Category: The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom The Lord said to the monk: “Consider it true that Hatthaka of Ãlavĩ is endowed with seven marvelous qualities. What seven? He has faith, virtue, conscientiousness, fear of blame, learning,…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom One may be a believer, virtuous, and learned, but not a teacher of Dhamma, and to that degree one is incomplete. One must remedy this defect by thinking: “How can…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Love is characterized as promoting the welfare of others. Its function is to desire welfare. It is manifested as the removal of annoyance. Its proximate cause is seeing the loveableness…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom There are these two sicknesses. What two? Sickness of body and sickness of mind. There are to be seen some beings who can admit to freedom from suffering bodily sickness…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Mahã Kotthita asked Venerable Sãriputta: “How many things bring Perfect View into existence?” “There are two things that bring Perfect View into existence: The words of another and carful attention.”…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Now at that time, between Sãvatthĩ and the Jeta Grove a number of boys were tormenting fish. Then the Lord saw those boys and he went up to them and…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom What sort of person is to be followed, served and honored? The person who is virtuous and of lovely nature. And why is he to be followed? Because even though…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom There are these four times. What four? Hearing Dhamma at the right time, discussion of Dhamma at the right time, calming at the right time, and wisdom at the right…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Increasing in five ways of a noble women discipline increases in the noble growth, grasps the essentials, grasps the heart of the matter. What five? She grows in faith, in…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom And how does one dwell pervading one direction with a mind filled with love? Just as one would feel love for a loving, pleasant person, like this one pervades all…