Some verses that were taught to the Bodhisatta by a brāhman who had heard them from the Buddha Kassapa. He is rewarded with a thousand coins for each of the verses.
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For more Texts, Studies and Translations, see my Ancient Buddhist Texts website, which now has around 100 works on it.  On the occasion of the official launch of the Bhikkhu Sumedha Trust in December 2011, Bhikkhu Bodhi wrote this recollection of the monk he described as his closest friend. Read More: Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi: Recollecting Ven. Bhikkhu Sumedha  The yakkha Ālavaka asked the Buddha various questions on the spiritual life, and this verse is part of the answer. Read More: BWV 013: Four Things to Cultivate  The Bodhisatta, when he was King Janasandha, explained ten courses of action which, when not done, bring about regret in the future. Read More: BWV 012: Ten Things that should be Done  I only recently found out that Ajahn Brahm had met the great German monk Ven. Nyanavimala so when I met Ajahn recently I asked him to write down his impressions. Read More: Ajahn Brahm meets Ven. Nyanavimala  The Buddha explains various dangerous courses of action to the young man Sigāla. Read More: BWV 011: Various Dangers  A god comes and asks the Buddha various questions, including one about how many faults there are. Read More: BWV 010: Six Faults  The teaching to Sigāla on what increases and decreases fame and good fortune. Read More: BWV 009: Four Things not to be Done  These are the Buddha’s words at the conclusion of the instruction given to the young man Sigāla. Read More: BWV 008: The Wise attain Fame  The Householder Anāthapiṇḍika receives instruction on the right ways to make use of the wealth that has been righteously obtained. Read More: BWV 007: The Right Uses of Wealth  This is the short advice taught by the Buddhas who do not teach the full Disciplinary Code (Pātimokkha), which as a rule of thumb it is nevertheless hard to beat. Read More: The Buddhas’ Disciplinary Advice  The Buddha explains the five duties which, when fulfilled, lead to prosperity and not to decline. Read More: BWV 006: A Wise Man’s Duties  The Buddha gives instructions to the young man Sigāla on the four kinds of friends, and then tells him how to keep them. Read More: BWV 005: Four Ways to spend one’s Wealth A householder asks the Buddha for advice on how to live well in his present state. Read More: BWV 004: Eight things Leading to Prosperity  I have just completed what turned out to be a major revision of the materials on Mindfulness on the Ancient Buddhist Texts website.  A son asked his Father (the Bodhisatta) for advice on the spiritual life. The Father explained these six gateways leading to great benefit in life. Read More: BWV 003: The Six Gateways to Benefit  Ven. Ñāṇavimala was ordained in Sri Lanka in 1955. After twelve years of study and meditation at Island Hermitage, he set out bare-footed on continuous walking tour. These are recollections of some of his teachings by a former disciple. Read More: Ven. Ñāṇavimala’s Advice  This verse is a well-known summary of the teaching, given by all the Buddhas. In some of the Dispensations it replaced the more detailed teaching found in the Rules of Discipline (Vinaya). Read More: BWV 002: True Cultivation  A pdf copy of Bhikkhu Sumedha’s work A Buddhist Perspective on Pain, Illness and Stress for anyone to download and print out for themselves. Read More: Flip-book, pdf and audio files of Pain, Stress and Illness by Bhikkhu Sumedha Two Kings renounced the world and lived as ascetics. One day they fell into a quarrel about who should admonish the other. |
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