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syn = Reader of the sutras/questions: [[Sw Ananda Teertha]]. | | syn = Reader of the sutras/questions: [[Sw Ananda Teertha]]. | ||
:The sutra | |||
::If you sleep, | |||
::Desire grows in you | |||
::Like a vine in the forest. | |||
::Like a monkey in the forest | |||
::You jump from tree to tree, | |||
::Never finding the fruit -- | |||
::From life to life, | |||
::Never finding peace. | |||
::If you are filled with desire, | |||
::Your sorrows swell | |||
::Like the grass after the rain. | |||
::But if you subdue desire, | |||
::Your sorrows fall from you | |||
::Like drops of water from a lotus flower. | |||
::This is good counsel | |||
::And it is for everyone: | |||
::As the grass is cleared for the fresh root, | |||
::Cut down desire | |||
::Lest death after death crush you | |||
::As a river crushes the helpless reeds. | |||
::For if the roots hold firm, | |||
::A felled tree grows up again. | |||
::If desires are not uprooted, | |||
::Sorrows grow again in you. | |||
:([[Glossary#source_of_quotes_in_the_synopsis|source:''CD-ROM'']]) | |||
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prevevent = If You Choose to Be with Me ~ 18 | | prevevent = If You Choose to Be with Me ~ 18 | | ||
nextevent = If You Choose to Be with Me ~ 19 | | nextevent = If You Choose to Be with Me ~ 19 | |
Revision as of 07:26, 5 March 2019
event type | discourse |
date & time | 19 Feb 1980 am |
location | Buddha Hall, Pune |
language | English |
audio | Available, duration 1h 24min. Quality: good. |
online audio | |
video | Not available |
online video | |
see also |
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online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
shorttitle | DHAM0909 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutras/questions: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- If you sleep,
- Desire grows in you
- Like a vine in the forest.
- Like a monkey in the forest
- You jump from tree to tree,
- Never finding the fruit --
- From life to life,
- Never finding peace.
- If you are filled with desire,
- Your sorrows swell
- Like the grass after the rain.
- But if you subdue desire,
- Your sorrows fall from you
- Like drops of water from a lotus flower.
- This is good counsel
- And it is for everyone:
- As the grass is cleared for the fresh root,
- Cut down desire
- Lest death after death crush you
- As a river crushes the helpless reeds.
- For if the roots hold firm,
- A felled tree grows up again.
- If desires are not uprooted,
- Sorrows grow again in you.
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