Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 9-10: anikkasāvo kāsāvaṃ yo vatthaṃ paridahessati |apeto damasaccena na so kāsāvamarahati || 9 ||yo ca vantakasāvassa …
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Testing Swami Vivekananda
One day Ramakrishna’s whole attitude to Narendra suddenly seemed to change. The Master looked at him without the least sign of pleasure and remained silent. Narendra thought that the Master was in a …
Anaximander
Theories Anaximander's theories were influenced by the Greek mythical tradition, and by some ideas of Thales – the father of Western philosophy – as well as by observations made by older …
Verse 7-8 – The Story of Monk Mahākāla
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 7-8: subhānupassiṃ viharantaṃ indriyesu asaṃvutaṃ |bhojanambhi amattaññuṃ kusītaṃ hīnavīriyaṃ |taṃ ve pasahati māro …
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The Perils of Uncontrolled Thought
A man who had not learnt to control his thoughts, happened to come under a tree known as the "Wishing Tree" which granted all one's desires. The man first thought that as he was tired it would be a …
The Story of Ekalavya
Ekalavya was a prince in a country of certain aborigines. He went to Acharya Drona, the great teacher of archery, in order to learn that art. Drona would not accept anybody as his disciple who was not …