Category: The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom The householder Nakulapitã and his wife Nakulamãtã came to see the Lord, and having sat down, Nakulapitã said: “Lord, my wife as brought hoemt to me when I was a…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom When a good a man is reborn into a family, it is for the good, the welfare and the happiness of many–his parents, his wife and children, his servants and…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom This intent concentration on in-and-out breathing, if cultivated and developed, is something peaceful and excellent, something perfect in itself and a pleasant way of living also. Not only that, it…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom By effort you will cross the raging flood, By energy you will pass by sorrrow. ♦♦♦ Bằng nỗ lực, bạn sẽ vượt qua cơn lũ dữ, Bằng nghị lực, bạn…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom There are these five debasements of gold, because of which gold is not pliable, workable or glistening, but is brittle and not capable of perfect work manship. What five? Iron,…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Having seen a shape with the eye, smelt a smell with the nose, savoured a taste with the tongue, felt a touch with the body or cognized a thought with…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom When one with a mind of love Feels compassion for all the world, Above, below and across, Unlimited everywhere,   Filled with infinite kindness, Complete and developed, Any limited actions…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom One who is intent on developing higher thought should attend to five things from time to time. What time? If, while attending to something, evil unskillful thoughts associated with greed,…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom There are these five strands of sense pleasure. What five? Material shapes cognizable with the eye, pleasant, liked, enticing, connected with sensual pleasures, alluring. Sound cognizable with the ear. Smells…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Those families where mother and father are worshipped in the home are said to be like Brahmã, like teachers of old, they are ranked with the gods of old. Truly…