The Dhammapada Vol 08 ~ 03
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| event type | discourse |
| date & time | 23 Dec 1979 am |
| location | Buddha Hall, Pune |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 32min. Quality: good. |
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| video | Not available |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | DHAM0803 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutras: Ma Prem Maneesha.
- The sutra
- While a man desires a woman,
- His mind is bound
- As closely as a calf to its mother.
- As you would pluck an autumn lily,
- Pluck the arrow of desire.
- For he who is awake
- Has shown you the way of peace.
- Give yourself to the journey.
- "Here shall I make my dwelling,
- In the summer and the winter,
- And in the rainy season."
- So the fool makes his plans,
- Sparing not a thought for his death.
- Death overtakes the man
- Who, giddy and distracted by the world,
- Cares only for his flocks and his children.
- Death fetches him away
- As a flood carries off a sleeping village.
- His family cannot save him,
- Not his father nor his sons.
- Know this.
- Seek wisdom, and purity.
- Quickly clear the way.
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