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

Worlds : 174

Blinded this world–
how few here see clearly!
Just as birds who’ve escaped
from a net are few,
few are the people
who make it to heaven.

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“Pañcime, bhikkhave, ānisaṃsā sappurisaṃ sevato, sappurisasamāsevanāya, sappurisūpadāsanāya. Katame pañca? Saddho hoti, sīlavā hoti, bahussuto hoti, cāgī hoti, paññavā hoti. Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañcānisaṃsā sappurisaṃ sevato, sappurisasamāsevanāya, sappurisūpadāsanāya.”

"Monks, there are these five benefits of associating with a good person, keeping their company, and attending on them. What five? One becomes faithful, virtuous, learned, generous, and wise. These, monks, are the five benefits of associating with a good person."

Mitta Sutta (AN 5.55)

Worlds : 175

Swans fly the path of the sun;
those with the power fly through space;
the enlightened flee from the world,
having defeated the armies of Mara.

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"There are these four types of brightness. Which four? The brightness of the sun, the brightness of the moon, the brightness of fire, and the brightness of discernment. These are the four types of brightness. And of these four types of brightness, the foremost is the brightness of discernment."

AN 4.144 : Obhasa Sutta: Brightness

Worlds : 176*

The person who tells a lie,
who transgresses in this one thing,
transcending concern for the world beyond:
there’s no evil
he might not do.

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Worlds : 177

No misers go
to the world of the devas.
Those who don’t praise giving
are fools.

The enlightened
express their approval for giving
and so find ease
in the world beyond.

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Uttararama Gal Viharaya, ancient city Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, the best rock carvings art of Sinhalese culture.

Worlds : 178*

Sole dominion over the earth,
going to heaven,
lordship over all worlds:
the fruit of stream entry
excels them.


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Dhammapada XIV : Awakened
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Awakened : 179-180

Whose conquest can’t be undone,
whose conquest no one in the world can reach; awakened, his pasture endless, pathless:
by what path will you lead him astray?

In whom there’s no craving
–the sticky ensnarer–
to lead him anywherever at all;
awakened, his pasture endless, pathless:
by what path will you lead him astray?

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Awakened : 181

They, the enlightened, intent on jhana,
delighting in stilling & renunciation,
self-awakened & mindful: even the devas
view them with envy.

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Awakened : 182

Hard the winning of a human birth.
Hard the life of mortals.
Hard the chance to hear the true Dhamma.
Hard the arising of Awakened Ones.

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Symbolic meanings of a stupa:

Structure and the Path to Enlightenment

Base: Represents the earth and the foundation of mindfulness.

Dome: Symbolizes water and the vastness of the cosmos.

Square Harmika: Represents air and the spiritual focus; it holds the relics of the Buddha or other revered figures.

Spire or Pinnacle: Represents fire and the stages of enlightenment.

Umbrella (Chattras): Represents the highest level of spiritual attainment and protection from evil.

Lotus Throne: Symbolizes purity, enlightenment, and detachment from material existence.

Awakened : 183-185*

The non-doing of any evil,
the performance of what’s skillful,
the cleansing of one’s own mind:
this is the teaching of the Awakened.

Patient endurance: the foremost austerity.
Unbinding: the foremost,
so say the Awakened.
He who injures another
is no contemplative.
He who mistreats another,
no monk.

Not disparaging, not injuring, restraint
in line with the Patimokkha, moderation in food, dwelling in seclusion,
commitment to the heightened mind:
this is the teaching of the Awakened.

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Bhikkhus, there are these five defilements of gold, defiled by which gold is not malleable, wieldy, and luminous, but brittle and not properly fit for work. What five? Iron, copper, tin, lead, and silver. But when gold is freed from these five defilements, it is malleable, wieldy, and luminous, pliant and properly fit for work. Then whatever kind of ornament one wishes to make from it—whether a bracelet, earrings, a necklace, or a golden garland—one can achieve one’s purpose.

“So too, bhikkhus, there are these five defilements of the mind, defiled by which the mind is not malleable, wieldy, and luminous, but brittle and not properly concentrated for the destruction of the taints. What five? Sensual desire, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt. But when the mind is freed from these five defilements, it becomes malleable, wieldy, and luminous, pliant and properly concentrated for the destruction of the taints.

Partially excerpted from AN 5.23 Upakkilesasutta : Defilements

Awakened : 186-187

Not even if it rained gold coins
would we have our fill
of sensual pleasures.

‘Stressful,
they give little enjoyment’–
knowing this, the wise one
finds no delight
even in heavenly sensual pleasures.

He is
one who delights
in the ending of craving,
a disciple of the Rightly
Self-Awakened One.


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