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Tag: Dhamma

BWV 059: True Friends

Posted on January 12, 2013May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

Seven things by which one can know a true friend.

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BWV 058: The True Friend

Posted on January 5, 2013May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

The Buddha explains the seven things by which one can recognise a true friend.

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BWV 057: Friends, Bad and Good

Posted on December 29, 2012May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

The Buddha explains to the young man Sigāla how to distinguish bad friends and good friends.

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BWV 056: The 16 Qualities of Foes and Friends

Posted on December 22, 2012May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

The Bodhisatta explains to King Brahmadatta the sixteen qualities of a foe, and the sixteen qualities of a friend.

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BWV 055: The True Friend

Posted on December 15, 2012May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

People objected to someone because he was called Black-Ear; however he turned out to be a true friend. Names are not important, they are but sounds.

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BWV 054: Gratefulness to Friends

Posted on December 8, 2012May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

A jackal, who saved a lion when he was in peril of losing his life, is recommended by the lion to his jealous mate.

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BWV 053: Friendship knows no Boundaries

Posted on December 1, 2012May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

The Bodhisatta was one time born as a lowly god in a sacred reed (Kusanāḷi). Nevertheless he was able to save the home of a god who lived in a tree, who then spoke this verse.

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BWV 052: Loyalty gets its Reward

Posted on November 24, 2012May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

A King of the geese is caught by a fowler, but his Commander-in-Chief refuses to leave him. The fowler takes them to the King of Men who, impressed by their virtue, sets them free.

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BWV 051: Virtue and Learning

Posted on November 17, 2012May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

The Bodhisatta wishes to find out which is more important, virtue or learning, and takes a coin a day from the King until on the third day he is arrested. He then understands which is most valued in the world.

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A Pigrim’s Companion – Review

Posted on November 11, 2012October 29, 2012 by Ānandajoti
A Pilgrim

A Review of a new book by Ken and Visakha Kawasaki designed to provide readings while on pilgrimage in India, but which is much more than that.

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BWV 050: The Desire for Happiness

Posted on November 10, 2012May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

As the Buddha goes on his alms-round he sees a group of boys tormenting a snake for fun. He admonishes them with this verse.

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BWV 049: Comparing Oneself with Others

Posted on November 3, 2012May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

The group of six monks chase off the group of seventeen monks and take their rooms. The Buddha lays down a rule and speaks the following verse.

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BWV 048: Lack of Insight

Posted on October 27, 2012May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

The Buddha describes the loathsomeness of the body and concludes the discourse with these verses.

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BWV 047: The Impermanence of Desire

Posted on October 20, 2012May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

A negligent queen gets reborn as a worm, and is made by the Bodhisatta to speak to her grieving King, who when he hears about her love for her new husband abandons his grief.

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BWV 046: A Name is Just a Name

Posted on October 13, 2012May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

In the story a man called Wicked hates his name so he is advised to search for a new one. He comes across Life who had just died, Wealthy who was poor, and Guide who was lost in a forest. Then he realised a name is just a name, nothing more.

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BWV 045: Suitability

Posted on October 6, 2012May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

Through a strategem a sneeze wins a bride and a kingdom for a prince, but a brahmin who sneezes loses his nose.

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BWV 044: Craving brings Suffering

Posted on September 29, 2012May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

The story is of Suppavāsā who carried her child for seven years and took seven days to bear him. Still she desired more children.

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Video of the Second Chapter from Buddhist Wisdom Verses

Posted on September 23, 2012September 25, 2012 by Ānandajoti
Buddhist Wisdom Verses 2, Wickedness

A video made from a reading of the second chapter of my Buddhist Wisdom Verses, with pan and zoom effects of photographs of characters from the wall-murals at Borobudur as a backdrop and subtitles synchronised with the reading.

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BWV 043: When Faculties Wane

Posted on September 22, 2012May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

A vulture who had been stealing things in the city is captured and brought before the King, and the following dialogue takes place.

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BWV 042: The Necessity for Effort

Posted on September 15, 2012May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

The Bodhisatta is nearly lost at sea, but through his courageous and determined effort makes it to land again. Later he reflects on his success.

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