अथ यस्य जायामार्तवं विन्देत्, त्र्यहं कंसे न पिबेदहतवासाः, नैनां वृषलो न वृषल्युपहन्यात् अपहन्यात्; त्रिरात्रान्त आप्लुत्य व्रीहीनवघातयेत् ॥ १३ ॥ atha yasya jāyāmārtavaṃ vindet, tryahaṃ kaṃse na …
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Dhammapada, Verse 382 – The Story of the Novice Monk Sumana who Performed a Miracle
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 382: yo have daharo bhikkhu yuñjati buddhasāsane |so imaṃ lokaṃ pabhāseti abbhā mutto'va candimā || 382 || 382. …
Dhammapada, Verse 381 – The Story of Monk Vakkali
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 381: pāmojjabahulo bhikkhu pasanno buddhasāsane |adhigacche padaṃ santaṃ saṅkhārū'pasamaṃ sukhaṃ || 381 || 381. …
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Dhammapada, Verse 379-380 – The Story of Venerable Naṅgala Kula (Attachment to Old Clothes)
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 379-380: attanā coday'attānaṃ paṭimāse attam attanā |so attagutto satimā sukhaṃ bhikkhu vihāhisi || 379 ||attā hi …
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 6.4.9-12
स यामिच्छेत् कामयेत मेति, तस्यामर्थं निष्ठाय, मुखेन मुखं संधाय, उपस्थमस्या अभिमृश्य जपेत्—अङ्गादङ्गात्संभवसि, हृदयादधिजायसे ।स त्वमङ्गकषायो'सि, दिग्धविद्धमिव मादयेमाममूं मयीति ॥ ९ ॥अथ यामिच्छेन् न …
Pythagoras
Metempsychosis Although the exact details of Pythagoras's teachings are uncertain, it is possible to reconstruct a general outline of his main ideas. Aristotle writes at length about the teachings …