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Your Questions, My Answers
On Buddhism and Experience
By Venerable S.M. Sujano
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Your Questions, My Answers
On Buddhism and Experience
By Venerable S.M. Sujano
Free download available:
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Free Buddhism Dharma ebook
Your Questions, My Answers
On Buddhism and Experience
By Venerable S.M. Sujano
This book is a collection of questions and answers about Buddhism and my life as a Buddhist monk and how I deal with worldly matters. The first part is an interview about me and the work of the Varapunya Meditation Centre in the community.
The personal incline reveals much of my life and how Buddhism has helped me. Simona, a student of journalism writes her intension of interview in her appointment message; 'We've met before, ...I came a few times to your house [Varapunya Meditation Centre] for a meditation session.... I am a Journalism student at RGU and as a coursework for university I have to write a feature interview. I thought about interviewing you, if you are interested, because I believe you are a person that would inspire people, that has something to say, or that simply people would be curious to read about.'
I have also included few other questions and answers that I have encountered on different occasions. They are directly related to the teachings of the Buddha and the practice of meditation. I have answered these to the best of my knowledge and my limited understanding of Buddhist philosophy! I welcome any comments or suggestions. There are still many questions that yet to answer, which I intend to answer them in due future. I hope that this helps to deepen your understanding of the Buddha's teaching and guides you to use in your daily life for a happy life.
Free download available:
https://ftp.budaedu.org/ebooks/pdf/EN388.pdf
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Your Questions, My Answers
On Buddhism and Experience
By Venerable S.M. Sujano
This book is a collection of questions and answers about Buddhism and my life as a Buddhist monk and how I deal with worldly matters. The first part is an interview about me and the work of the Varapunya Meditation Centre in the community.
The personal incline reveals much of my life and how Buddhism has helped me. Simona, a student of journalism writes her intension of interview in her appointment message; 'We've met before, ...I came a few times to your house [Varapunya Meditation Centre] for a meditation session.... I am a Journalism student at RGU and as a coursework for university I have to write a feature interview. I thought about interviewing you, if you are interested, because I believe you are a person that would inspire people, that has something to say, or that simply people would be curious to read about.'
I have also included few other questions and answers that I have encountered on different occasions. They are directly related to the teachings of the Buddha and the practice of meditation. I have answered these to the best of my knowledge and my limited understanding of Buddhist philosophy! I welcome any comments or suggestions. There are still many questions that yet to answer, which I intend to answer them in due future. I hope that this helps to deepen your understanding of the Buddha's teaching and guides you to use in your daily life for a happy life.
Free download available:
https://ftp.budaedu.org/ebooks/pdf/EN388.pdf
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Forwarded from Words of the Buddha
Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan Buddhist temple, Thonburi, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Chapter 2
Appamada Vagga
Heedfulness
5. Uññhanenappamadena
sañamena damena ca
Dipam kayiratha medhavi
yam ogho n'abhikirati. 25.
BY THEIR EFFORTS THE WISE CREATE THEIR OWN HEAVENS
5. By sustained effort, earnestness, discipline, and self-control let the wise man make for himself an island, 9 which no flood overwhelms. 25.
Story
A young monk, named Culapanthaka, could not memorize a verse of four lines despite trying for four months and he was advised by his brother monk to leave the Order. But he was reluctant to do so. The Buddha understanding his temperament, gave him a clean piece of cloth and asked him to handle it gazing at the morning sun. By his constant handling of it with his sweating hands it soon got soiled. This perceptible change made him reflect on the impermanence of life. He meditated and attained Arahantship.
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Appamada Vagga
Heedfulness
5. Uññhanenappamadena
sañamena damena ca
Dipam kayiratha medhavi
yam ogho n'abhikirati. 25.
BY THEIR EFFORTS THE WISE CREATE THEIR OWN HEAVENS
5. By sustained effort, earnestness, discipline, and self-control let the wise man make for himself an island, 9 which no flood overwhelms. 25.
Story
A young monk, named Culapanthaka, could not memorize a verse of four lines despite trying for four months and he was advised by his brother monk to leave the Order. But he was reluctant to do so. The Buddha understanding his temperament, gave him a clean piece of cloth and asked him to handle it gazing at the morning sun. By his constant handling of it with his sweating hands it soon got soiled. This perceptible change made him reflect on the impermanence of life. He meditated and attained Arahantship.
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The Buddha's Farewell
Excerpted from The Gospel of Buddha by Paul Carus, 1894.
WHEN the Blessed One had remained as long as he wished at Ambapali's grove, he went to Beluva, near Vesali. There the Blessed One addressed the brethren, and said: "O mendicants, take up your abode for the rainy season round about Vesali, each one according to the place where his friends and near companions may live. I shall enter upon the rainy season here at Beluva."
When the Blessed One had thus entered upon the rainy season there fell upon him a dire sickness and sharp pains came upon him even unto death. But the Blessed One, mindful and self- possessed, bore his ailments without complaint. Then this thought occurred to the Blessed. "It would not be right for me to pass away com life without addressing the disciples, without taking leave of the order. Let me now, by a strong effort of the will, subdue this sickness, and keep my hold on life till the allotted time has come." And the Blessed One by a strong effort of the will subdued the sickness, and kept his hold on life till the time he fixed upon should come. And the sickness abated.
Thus the Blessed One began to recover; and when he had quite got rid of the sickness, he went out from the monastery, and sat down on a seat spread out in the open air. And the venerable Ananda, accompanied by many other disciples, approached where the Blessed One was, saluted him, and taking a seat respectfully on one side, said: "I have beheld, Lord, how the Blessed One was in health, and I have beheld how the Blessed One had to suffer.
And though at the sight of the sickness of the Blessed One my body became weak as a creeper, and the horizon became dim to me, and my faculties were no longer clear, yet notwithstanding I look some little comfort from the thought that the Blessed One would not pass away from existence until at least he had left instructions as touching the order."
The Blessed One addressed Ananda on behalf of the order, saying: "What, then, Ananda, does the order expect of me? I have preached the truth without making any distinction between doctrine hidden or revealed; for in respect of the truth, Ananda, the Tathagata has no such thing as the closed fist of a teacher, who keeps some things back.
"Surely, Ananda, should there be any one who harbour the thought, 'It is I who will lead the brotherhood,' or, 'The order is dependent upon me,' he should lay down instructions in any matter concerning the order, Now the Tathagata, Ananda, thinks not that it is he who should lead the brotherhood, or that the order is dependent upon him. Why, then, should the Tathagata leavr instructions in any matter concerning the order?
"I am now grown old, O Ananda, and full of years; my journey is drawing to its close, I have reached the sum of my days, I am turning eighty years of age. Just as a wornout cart can not be made to move along without much difficulty, so the body of the Tathagata can only be kept going with much additional care, It is only when the Tathagata, Ananda, ceasing to attend to any outward thing, becomes plunged in that devout meditation of heart which is concerned with no bodily object, it is only then that the body of the Tathagata is at ease."
"Therefore, O Ananda, be ye lamps unto yourselves. Rely on yourselves, and do not rely on external help. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Seek salvation alone in the truth. Look not for assistance to any one besides yourselves."
"And how, Ananda, can a brother be a lamp unto himself, rely on himself only and not on any external help, holding fast to the truth as his lamp and seeking salvation in the truth alone, looking not for assistance to any one besides himself? Herein, O Ananda, let a brother, as he dwells in the body, so regard the body that he, being strenuous, thoughtful, and mindful, may, whilst in the world, overcome the grief which arises from the body's cravings.
Excerpted from The Gospel of Buddha by Paul Carus, 1894.
WHEN the Blessed One had remained as long as he wished at Ambapali's grove, he went to Beluva, near Vesali. There the Blessed One addressed the brethren, and said: "O mendicants, take up your abode for the rainy season round about Vesali, each one according to the place where his friends and near companions may live. I shall enter upon the rainy season here at Beluva."
When the Blessed One had thus entered upon the rainy season there fell upon him a dire sickness and sharp pains came upon him even unto death. But the Blessed One, mindful and self- possessed, bore his ailments without complaint. Then this thought occurred to the Blessed. "It would not be right for me to pass away com life without addressing the disciples, without taking leave of the order. Let me now, by a strong effort of the will, subdue this sickness, and keep my hold on life till the allotted time has come." And the Blessed One by a strong effort of the will subdued the sickness, and kept his hold on life till the time he fixed upon should come. And the sickness abated.
Thus the Blessed One began to recover; and when he had quite got rid of the sickness, he went out from the monastery, and sat down on a seat spread out in the open air. And the venerable Ananda, accompanied by many other disciples, approached where the Blessed One was, saluted him, and taking a seat respectfully on one side, said: "I have beheld, Lord, how the Blessed One was in health, and I have beheld how the Blessed One had to suffer.
And though at the sight of the sickness of the Blessed One my body became weak as a creeper, and the horizon became dim to me, and my faculties were no longer clear, yet notwithstanding I look some little comfort from the thought that the Blessed One would not pass away from existence until at least he had left instructions as touching the order."
The Blessed One addressed Ananda on behalf of the order, saying: "What, then, Ananda, does the order expect of me? I have preached the truth without making any distinction between doctrine hidden or revealed; for in respect of the truth, Ananda, the Tathagata has no such thing as the closed fist of a teacher, who keeps some things back.
"Surely, Ananda, should there be any one who harbour the thought, 'It is I who will lead the brotherhood,' or, 'The order is dependent upon me,' he should lay down instructions in any matter concerning the order, Now the Tathagata, Ananda, thinks not that it is he who should lead the brotherhood, or that the order is dependent upon him. Why, then, should the Tathagata leavr instructions in any matter concerning the order?
"I am now grown old, O Ananda, and full of years; my journey is drawing to its close, I have reached the sum of my days, I am turning eighty years of age. Just as a wornout cart can not be made to move along without much difficulty, so the body of the Tathagata can only be kept going with much additional care, It is only when the Tathagata, Ananda, ceasing to attend to any outward thing, becomes plunged in that devout meditation of heart which is concerned with no bodily object, it is only then that the body of the Tathagata is at ease."
"Therefore, O Ananda, be ye lamps unto yourselves. Rely on yourselves, and do not rely on external help. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Seek salvation alone in the truth. Look not for assistance to any one besides yourselves."
"And how, Ananda, can a brother be a lamp unto himself, rely on himself only and not on any external help, holding fast to the truth as his lamp and seeking salvation in the truth alone, looking not for assistance to any one besides himself? Herein, O Ananda, let a brother, as he dwells in the body, so regard the body that he, being strenuous, thoughtful, and mindful, may, whilst in the world, overcome the grief which arises from the body's cravings.
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While subject to sensations let him continue so to reqard the sensations that he, being strenuous, thoughtful, and mindful, may, whilst in the world, overcome the arief which arises from the sensations.
And so, also, when he thinks or reasons, or feels, let him so regard his thoughts that being strenuous, thoughtful and mindful he may. whilst in the world, overcome the arief which arises from the craving due to ideas, or to reasoning, or to feeling. "Those who, either now or after I am dead, shall be lamps unto themselves, relying upon themselves only and not relying upon any external help, but holding fast to the truth as their lamp, and seeking their salvation in the truth alone, and shall not look for assistance to any one besides themselves, it is they, Ananda, among my bhikkhus, who shall reach the very topmost height! But they must be anxious to learn.
The Buddha Announces His Death
Said the Tathagata to Ananda: "In former years, Ananda, Mara, the Evil One, approached the holy Buddha three times to tempt him. And now, Ananda, the Evil One, came again today to the place where I was, and, standing beside me, addressed me in the same words as he did when I was resting under the shepherd's Nigrodha tree on the bank of the Neranjara River : 'Be greeted, thou Holy One. Thou hast attained the highest bliss and it is time for thee to enter into the finala Nirvana.'-And when Mara had thus spoken, Ananda, I answered hinm and said: 'Make thyself happy, O wicked one; the final extinction of the Tathagata shall take place before long.'
The Venerable Ananda addressed the Blessed One and said: "Vouchsafe, Lord, to remain with us, O Blessed One I for the good and the happiness of the great multitudes, out of pity for the world , for the good and the gain of mankind!" Said the Blessed one: "Enough now, Ananda, beseech not the Tathagata!"
And again, a second time, the venerable Ananda besought the Blessed One in the same words. He received from the Blessed one the same reply. And again, the third time, the venerable Ananda besought the Blessed One to live longer; and the Blessed One said: "Hast thou faith, Ananda?" Said Ananda: "I have, my Lord!" The Blessed One, seeing the quivering eyelids of Ananda, read the deep grief in the heart of his beloved disciple, and he asked again: "Hast thou, indeed, faith, Ananda?" And Ananda said: "I have faith, my Lord." Then the Blessed One continued: "If thou hast faith, Ananda in the wisdom of the Tathagata, why, then, Ananda, dost thou trouble the Tathagata even until the third time? Have I not formerly declared to you that it is in the very nature of all compound things that they must be dissolved again? We must separate ourselves from all things near and dear to us, and must leave them. How then, Ananda, can it be possible for me to remain, since everything that is born, or brought into being, and organised, contains within itself the inherent necessity of dissolution? How, then, can it be possible that this body of mine should not be dissolved? No such condition can exist! And this mortal existence, O Ananda, has been relinquished, cast away, renounced, rejected, and abandoned by the Tathagata." And the Blessed One said to Ananda: "Go now, Ananda, and assemble in the Service Hall such of the brethren as reside in the neighbourhood of Vesali."
Then the Blessed One proceeded to the Service Hall and sat down there on the mat spread out for him. And when he w seated, the Blessed One addressed the brethren, and said: "O brethren, ye to whom the truth has been made known, having thoroughly made yourselves masters of it, practise it, meditate upon it, and spread it abroad, in order that pure religion may last long and be perpetuated, in order that it may continue for the good and happiness of the great multitudes, out of pity for the world, and to the good and gain of all living beings! Star-gazing and astrology, forecasting lucky or unfortunate events by signs, prognosticating good or evil, all these are things forbidden.
And so, also, when he thinks or reasons, or feels, let him so regard his thoughts that being strenuous, thoughtful and mindful he may. whilst in the world, overcome the arief which arises from the craving due to ideas, or to reasoning, or to feeling. "Those who, either now or after I am dead, shall be lamps unto themselves, relying upon themselves only and not relying upon any external help, but holding fast to the truth as their lamp, and seeking their salvation in the truth alone, and shall not look for assistance to any one besides themselves, it is they, Ananda, among my bhikkhus, who shall reach the very topmost height! But they must be anxious to learn.
The Buddha Announces His Death
Said the Tathagata to Ananda: "In former years, Ananda, Mara, the Evil One, approached the holy Buddha three times to tempt him. And now, Ananda, the Evil One, came again today to the place where I was, and, standing beside me, addressed me in the same words as he did when I was resting under the shepherd's Nigrodha tree on the bank of the Neranjara River : 'Be greeted, thou Holy One. Thou hast attained the highest bliss and it is time for thee to enter into the finala Nirvana.'-And when Mara had thus spoken, Ananda, I answered hinm and said: 'Make thyself happy, O wicked one; the final extinction of the Tathagata shall take place before long.'
The Venerable Ananda addressed the Blessed One and said: "Vouchsafe, Lord, to remain with us, O Blessed One I for the good and the happiness of the great multitudes, out of pity for the world , for the good and the gain of mankind!" Said the Blessed one: "Enough now, Ananda, beseech not the Tathagata!"
And again, a second time, the venerable Ananda besought the Blessed One in the same words. He received from the Blessed one the same reply. And again, the third time, the venerable Ananda besought the Blessed One to live longer; and the Blessed One said: "Hast thou faith, Ananda?" Said Ananda: "I have, my Lord!" The Blessed One, seeing the quivering eyelids of Ananda, read the deep grief in the heart of his beloved disciple, and he asked again: "Hast thou, indeed, faith, Ananda?" And Ananda said: "I have faith, my Lord." Then the Blessed One continued: "If thou hast faith, Ananda in the wisdom of the Tathagata, why, then, Ananda, dost thou trouble the Tathagata even until the third time? Have I not formerly declared to you that it is in the very nature of all compound things that they must be dissolved again? We must separate ourselves from all things near and dear to us, and must leave them. How then, Ananda, can it be possible for me to remain, since everything that is born, or brought into being, and organised, contains within itself the inherent necessity of dissolution? How, then, can it be possible that this body of mine should not be dissolved? No such condition can exist! And this mortal existence, O Ananda, has been relinquished, cast away, renounced, rejected, and abandoned by the Tathagata." And the Blessed One said to Ananda: "Go now, Ananda, and assemble in the Service Hall such of the brethren as reside in the neighbourhood of Vesali."
Then the Blessed One proceeded to the Service Hall and sat down there on the mat spread out for him. And when he w seated, the Blessed One addressed the brethren, and said: "O brethren, ye to whom the truth has been made known, having thoroughly made yourselves masters of it, practise it, meditate upon it, and spread it abroad, in order that pure religion may last long and be perpetuated, in order that it may continue for the good and happiness of the great multitudes, out of pity for the world, and to the good and gain of all living beings! Star-gazing and astrology, forecasting lucky or unfortunate events by signs, prognosticating good or evil, all these are things forbidden.
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He who lets his heart go loose without restraint shall not attain Nirvana; therefore, must we hold the heart in check, and retire from worldly excitements and seek tranquillity of mind. Eat your food to satisfy your hunger, and drink to satisfy your thirst. Satisfy the necessities of life like the butterfly that sips the flower, without destroying its fragrance or its texture. It is through not understanding and grasping the four truths, O brethren, that we have gone astray so long and wandered in this weary path of transmigrations, both you and I, until we have found the truth. Practise the earnest meditations I have taught you. Continue in the great struggle against sin. Walk steadily in the roads of saintship. Be strong in moral powers. Let the organs of your spiritual sense be quick. When the seven kinds of wisdom enlighten your mind, you will find the noble, eightfold path that leads to Nirvana.
"Behold, O brethren, the final extinction of the Tathagata will take place before long. I now exhort you, saying:
All component things must grow old and be dissolved again. Seek ye for that which is permanent, and work out your salvation with diligence."
(Pali : “Handadani bhikkhave amantayami: vayadhamma sankhara, appamadena sampadetha’ti, ayam Tathagatassa pacchima vaca.”)
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"Behold, O brethren, the final extinction of the Tathagata will take place before long. I now exhort you, saying:
All component things must grow old and be dissolved again. Seek ye for that which is permanent, and work out your salvation with diligence."
(Pali : “Handadani bhikkhave amantayami: vayadhamma sankhara, appamadena sampadetha’ti, ayam Tathagatassa pacchima vaca.”)
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Chapter 2
Appamada Vagga
Heedfulness
6. Pamadamanuyuñjanti
bala dummedhino jana
Appamadañ ca medhavi
dhanam seññham'va rakkhati. 26.
7. Ma pamadamanuyuñjetha
ma kamaratisanthavam
Appamatto hi jhayanto
pappoti vipulam sukham. 27.
BE HEEDFUL NOT HEEDLESS
6. The ignorant, foolish folk indulge in heedlessness; the wise man guards earnestness as the greatest treasure. 26.
7. Indulge not in heedlessness; have no intimacy with sensuous delights. Verily, the earnest, meditative person obtains abundant bliss. 27.
Story
At a certain period of the year in India it was the custom of some people to indulge in harsh speech for fun for seven days irrespective of persons. During that time the Buddha and His disciples confine themselves to the monastery. At the close of the period the devotees brought alms to the Buddha and His disciples and remarked that the Buddha must have had an unpleasant time. The Buddha replied that despite such foolish acts the wise ever live heedfully.
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Appamada Vagga
Heedfulness
6. Pamadamanuyuñjanti
bala dummedhino jana
Appamadañ ca medhavi
dhanam seññham'va rakkhati. 26.
7. Ma pamadamanuyuñjetha
ma kamaratisanthavam
Appamatto hi jhayanto
pappoti vipulam sukham. 27.
BE HEEDFUL NOT HEEDLESS
6. The ignorant, foolish folk indulge in heedlessness; the wise man guards earnestness as the greatest treasure. 26.
7. Indulge not in heedlessness; have no intimacy with sensuous delights. Verily, the earnest, meditative person obtains abundant bliss. 27.
Story
At a certain period of the year in India it was the custom of some people to indulge in harsh speech for fun for seven days irrespective of persons. During that time the Buddha and His disciples confine themselves to the monastery. At the close of the period the devotees brought alms to the Buddha and His disciples and remarked that the Buddha must have had an unpleasant time. The Buddha replied that despite such foolish acts the wise ever live heedfully.
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Mātṛceṭa’s Hymn to the Buddha, An English Rendering of the Śatapañcāśataka
By Bhante Shravasti Dhammika
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By Bhante Shravasti Dhammika
For centuries people have stood in awe of the Buddha and his attainments and have strived to express their feelings in stone and bronze and with brush and ink. Some have been moved by what the Buddha said, its logical consistency, its scope and its humanism. Others have been inspired by the personality of the Lord himself, his manner and conduct, and even his physical form. The joyful faith and appreciation that is evoked on recollecting the Buddha’s personality and singing his praise gives such people the strength they need to walk the Path. For them the Dhamma comes alive through the life and example of the Buddha. Such a person was the poet Mātṛceṭa. He was born in India in about the first century A.D., and was converted from Hinduism to Buddhism by the great philosopher Aryadeva. He wrote about a dozen works, some of such beauty that he came to be regarded as one of India’s greatest poets.
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Mātṛceṭa’s Hymn to the Buddha, An English Rendering of the Śatapañcāśataka
By Bhante Shravasti Dhammika
For centuries people have stood in awe of the Buddha and his attainments and have strived to express their feelings in stone and bronze and with brush and ink. Some have been moved by what the Buddha said, its logical consistency, its scope and its humanism. Others have been inspired by the personality of the Lord himself, his manner and conduct, and even his physical form. The joyful faith and appreciation that is evoked on recollecting the Buddha’s personality and singing his praise gives such people the strength they need to walk the Path. For them the Dhamma comes alive through the life and example of the Buddha. Such a person was the poet Mātṛceṭa. He was born in India in about the first century A.D., and was converted from Hinduism to Buddhism by the great philosopher Aryadeva. He wrote about a dozen works, some of such beauty that he came to be regarded as one of India’s greatest poets.
Free download available:
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