The Dhammapada Vol 01 ~ 07
| event type | discourse |
| date & time | 27 Jun 1979 am |
| location | Buddha Hall, Pune |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 46min. Quality: good. |
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| video | Not available |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | DHAM0107 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutras: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- The fool is careless.
- But the master guards his watching.
- It is his most precious treasure.
- He never gives in to desire.
- He meditates.
- And in the strength of his resolve
- He discovers true happiness.
- He overcomes desire --
- And from the tower of wisdom
- He looks down with dispassion
- Upon the sorrowing crowd.
- From the mountaintop
- He looks down on those
- Who live close to the ground.
- Mindful among the mindless,
- Awake while others dream,
- Swift as the race horse
- He outstrips the field.
- By watching
- Indra became king of the gods.
- How wonderful it is to watch,
- How foolish to sleep.
- The bhikkhu who guards his mind
- And fears the waywardness of his thoughts
- Burns through every bond
- With the fire of his vigilance.
- The bhikkhu who guards his mind
- And fears his own confusion
- Cannot fall.
- He has found the way to peace.
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