Category: The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom  There are these five right times for striving. What five? Concerning this, one is young, youthful, black-haired, blessed with the beauty of youth and in the prime of life. This is…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom The wanderer Nandiya asked the Lord: “What conditions are there, that when developed and practised, lead to Nirvãna, have Nirvãna as their goal, culminate in Nirvãna?” “There are, Nandiya, eight…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom These four states conduce to the growth of wisdom; these four states are of great help to one who has become human. What four? Association with a good person, hearing…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom If you take refuge in the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha, no fear or trembling will ever arise. ♦♦♦ Nếu bạn quy y Phật, Pháp và Tăng, bạn sẽ…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Then the Lord said to Mahã Moggallama: “Are you drowsy, Maggallama? Are you drowsy?” “Yes, Lord.” “Well, then, whenever the thought of laziness befalls you, pay no attention to that…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom These three types of thought cause blindness, loss of sight and ignorance, they put an end to wisdom, are associated with trouble, and do not conduce to Nirvãna. What three?…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Just as the dawn is the forerunner, the vanguard of the rising sun, so too, posession of virtue is the forerunner, the vanguard of the rising of the Noble Eightfold…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom The Lord asked: Which is greater? The little sand on my fingernail, or the great earth?” “Lord, greater by far is the great earth. Tinny is the sand on your…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Whoever, whether at morning, noon or night, practices righteousness of body, speech and mind—they have a happy morning, a happy noon, and a happy night. ♦♦♦ Bất cứ ai, dù…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom And how is cleaning of the body threefold? Concerning this, one abandons killing, lays aside the rod and the knife; one lives gently, kindly and feeling compassion towards every living…