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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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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Verse 5 – The Story of Kāliyakkhinī
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 5: na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ |averena ca sammanti esa dhammo sanantano || 5 || 5. Never here by …
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Verse 3-4 – The Story of Monk Tissa
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 3-4: akkocchi maṃ, avadhi maṃ ajini maṃ ahāsi me |ye taṃ upanayhantī veraṃ tesaṃ na sammati || 3 ||akkocchi maṃ avadhi …
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Dhammapada 1 – Suffering Follows The Evil-Doer
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 1: manopubbaṅgamā dhammā manoseṭṭā manomayā |manasā ce paduṭṭhena bhāsati vā karoti vā |tato naṃ dukkhamanveti …
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Buddha’s Message to the World – Swami Vivekananda
(Delivered in San Francisco, on March 18, 1900) Buddhism is historically the most important religion — historically, not philosophically — because it was the most tremendous religious movement that …
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