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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 166: attad'atthaṃ paratthena bahun'āpi na hāpaye |attad'atthaṃ abhiññāya sadatthapasuto siyā || 166 || 166. Let none …
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Vaishnavcharan Goswami—Famous Vaishnava scholar of his times, leader of the contemporary Vaishnava community, acknowledged authority on Bhakti text including the Bhagavata. Son of the reputed sadhaka …
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हिरण्मयेन पात्रेण सत्यस्यापिहितं मुखम् ।तत्त्वं पूषन्नपावृणु सत्यधर्माय दृष्टये ॥ १५ ॥पूषन्नेकर्षे यम सूर्य प्राजापत्य व्यूह रश्मीन्समूह ।तेजः यत्ते रूपं कल्याणतमं तत्ते पश्यामि योऽसावसौ पुरुषः …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 165: attan'āva kataṃ pāpaṃ attanā saṃkilissati |attanā akataṃ pāpaṃ attan'āva visujjhati |suddhi asuddhi paccattaṃ …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 164: yo sāsanaṃ arahataṃ ariyānaṃ dhammajīvinaṃ |paṭikkosati dummedho diṭṭhiṃ nissāya pāpikaṃ |phalāni kaṭṭhakass'eva …
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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 163: sukarāni asādhūni attano ahitāni ca |yaṃ ve hitañca sādhuṃ ca taṃ ve paramadukkaraṃ || 163 || 163. Easy is …
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