DHAMMAPADA SUTTA.( KHUDDAKA NIKAYA-SUTTA PITAKA).

 

 

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Childhood and that, with a young man named Tissa Nigama, grew up in a town Sravasti (Savatthi) not far, ordained by the Buddha, the Sangha joined. I always fulfill duties, exemplary dignified, refined professional efforts, most notably frugal happiness, contentment, calm and determination, and also because of the virtue which he became a symbol beautiful for the whole town. I usually go begging around a village where his relatives reside nation. Although many Buddhists, especially bourgeois Anathapindika (Anathapindika) and monarch Pasedena (Pasennadi), those two great benefactor, offering countless gifts to the Sangha at Sravasti, Sa subjects Tissa was never there.
Seeing Tissa regular meditation and alms forces around the village, he began one day to say to the Buddha:
- O Buddha, Tissa Nigama teacher always busy and problems child clinging to her kin, never to Sravasti meditation, alms, whether bourgeois monarch Anathapindika Pasedena and offering lots of offerings, where no match.
Hearing this, the Buddha Tissa invited to ask for:
- Heard around him every day, busy with her ​​ax the village, never to a preacher of grace, alms, meditation, is that right?
- Buddha , I did not stick with heavy hearts ethnic relatives, the only real thing they have enough of a meal for the day, whether good or bad, the life of the mind still photography, prayer of praise and merit pay na man benefactor. Venerable sir, I think that is quite enough. I did not labor to produce material wealth that backs arms received too many holiday offerings are not afraid of, I'm scared!
Knowing morality of Tissa, smiling Buddha praised:
- Hay instead, or rather, Sa subjects! We are very pleased to have been a disciple. This Tissa, the frugal nature and that our practices!
Then, at the request of the public, the Buddha told the following story: Once there was a lot to pack safe for thousands of children living in a field fig trees in forests throughout the Himalayan ranges on the banks of the Ganga (Ganges). Meet drought, dry grass, fruit blight, exhausted rivers, not to eat the fruit, pack each time a deposit falls into a critical situation. Then, early bird wow man good progress, the border or not, it's having something edible food: dried buds or leaves, or roots crunchy crust, finished down the Ganges water and flew up a tree sauntered singing songs, fun satisfied with their current lifestyle. Apparent reason and virtue of contentment leading parrot, Sakka (Sakka) decided to experiment by applying divine shoves the trees, bare root breaks the spindly, cracked, jagged . Whenever windy, hot air rises, blinding dust, leading safes still leisurely, relaxed heart, surgery to the edge of the river water, the chirping branches, despite the screaming wind, sunshine.
Seeing natural style, peace of mind parrots, Sakka said to myself
- I'll have to find room for more friendship, and make the hard woods bud, blossom again .
Sakka improved as a beautiful goose, landed on a tree, and were friendly to talk to deposit:
- The deposit,
There are many green trees
filled with fruits twigs,
How safe is police department
surrounded With roots?
Buddha told a few more details and concluded that:
- the time Sakka Ananda (Ananda), also parrot is one such leader. This, bhikkhu, is enough to know the nature and practices of that one! And there's nothing strange, Nigamavasi Tissa, always at peace and know enough, have been my son so he got it done. A goal like that Sa certain to reach Nirvana.
reads his verse: - "like ardent monks looked distraction Fear not rot surely lost almost definitely nirvana. " (PC 32). END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.MHDT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.8/7/2013.NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).