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Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom The king asked: “Venerable Nãgasena, which is greater, good or bad?” “Good is greater, Sir; bad is only small.” “In what way?” “Sir, someone acting badly is remorseful, saying: ‘An…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom If you observe the trees or the grass, Without knowing it, they exhibit different types and kinds. There are many different species. Then observe beetles and moth or small insects…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Vacchagotta said to the Lord: “I have heard it said that you, good Gotama, say that charity should only be given to you, not to others, to your followers, not…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom One who is virtuous, possessed of virtue, is like an antidote for destroying the poison of the defilements in beings; He is like a healing balm for allaying the sickness…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom “It is like a hen with eight, ten or a dozen eggs which she has sat on properly, warmed properly and hatched properly. Is the chick which first pierces through…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom As a lotus is unsoiled by water, even so, Nĩrvãna is unsoiled by defilements. This is the one special quality of lotus that is present in Nĩrvãna. As cool water…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom The Buddha is like a skilled physician in that he is able to heal the sickness of the defilemans. The Dhamma is like a rightly applied medicine, and the Sangha,…