8. Na tam kammam katam sadhu
yam katva anutappati
Yassa assumukho rodam
vipakam pañisevati. 67.
NOT WELL DONE IS THAT DEED WHICH CAUSES REPENTANCE
8. That deed is not well done when, after having done it, one repents, and when weeping, with tearful face, one reaps the fruit thereof. 67.
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A farmer was accused of theft for keeping in his possession some stolen property. Owing to his peculiar behaviour he was produced before the Buddha, who then explained the actual circumstances of the case. When the poor man was released because of his innocence the Buddha stated the consequences of evil deeds.
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yam katva anutappati
Yassa assumukho rodam
vipakam pañisevati. 67.
NOT WELL DONE IS THAT DEED WHICH CAUSES REPENTANCE
8. That deed is not well done when, after having done it, one repents, and when weeping, with tearful face, one reaps the fruit thereof. 67.
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A farmer was accused of theft for keeping in his possession some stolen property. Owing to his peculiar behaviour he was produced before the Buddha, who then explained the actual circumstances of the case. When the poor man was released because of his innocence the Buddha stated the consequences of evil deeds.
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Ananda, there are four places the sight of which will arouse strong emotion in those with faith. Which four places? ‘Here the Tathagata was born’ this is the first. ‘Here the Tathagata attained enlightenment’- this is the second. ‘Here the Tathagata set in motion the Wheel of the Dhamma’ – this is the third. ‘Here the Tathagata attained final Nirvana without remainder’ – this is the fourth. And the monk, the nun, the layman or the laywoman who has faith should visit these places. And anyone who dies while making a pilgrimage to these shrines with a devoted heart will, at the breaking up of the body at death, be reborn in heaven.
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Ananda, there are four places the sight of which will arouse strong emotion in those with faith. Which four places? ‘Here the Tathagata was born’ this is the first. ‘Here the Tathagata attained enlightenment’- this is the second. ‘Here the Tathagata set in motion the Wheel of the Dhamma’ – this is the third. ‘Here the Tathagata attained final Nirvana without remainder’ – this is the fourth. And the monk, the nun, the layman or the laywoman who has faith should visit these places. And anyone who dies while making a pilgrimage to these shrines with a devoted heart will, at the breaking up of the body at death, be reborn in heaven.
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9. Tañ ca kammam katam sadhu
yam katva nanutappati
Yassa patato sumano
vipakam pañisevati. 68.
WELL DONE IS THAT DEED WHICH CAUSES NO REPENTANCE
9. That deed is well done when, after having done it, one repents not, and when, with joy and pleasure, one reaps the fruit thereof. 68.
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A gardener, risking his life, offered to the Buddha some jasmine flowers which were meant for the king. Contrary to his expectations, the king was pleased with his meritorious act and rewarded him suitably. The Buddha thereupon commented on the effects of good deeds.
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yam katva nanutappati
Yassa patato sumano
vipakam pañisevati. 68.
WELL DONE IS THAT DEED WHICH CAUSES NO REPENTANCE
9. That deed is well done when, after having done it, one repents not, and when, with joy and pleasure, one reaps the fruit thereof. 68.
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“Bhikkhus, there are these four streams of merit, streams of the wholesome, nutriments of happiness—heavenly, ripening in happiness, conducive to heaven—that lead to what is wished for, desired, and agreeable, to one’s welfare and happiness.
When a bhikkhu enters and dwells in a measureless concentration of mind while using a robe [alms food, lodgings, medicine] that one has given him, one acquires a measureless stream of merit, stream of the wholesome, a nutriment of happiness … that leads … to one’s welfare and happiness.
“Bhikkhus, just as it is not easy to measure the water in the great ocean thus... it is reckoned simply as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of water; so too, when a noble disciple possesses these four streams of merit … it is reckoned simply as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of merit.”
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When a bhikkhu enters and dwells in a measureless concentration of mind while using a robe [alms food, lodgings, medicine] that one has given him, one acquires a measureless stream of merit, stream of the wholesome, a nutriment of happiness … that leads … to one’s welfare and happiness.
“Bhikkhus, just as it is not easy to measure the water in the great ocean thus... it is reckoned simply as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of water; so too, when a noble disciple possesses these four streams of merit … it is reckoned simply as an incalculable, immeasurable, great mass of merit.”
Partial excerpts from AN 4.51 : Pathamapunnabhisandasutta : Stream of Merit
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Big White Buddha at Wat Tham Khao Prang Buddhist temple, Lopburi, Thailand.
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10. Madhu va 4 maññati balo
yava papam na paccati
Yada ca paccata papam
atha balo dukkham nigacchati. 69.
EVIL-DOERS COME TO GRIEF
10. As sweet as honey is an evil deed, so thinks the fool so long as it ripens not; but when it ripens, then he comes to grief. 69.
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A former suitor of a nun ravished her while she was dwelling alone in a forest. On hearing of the incident, the Buddha commented on the sufferings that accrue to evil-doers.
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yava papam na paccati
Yada ca paccata papam
atha balo dukkham nigacchati. 69.
EVIL-DOERS COME TO GRIEF
10. As sweet as honey is an evil deed, so thinks the fool so long as it ripens not; but when it ripens, then he comes to grief. 69.
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A former suitor of a nun ravished her while she was dwelling alone in a forest. On hearing of the incident, the Buddha commented on the sufferings that accrue to evil-doers.
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The Story about the Twin Miracle
Yamakapāṭihāriyavatthu
From the Dhammapada Aṭṭhakathā
By E.W. Burlingame and Ānandajoti Bhikkhu
Part 1 of 2
The Buddha Promises to Perform a Miracle
When the sectarians heard that the ascetic Gotama had caused that bowl to be broken to pieces and that he had laid down a precept forbidding his disciples to perform miracles, they said: “Even if their lives depend upon it, the disciples of the ascetic Gotama will not disobey the precept which he has laid down.
Moreover the ascetic Gotama will also keep that precept. Now is our chance!”
So they went through the streets of the city proclaiming: “It is our wont to keep our own powers hidden, and it was for this reason that on a recent occasion we refused to display our own powers for the sake of a wooden bowl.
But the disciples of the ascetic Gotama displayed their powers to the multitude all for the sake of a paltry bowl. The ascetic Gotama in his wisdom caused that bowl to be broken to pieces and laid down a precept forbidding his disciples to perform miracles. Henceforth we will perform miracles only with him.”
King Bimbisāra heard their talk, went to the Teacher, and said: “Venerable Sir, is the report true that you have forbidden your disciples to perform miracles?” –“Yes, great king.” – “The sectarians are saying: ―We will perform miracles with you, "what do you intend to do about this?” – “If they perform miracles, I will do the same.” – “Have you not laid down a precept forbidding the performance of miracles?” – “Great king, I have not laid down a precept for myself; the precept was intended to apply only to my disciples.” – “Do you mean that the precept which you laid down was intended to apply to everyone but yourself?”
“Well, great king, I will answer that question by another. Great king, it is true, is it not, that you have a pleasure-garden in your kingdom?” – “Yes, venerable Sir.” – “Great king, if the populace should eat the mangoes and other fruits in your garden, what would you do to them?” – “I should inflict punishment upon them, venerable Sir.” – “But you would have the right to eat them yourself?” –“Yes, venerable Sir: I am not liable to punishment; I should have the right to eat whatever belongs to me.” – “Great king, even as your authority extends throughout your kingdom thirty leagues in extent, and you are not yourself liable to punishment for eating mangoes and other fruits in your own garden, while others are liable to punishment for doing so, even so my authority extends throughout hundreds of thousands of millions of worlds, and while I may overstep the precepts which I have myself laid down, others may not so do; therefore, great king, I shall perform a miracle.”
When the sectarians heard these words, they said to each other: “Now we are lost; the ascetic Gotama declares that the precept which he laid down was intended to apply to his disciples, but not to himself, and he further declares that it is his intention to perform a miracle himself; what are we to do?” And they took counsel together.
The king asked the Teacher: “Venerable Sir, when do you intend to perform this miracle?” – “On the day of full moon of the month Āsāḷha (July), four months hence.” – “Where will you perform it, venerable Sir?” – “Near Sāvatthī, great king.”
Now why did the Teacher appoint a place so far distant? Because Sāvatthī is the place where all the Buddhas have performed their great miracles; it was likewise to permit the assembly of a great multitude. For these reasons the Teacher appointed a place far distant.
The sectarians, hearing these words, said to each other: “Four months hence the ascetic Gotama will perform a miracle at Sāvatthī. Henceforth, therefore, we must pursue him unremittingly. When the populace see us, they will ask: ―What does this mean?, and we will reply: ―You will remember that we said: “We will perform a miracle with the ascetic Gotama,” now he is running away from us; but since we are not willing that he should get away from us, we are pursuing him.”
Yamakapāṭihāriyavatthu
From the Dhammapada Aṭṭhakathā
By E.W. Burlingame and Ānandajoti Bhikkhu
Part 1 of 2
The Buddha Promises to Perform a Miracle
When the sectarians heard that the ascetic Gotama had caused that bowl to be broken to pieces and that he had laid down a precept forbidding his disciples to perform miracles, they said: “Even if their lives depend upon it, the disciples of the ascetic Gotama will not disobey the precept which he has laid down.
Moreover the ascetic Gotama will also keep that precept. Now is our chance!”
So they went through the streets of the city proclaiming: “It is our wont to keep our own powers hidden, and it was for this reason that on a recent occasion we refused to display our own powers for the sake of a wooden bowl.
But the disciples of the ascetic Gotama displayed their powers to the multitude all for the sake of a paltry bowl. The ascetic Gotama in his wisdom caused that bowl to be broken to pieces and laid down a precept forbidding his disciples to perform miracles. Henceforth we will perform miracles only with him.”
King Bimbisāra heard their talk, went to the Teacher, and said: “Venerable Sir, is the report true that you have forbidden your disciples to perform miracles?” –“Yes, great king.” – “The sectarians are saying: ―We will perform miracles with you, "what do you intend to do about this?” – “If they perform miracles, I will do the same.” – “Have you not laid down a precept forbidding the performance of miracles?” – “Great king, I have not laid down a precept for myself; the precept was intended to apply only to my disciples.” – “Do you mean that the precept which you laid down was intended to apply to everyone but yourself?”
“Well, great king, I will answer that question by another. Great king, it is true, is it not, that you have a pleasure-garden in your kingdom?” – “Yes, venerable Sir.” – “Great king, if the populace should eat the mangoes and other fruits in your garden, what would you do to them?” – “I should inflict punishment upon them, venerable Sir.” – “But you would have the right to eat them yourself?” –“Yes, venerable Sir: I am not liable to punishment; I should have the right to eat whatever belongs to me.” – “Great king, even as your authority extends throughout your kingdom thirty leagues in extent, and you are not yourself liable to punishment for eating mangoes and other fruits in your own garden, while others are liable to punishment for doing so, even so my authority extends throughout hundreds of thousands of millions of worlds, and while I may overstep the precepts which I have myself laid down, others may not so do; therefore, great king, I shall perform a miracle.”
When the sectarians heard these words, they said to each other: “Now we are lost; the ascetic Gotama declares that the precept which he laid down was intended to apply to his disciples, but not to himself, and he further declares that it is his intention to perform a miracle himself; what are we to do?” And they took counsel together.
The king asked the Teacher: “Venerable Sir, when do you intend to perform this miracle?” – “On the day of full moon of the month Āsāḷha (July), four months hence.” – “Where will you perform it, venerable Sir?” – “Near Sāvatthī, great king.”
Now why did the Teacher appoint a place so far distant? Because Sāvatthī is the place where all the Buddhas have performed their great miracles; it was likewise to permit the assembly of a great multitude. For these reasons the Teacher appointed a place far distant.
The sectarians, hearing these words, said to each other: “Four months hence the ascetic Gotama will perform a miracle at Sāvatthī. Henceforth, therefore, we must pursue him unremittingly. When the populace see us, they will ask: ―What does this mean?, and we will reply: ―You will remember that we said: “We will perform a miracle with the ascetic Gotama,” now he is running away from us; but since we are not willing that he should get away from us, we are pursuing him.”
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When the Teacher had gone his rounds for alms in Rājagaha, he came forth from the city. The sectarians likewise came forth in his train. Wherever he took his meal, there they lodged for the night; wherever he lodged for the night, there they took their breakfast. When the people asked them: “What does this mean?” they gave the same answer they had before agreed upon. “We will see the miracle,” cried out the multitude, and followed after. In due course the Teacher reached Sāvatthī. The sectarians accompanied him there. On reaching the city they stirred up their retainers, obtained for themselves 100,000 coins, caused a pavilion to be erected with pillars of acacia wood, and caused it to be covered with blue lotus flowers. Having so done, they sat down and said:
“Here we will perform a miracle.”
King Pasenadi Kosala approached the Teacher and said: “Venerable Sir, the sectarians have caused a pavilion to be erected; shall I also erect a pavilion for you?” – “There is no need of so doing, great king; I have a pavilion-maker.” –
“Venerable Sir, who is there here besides me that can build a pavilion for you?”
– “Sakka, the Lord of the Devas, great king.” – “Venerable Sir, where will you perform the miracle?” – “At the foot of what is called Gaṇḍa's mango tree, great king.” The sectarians heard the words: “He will perform the miracle at the foot of a mango tree.” Straightaway they tore up by the roots all of the mango trees for a league around, even those that had sprung up that very day, and threw them all into the forest.
Preliminary Miracles
On the day of full moon of the month Āsāḷha (July) the Teacher entered the city.
On the same day Gaṇḍa, the king's gardener, seeing a large ripe mango in a basket of leaves made by red ants, drove away the crows which had been attracted by its savor and flavor, picked up the mango, and set out with it, intending to take it to the king. But seeing the Teacher by the way, he thought to himself: “If the king eats this mango, he will possibly give me eight or sixteen coins for it, and that will not suffice to keep me alive during one state of existence; but if I give this to the Teacher, it will be beneficial for time without end.” Accordingly he presented the ripe mango to the Teacher.
The Teacher looked at the Elder Ānanda. The elder removed the outer covering from the gift intended for the great king and placed the mango in the Teacher's hands. The Teacher presented his bowl, received the ripe mango, and intimated that he desired to sit down right there. The elder spread his robe and presented it. When the Teacher was seated, the elder strained water, crushed the ripe mango, made a sherbet, and gave it to the Teacher. When the Teacher had drunk the mango-sherbet, he said to Gaṇḍa: “Dig up the earth right here and plant the seed of the mango.” The gardener did as he was told.
The Teacher washed his hands over the place where the mango had been planted. The very moment he washed his hands, a mango tree sprang up, with a stalk as thick as a plow-handle, fifty cubits in height. Five great branches shot forth, each fifty cubits in length, four to the four cardinal points and one to the heavens above. Instantly the tree was covered with flowers and fruits; indeed on one side it bore a cluster of ripe mangoes. Approaching from behind, the bhikkhus picked the ripe mangoes, ate them, and then withdrew. When the king heard that a mango tree so wonderful had sprung up, he gave orders that no one should cut it down, and posted a guard. Because the tree had been planted by the gardener Gaṇḍa, it became known as Gaṇḍa's mango tree.
“Here we will perform a miracle.”
King Pasenadi Kosala approached the Teacher and said: “Venerable Sir, the sectarians have caused a pavilion to be erected; shall I also erect a pavilion for you?” – “There is no need of so doing, great king; I have a pavilion-maker.” –
“Venerable Sir, who is there here besides me that can build a pavilion for you?”
– “Sakka, the Lord of the Devas, great king.” – “Venerable Sir, where will you perform the miracle?” – “At the foot of what is called Gaṇḍa's mango tree, great king.” The sectarians heard the words: “He will perform the miracle at the foot of a mango tree.” Straightaway they tore up by the roots all of the mango trees for a league around, even those that had sprung up that very day, and threw them all into the forest.
Preliminary Miracles
On the day of full moon of the month Āsāḷha (July) the Teacher entered the city.
On the same day Gaṇḍa, the king's gardener, seeing a large ripe mango in a basket of leaves made by red ants, drove away the crows which had been attracted by its savor and flavor, picked up the mango, and set out with it, intending to take it to the king. But seeing the Teacher by the way, he thought to himself: “If the king eats this mango, he will possibly give me eight or sixteen coins for it, and that will not suffice to keep me alive during one state of existence; but if I give this to the Teacher, it will be beneficial for time without end.” Accordingly he presented the ripe mango to the Teacher.
The Teacher looked at the Elder Ānanda. The elder removed the outer covering from the gift intended for the great king and placed the mango in the Teacher's hands. The Teacher presented his bowl, received the ripe mango, and intimated that he desired to sit down right there. The elder spread his robe and presented it. When the Teacher was seated, the elder strained water, crushed the ripe mango, made a sherbet, and gave it to the Teacher. When the Teacher had drunk the mango-sherbet, he said to Gaṇḍa: “Dig up the earth right here and plant the seed of the mango.” The gardener did as he was told.
The Teacher washed his hands over the place where the mango had been planted. The very moment he washed his hands, a mango tree sprang up, with a stalk as thick as a plow-handle, fifty cubits in height. Five great branches shot forth, each fifty cubits in length, four to the four cardinal points and one to the heavens above. Instantly the tree was covered with flowers and fruits; indeed on one side it bore a cluster of ripe mangoes. Approaching from behind, the bhikkhus picked the ripe mangoes, ate them, and then withdrew. When the king heard that a mango tree so wonderful had sprung up, he gave orders that no one should cut it down, and posted a guard. Because the tree had been planted by the gardener Gaṇḍa, it became known as Gaṇḍa's mango tree.
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Men of the baser sort also ate the ripe mango fruits and cried out: “You rascally sectarians, when you heard that the ascetic Gotama would do a miracle at the foot of Gaṇḍa's mango tree, you caused all the young mangoes for a league around, even those that have sprung up this very day, to be torn up by the roots; yet here is Gaṇḍa's mango tree.” So saying, they took the seeds and cores of the mango fruits which remained, and threw them at the sectarians.
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“In the wilderness, at a tree’s root, or an empty hut, O mendicants, recollect the Buddha, and no fear will come to you.
If you can’t recollect the Buddha—the eldest in the world, the chief of men—then recollect the teaching, emancipating, well taught.
If you can’t recollect the teaching—emancipating, well taught—then recollect the Saṅgha, the supreme field of merit.
Thus recollecting the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saṅgha, mendicants, fear and terror and goosebumps will be no more.”
SN 11.3 : Dhajaggasutta
If you can’t recollect the Buddha—the eldest in the world, the chief of men—then recollect the teaching, emancipating, well taught.
If you can’t recollect the teaching—emancipating, well taught—then recollect the Saṅgha, the supreme field of merit.
Thus recollecting the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saṅgha, mendicants, fear and terror and goosebumps will be no more.”
SN 11.3 : Dhajaggasutta
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