In the human world, I lived in the beautiful city of Rajagaha. My name was Sunanda and I was a female lay disciple of the Supreme Buddha. I had faith, virtue and was very generous. I had great confidence in the noble monks with pure minds. I offered them robes, food, resting places, and lamps.

I offered all those flower garlands with a happy mind to the relic stupa of the Supreme Buddha. I also went to relic puja ceremonies every Eight Precepts-Observance day. With great faith, I personally offered garlands, perfumes, and lotions to the stupa. God Sakka, I received this heavenly birth, beautiful body, and divine psychic powers by offering flower garlands.

Vv 3.9 Visslakkhi Sutta: Mansion of the Beautiful-Eyed Goddess

Self : 162*

When overspread by extreme vice–
like a sal tree by a vine–
you do to yourself
what an enemy would wish.

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Self : 163

They’re easy to do–
things of no good & no use to yourself.
What’s truly useful & good
is truly harder than hard to do.

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Angkor Wat, Cambodia, originally a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu in the early 12th century transitioned to be an important sacred place in Theravada Buddhism.

Angkor Wat's architectural design reflects Buddhist cosmology, particularly Mount Meru, considered the center of the universe in both Hinduism and Buddhism. Its central towers represent the mountain peaks, and the surrounding moat symbolizes the cosmic ocean.

The temple serves as a visual representation of spiritual progression, from the outer worldly realm to the inner sanctum of enlightenment.

Self : 164*

The teaching of those who live the Dhamma,
worthy ones, noble:
whoever maligns it
–a dullard,

inspired by evil view–
bears fruit for his own destruction,
like the fruiting of the bamboo.

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Self : 165*

Evil is done
by oneself,
by oneself is one defiled.
Evil is left undone

by oneself,
by oneself is one cleansed.
Purity & impurity are one’s own doing.
No one purifies another.
No other purifies one.

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Dragon Temple, Amphoe Sam Phran, Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand. The dragon's body is the stairs leading to the main Buddhist temple on top of the building.

Self : 166*

Don’t sacrifice your own welfare
for that of another,
no matter how great.
Realizing your own true wel fare,
be intent on just that.

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Vacchagotta said to the Lord: “I have heard it said that you, good Gotama, teach that charity should only be given to you, not to others, to your followers, not to the followers of other teachers. Are those who say this representing your opinion without distorting it? Do they speak according to your teaching? For indeed, good Gotama, I am anxious not to misrepresent you.”

The Lord replied: “Vaccha, those who say this are not of my opinion, they misrepresent me and say what is not true. Truly, whoever discourages another from giving charity hinders them in three ways. What three? He hinders the giver from acquiring good, he hinders the receiver from receiving the charity, and he has already ruined himself through his meanness.”

Anguttara Nikaya 3.57 : Vacchagottasutta

Dhammapada XIII : Worlds

Worlds : 167

Don’t associate with lowly qualities.
Don’t consort with heedlessness.
Don’t associate with wrong views.
Don’t busy yourself with the world.

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Do we really give the Buddha a bath in the ceremony? No, it is rather to cleanse the Buddha within by way of a ceremony involving the external Buddha, and the emphasis is on purifying the heart. Therefore, the celebration of the birth of the Buddha should be conducted with solemn attitudes encompassing moral development, compassion and respect.

Worlds : 168 -169

Get up! Don’t be heedless.
Live the Dhamma well.
One who lives the Dhamma
sleeps with ease
in this world & the next.

Live the Dhamma well.
Don’t live it badly.
One who lives the Dhamma
sleeps with ease
in this world & the next.

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King Milinda asks:

"What is the benefit of building stupas and paying respect to them? The Buddha has passed away, so how can such acts bring merit?"

Nagasena replies:

"Great king, even though the Buddha has passed away, his relics remain as a focus of veneration. When people build stupas or offer respect to them, they create merit. Just as the fragrance of a flower spreads with the wind, the act of reverence brings joy and spiritual benefit to the devotees."

He further explains:

"The stupa is like a great rain cloud, bringing blessings and relief to those who seek it. By honoring the stupa, one honors the Buddha, his teachings, and the Sangha, cultivating wholesome qualities and a peaceful mind."

Milindapanha, Chapter 4 (Veneration of Stupas)

Worlds : 170*

See it as a bubble,
see it as a mirage:
one who regards the world this way
the King of Death doesn’t see.

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Then with the passing of those seven days, the Gracious One arose from that concentration. Then the Naga King Mucalinda, having understood that the sky was now clear without a cloud, having unravelled his coils from the Gracious One’s body, and after withdrawing his own form, and creating the appearance of a young brahmana, stood in front of the Gracious One, revering the Gracious One with raised hands.

Then the Gracious One, having understood the significance of it, on that occasion uttered this exalted utterance:

“There is happiness and detachment for the one who is satisfied,
who has heard the Dhamma, and who sees,
There is happiness for him who is free from ill-will in the world,
who is restrained towards breathing beings.

“The state of dispassion in the world is happiness,
the complete transcending of sense desires,
But for he who has removed the conceit ‘I am’—
this is indeed the highest happiness.”


Udana 2.1
Mucalindasuttam 11

Worlds : 171

Come look at this world
all decked out
like a royal chariot,
where fools plunge in,
while those who know
,don’t cling.

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Worlds : 172-173

Who once was heedless,
but later is not,
brightens the world
like the moon set free from a cloud.

His evil-done deed
is replaced with skillfulness:
he brightens the world
like the moon set free from a cloud.

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Just as a river flowing down from the mountains, going far, its current swift, carrying everything with it, so that there is not a moment, an instant, a second where it stands still, but instead it goes & rushes & flows, in the same way, brahmans, the life of human beings is like a river flowing down from the mountains—limited, trifling, of much stress & many despairs. One should touch this (truth) like a sage, do what is skillful, follow the holy life. For one who is born there is no freedom from death.

AN 7.74 Arakenanusasani Sutta: Araka’s Instructions