Category: The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom I am a true Brãmin, one to ask a favour of, purehanded, wearing my last body, an incomparable physician and surgeon. You are my own true children, born of my…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Nakulapitã said to the Lord: “Lord, I am a broken down old man, aged; I have reached the end of my years. Rarely am I able to see the Lord…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Those who take a discourse rightly, conforming to both the letter and the spirit, they are responsible for the good and the welfare of many, for the good, the welfare,…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom If one were to give a gift of a hundred coins in the morning, again at noon, and again in the evening, or instead, if one were to develop the…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Let one control speech and mind And do no wrong deed with the body. If the home is well stocked with goods, Let one have faith, be gently, Share his…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom What is wrongful envy? Concerning this, a householder or his son is wealthy in grain, silver or gold. Then a servant or underling thinks: “If only that wealth didn’t belong…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom When you speak to others, you might speak at the right time or at the wrong time, according to fact or not, gently or harshly, about the goal or not,…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom In the southern districts, there is an ablution ceremony. At that time, there is much food and drink, edibles hard and soft, syrups and drinks, dancing, singing and music. This…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom These five things should often be contemplated by both women and men, by both householder and home-leaver. What five? “Old age can come to me; I have not got beyond…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association)  Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Once, when I was resting under the goatherd’s Banyan tree on the banks of Nerañjarã just after my enlightenment. Mãra came to see me and said: “Pass away now, now…