Category: The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom And what is the power of sympathy? There are these four bases of sympathy: generosity, kind speech, doing a good turn and treating all equally. ♦ The best generosity is…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Sakka asked the Lord: “Sir, do all recluses and Brãmins teach the same Dhamma, practise the same descipline, desire the same thing and pursue the same goal?” “No, Ruler of…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom If anyone were to say that just as a person does a deed, so is his experience determined by it, and if this were true, then living the holy life…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom The Lord said: “Words that have four qualities are well-spoken, not ill-spoken, faultless, not blamed by the wise. What four? Concerning this: one speaks words that are beautiful, not ugly;…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom One whose faith in the Tathãgata is settled, fixed, established, firm, unshaken by any recluse or Brãhmin, any god, Mãra, Brahmã or anyone in the world can truly say: “I…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom A teacher should look upon his pupil as a son. A pupil should look upon his teacher as a father. Thus these two, united by mutual reverence and deference and…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Abandon wrong. It can be done. If it were impossible to do, I would not urge you to do so. But since it can be done, I say to you:…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom There are these four perfect efforts. What four? Concerning this: ♦ One generates desire to prevent the arising of evil unprofitable states that have not yet arisen. One makes an…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom The wanderer Sãmandakãni asked Venerable Sãriputta: “Pray, your revernce, what is good and what is bad?” “Your reverence, rebirth is bad and the ceasing of rebirth is good. Where there…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Venerable Subhũti and a believing monk came to the Lord, sat down, and the Lord said to Subhũti: “Who, Subhũti, is this monk with you?” “Sir, he is a believer,…