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David's Book : List #487
[By Dr.David N. Snyder]


List no. 487
Ten reflections for a monk or nun:

1. I have become casteless.

2. My life is dependent on others

3. My behavior should be different [from that of householders]

4. Can I fault myself with regard to my virtue?

5. Can my knowledgeable fellows in the holy life, on close examination, fault me with regard to
my virtue?

6. I will grow different, separate from all that is dear and appealing to me

7. I am the owner of my actions (kamma), heir to my actions, born of my actions, related
through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for
evil, to that will I fall heir.

8. What am I becoming as the days and nights fly past?

9. Do I delight in an empty dwelling?

10. Have I attained a superior human attainment, a truly noble distinction of knowledge and
vision, such that, when my fellows in the holy life question me in the last days of my
life, I won't feel abashed?: a person gone forth should often reflect on this.
(from Anguttara Nikaya 10.48)

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David's Book : List #526
[By Dr.David N. Snyder]


List no. 526
11 obstructions to spiritual growth for a monk:

1. There is the case where a monk is not well-versed in forms.

2. He is unskilled in characteristics.

3. There is the case where a monk acquiesces with an arisen thought of sensuality or to ill-will.
He does not abandon it, dispel it, demolish it, or wipe it out of existence.

4. There is the case where a monk, on seeing a form with the eye, grasps at themes or details by
which — as he dwells without restraint over the faculty of the eye — evil, unskillful
qualities such as greed or distress might assail him. Or he grasps through any of the other
sense doors.

5. There is the case where a monk does not teach others in detail the Dhamma as he has heard
and mastered it.

6. There is the case where a monk does not go time and again to the monks who are learned,
well-versed in the tradition.

7. There is the case where a monk, when the Dhamma-Vinaya proclaimed by the Tathagata is
being taught, doesn't gain knowledge of the meaning, doesn't gain knowledge of the
Dhamma, doesn't gain joy connected with the Dhamma.

8. There is the case where a monk does not discern, as it actually is, the noble eightfold path.

9. There is the case where a monk does not discern, as they actually are, the Four Foundations of
Mindfulness.

10. There is the case where a monk — when faithful householders invite him to accepts gifts of
cloth, alms food, lodgings, and medicinal requisites for curing the sick — knows no
moderation in taking.

11. There is the case where a monk shows no extra respect for the elder monks with seniority,
who have been ordained long, who are leaders of the Community.
(from Anguttara Nikaya 11.18)

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Dear Members,

This lovely Monday is the right time to present this wonderful list:

David's Book : List #593
[By Dr.David N. Snyder]

List no. 593
The 38 Blessings:

1. Not associating with fools
2. Keeping the company of wise ones
3. Paying reverence to those who are worthy of reverence
4. Having one‘s abode in a favorable place
5. Gaining merit in the past
6. The pursuit of higher aspirations
7. Being rich in knowledge
8. Being rich in skill
9. The moral precepts, well practiced
10. Using only well-spoken words
11. Supporting parents in every way
12. Caring for the family
13. Unconfused actions
14. Generosity
15. Right living
16. Caring for one‘s realatives
17. Refraining from unskillful things
18. To abhor unwholeseom things
19. To avoid unwholesome things
20. To avoid intoxicants
21. Diligence in righteousness
22. Reverence
23. Humility
24. Contentment
25. Gratitude
26. Hearing the Dhamma at the right time
27. Patience
28. Compliance
29. Seeing the monks
30. Discussing the Dhamma
31. Self-restraint
32. A holy life
33. Seeing The Four Noble Truths
34. Realizing Nibbana
35. A heart not trembling, unshaken
36. A heart not trembling, sorrowless
37. A heart not trembling, stainless
38. A heart not trembling, secure
(from Khuddaka Nikaya, Sutta Nipata 2.4)

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Dear Members,

This list might be long...but so very amazing!!!! And today is Uposatha Day :anjali:

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David's Book : List #605
[By Dr.David N. Snyder]

List no. 605
100 titles and descriptions for Buddha (some of the Pali is shown in parentheses):

1. All-seeing (Annadatthudasa)
2. All-transcending sage (Sabbabhibhu Dhiro)
3. All-vanquishing sage
4. Arahant (fully enlightened)
5. Awakened One
6. Best of those who can be tamed
7. Blessed One
8. Brahma (as in master of the brahma-viharas)
9. Buddha (Awakened One, Enlightened One)
10. Bull among men
11. Bull among seers
12. Bull of the Sakyan clan
13. Caravan leader
14. Conqueror of beasts
15. Conqueror of Mara (Maraji)
16. Consummate in knowledge & conduct
17. Dhamma
18. Discoverer (in the Dhamma after it died out)
19. Dispeller of darkness
20. Elucidator of meaning
21. Endowed with all the foremost marks
22. Endowed with knowledge and good conduct (Vijjacaranasampanna)
23. Exalted One
24. Expert with regard to the world
25. The Eye
26. First in the world
27. Foremost jewel
28. Foremost of all people
29. Foremost of charioteers
30. Foremost of those who can cross
31. Foremost sage
32. Fortunate One
33. Freed (nibbana)
34. Fully enlightened one
35. Giver of the deathless
36. God of gods (Devadeva)
37. Gotama (his family name)
38. Great One
39. Great seer
40. Guide (Nayaka)
41. Healer (meditation types)
42. Helper (Natha)
43. Helper of the World (Lokanatha)
44. Him-of-the-Ten-Powers (Dasabala)
45. Incomparable Charioteer of men to be tamed
46. King of the Dhamma (Dhammaraja)
47. Kinsman of the sun
48. Knower (enlightened) of the World (Lokavidu)
49. Knowledge
50. Lion (of the Dhamma; Siha in Pali)
51. Lion Man (Narasiha)
52. Lion of the Sakyas (Sakyasiha)
53. Lord Buddha (respectful, devotional title in appreciation for the teachings)
54. Lord of sages (Muninda)
55. Lord of the Dhamma
56. Master Gotama (referring to being a teacher with his birth name)
57. Noble One (by attainments, not birth)
58. Of excellent wisdom (Varapañña)
59. One who sees (Cakkhuma)
60. One who transcends all (Sabbabhibhu)
61. Peaceful sage
62. Peerless bull
63. Perfect in knowledge and practice
64. Physician (Bhisakka)
65. The Perfect One
66. Pure (enlightenment)
67. Radiant One (Angirasa)
68. Recluse (monk not attached to home or possessions)
69. Related to the sun (Adiccabandhu)
70. Rightly self-awakened
71. Sakyamuni (Sage of the Sakyas)
72. Samma-sam-Buddha (teacher of the masses, rediscovering Dhamma)
73. Self-dependent (Sayambhu)
74. Shower of the way
75. Siddhattha (his given name)
76. Stainless (pure in virtues)
77. Sublime One
78. Supreme among those who can be released
79. Tathagata (the one ―thus-gone‖ or ―thus-come―)
80. Teacher (Sattha)
81. Teacher of divine and human beings
82. Teacher of the world (Lokagaru)
83. Thoroughly mature
84. Torchbearer of mankind (Ukkadharo manussanam)
85. Training leader (Vinayaka)
86. Ultimate leader
87. Unconquered conqueror
88. Unexcelled trainer for those people fit to be tamed
89. Unsurpassed charioteer of beings to be tamed
90. Unsurpassed doctor and surgeon
91. Unvanquished (Anabhibhuto)
92. Vanquisher (Abhibhu)
93. Victor in battle
94. Wanderer (monk gone forth from lay life)
95. Wellfarer
96. Well-gone one (Sugata)
97. Wielder of power (Vasavatti)
98. With great wisdom (Bhuripañña)
99. World-knower
100. Worthy one
(There are even more, but these are the major 100 titles used in the Pali Canon.)

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Verse 419: Him I call a brahmana, who knows the death and rebirth of beings in every detail, who is detached, who follows the good practice and knows the Four Noble Truths.

Verse 420: Him I call a brahmana, whose destination the devas or gandhabbas or men do not know who has eradicated moral intoxicants and is an arahat.

Verse 421: Him I call a brahmana, who does not cling to the past, future and present khandha aggregates and who is free from moral defilements and attachment.

Verse 422: Him I call a brahmana, who is fearless like a bull, who is noble and diligent, who is a seeker of high moral virtues and a conqueror (of three Maras), who is free from craving, who has been cleansed of moral defilements and knows the Four Noble Truths.

Verse 423: Him I call a brahmana, who knows past existences, who sees the celestial as well as the lower worlds, who has reached the end of rebirths, who, with Magga Insight, has become an arahat and has accomplished all that is to be accomplished for the eradication of moral defilements.

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:candle: Verse 415: Him I call a brahmana, who, in this world, has given up sensual pleasures, and leaving the home-life has become a bhikkhu; who has eradicated sensual desires and has come to the end of existence.

:candle: Verse 416: Him I call a brahmana, who, in this world, has given up craving, and leaving the home-life has become a bhikkhu; who has eradicated craving and has come to the end of existence.

:candle: Verse 417: Him I call a brahmana, who has given up attachment to (sensual pleasures of) human life, has transcended attachment to (sensual pleasures of) deva life and is completely free from all attachment.

:candle: Verse 418: Him I call a brahmana, who has given up taking delight (in sensual pleasures) and not taking delight (in solitude); who has attained perfect peace and is free from moral defilements; who has overcome all the five khandhas (lit., the world) and is diligent.

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Verse 411: Him I called a brahmana, who has no craving, who through knowledge of the Four Noble Truths is free from doubt, and has realized Nibbana the Deathless.

Verse 412: Him I call a brahmana, who, in this world, has transcended both ties good and evil; who is sorrowless and, being free from the taints of moral defilements, is pure.

Verse 413: Him I call a brahmana, who, like the moon (in a cloudless sky), is pure, clear and serene, and in whom craving for existence is extinct.

Verse 414: Him I call a brahmana, who, having traversed this dangerous swamp (of passion), this difficult road (of moral defilements), the ocean of life (samsara) and the darkness of ignorance (moha), and having crossed the fourfold Flood, has reached the other shore (Nibbana); who practises Tranquility and Insight Meditation, who is free from craving and from doubt, who clings to nothing and remains in perfect peace.

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Dear All,
Happy Uposatha Day to you all :anjali:

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Verse 407: Him I call a brahmana, from whom passion, ill will, pride and detraction have fallen off like a mustard seed from the tip of an awl.

Verse 408: Him I call a brahmana, who speaks gentle, instructive and true words, and who does not offend anyone by speech.

Verse 409: Him I call a Brahmana, who, in this world takes nothing that is not given him, be it long or short, big or small, good or bad.

Verse 410: Him I call a brahmana, who has no desire either for this world or for the next, who is free from craving and from moral defilements.

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Dear David,

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I/Tep/Tidathep would like to dedicate Yod-Phra-Gan-Tipitaka Gatha and Jinapanjara Gatha(Chinnabunchorn) to you and your family:

:heart: Yod-Phra-Gan-Tipitaka Gatha: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDjXUc1XfpU

:heart: Jinapanjara Gatha: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7BH9PtPK5c

Thai people believe that these Gathas can do magic to all chanters...to purify your mind/protection.

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Thanks!

Very nice sound to that chant!

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:candle: Buddha's Verses :candle:
[Translated from the Pali by Daw Mya Tin, M.A.]


Verse 403: Him I call a brahmana, who is wise and is profound in his knowledge, who knows the right way from the wrong way, and who has attained the highest goal (i.e., arahatship).

Verse 404: Him I call a brahmana, who associates not with the householder or with the homeless one, or with both, who is free from sensual desire and has few wants.

Verse 405: Him I call a brahmana, who has laid aside the use of force towards all beings, the perturbed as well as the unperturbed (i.e., arahats), and who does not kill or cause others to kill.

Verse 406: Him I call a brahmana, who is not hostile to those who are hostile, who is peaceful (i.e., has laid aside the use of force) to those with weapons,
and who is without attachment to objects of attachment.

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:candle: Buddha's Verses :candle:
[Translated from the Pali by Daw Mya Tin, M.A.]

Verse 398: Him I call a brahmana, who has cut the strap (of ill will), the thong (of craving) and the cord (of wrong views together with latent defilements), who has lifted the bar that fastens the door (of ignorance), and who knows the Truth.

Verse 399: Him I call a brahmana, who, without anger endures abuse, beating and being bound, and to whom the strength of patience is like the strength of an army.

Verse 400: Him I call a brahmana, who is free from anger, who practises austerity, who is virtuous and free from craving, who is controlled in his senses and for whom this body (i.e., existence) is the very last.

Verse 401: Him I call a brahmana, who does not cling to sensual pleasures, just as water does not cling to a lotus leaf, or the mustard seed to the tip of an awl.

Verse 402: Him I call a brahmana, who even in this existence realizes the end of dukkha (i.e., Nibbana), who has laid down the burden (of the khandhas) and who is free from moral defilements.

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Sawaddee Ka :anjali:

Today is Uposatha Day...I would like to present TREASURY OF THE TRUTH to David/you all:

Treasury Of The Truth
[By Ven.W. Sarada Maha Thero]


Verse 1. Suffering Follows The Evil-Doer

Mind precedes all knowables,
mind's their chief, mind-made are they.
If with a corrupted mind
one should either speak or act
dukkha follows caused by that,
as does the wheel the ox's hoof.

Explanation: All that we experience begins with thought. Our words and deeds spring from thought. If we speak or act with evil thoughts, unpleasant circumstances and experiences inevitably result. Wherever we go, we create bad circumstances because we carry bad thoughts. This is very much like the wheel of a cart following the hoofs of the ox yoked to the cart. The cart-wheel, along with the heavy load of the cart, keeps following the draught oxen. The animal is bound to this heavy load and cannot leave it.

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Sawaddee Ka

I like TREASURY OF TRUTH very much...and I also love BUDDHA'S VERSES by Daw Mya Tin...Please let me present them together.

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Treasury Of Truth :heart:
[By Ven.W. Sarada Maha Thero/Daw Mya Tin,M.A.]


Verse 2. Happiness Follows The Doer of Good

Mind precedes all knowables,
mind's their chief, mind-made are they.
If with a clear, and confident mind
one should speak and act
as one's shadow never departing.

Explanation: All that man experiences springs out of his thoughts. If his thoughts are good, the words and the deeds will also be
good. The result of good thoughts , words and deeds will be happiness. This happiness will never leave the person whose thoughts are good. Happiness will always follow him like his shadow that never leaves him.

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Buddha's Verse 2: All mental phenomena have mind as their forerunner; they have mind as their chief; they are mind-made. If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness (sukha) follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.

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