
| date & time | 8 Nov 1976 am |
| location | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 34min. Quality: good. |
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| video | Not available |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | TRANS409 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutras: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- The Buddha said:
- Those who study the doctrine of the buddhas will do well to believe and observe all that is taught by them. It is like unto honey; it is sweet within, it is sweet without, it is sweet throughout; so is the Buddha's teaching.
- O monks, you must not walk on the way as the ox that is attached to a wheel. His body moves, but his heart is. Not willing. But when your hearts are in accord with the way, there is no need of troubling yourselves about your outward demeanor.
- Those who practise the way might well follow the example of an ox that marches through the deep mire carrying a heavy load. He is tired, but his steady gaze, looking forward, will never relax until he comes out of the mire, and it is only then that he takes a respite. O monks, remember that passions and sins are more than the filthy mire, and that you can escape misery only by earnestly and steadily thinking of the way.
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