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Vol.7 No.4/5 July 20, 1997
Words of Dhamma
Uttitthe nappamajjeyya, dhammam sucaritam care. Dhammacari sukham seti, asmim loke paramhi ca.
- Arise! Be not heedless. Follow the path of Dhamma. Those who follow Dhamma live happily, through this life and beyond.
-Dhammapada 168, Lokavagga
- by S. N. Goenka
Vol.7 No.3 May, 1997
Words of Dhamma
Subhasitam uttamamahu santo, Dhammam bhane nadhammam tam dutiyam. Piyam bhane nappiyam tam tatiyam, Saccam bhane nalikam tam catuttham.
-Saints have said: well-spoken words are the best speech. Speaking Dhamma words instead of immoral words is the second best speech. Speaking kindly instead of harshly is the third best speech. Speaking the truth instead of falsehood is the fourth best speech.
Vol.7 No.2 April, 1997
Words of Dhamma
Itthi-misse kuto silam,mamsa bhakkhakuto daya; surapane kuto saccam, mahalobhe kuto hiri; Mahatande kuto sippam, mahakodhe kuto dhanam.
Vol.7 No.1 January, 1997
Words of Dhamma
Yassete caturo dhamma,saddhassa gharamesino; Saccam dhammo dhiti cago, sa ve pecca na socati; asma loka param lokam, sa ve pecca na socati.
- The devoted householder in whom the four qualities of truth, morality, contentment, and renunciation are present,
is not distressed by anxiety in this life nor in the next life after death.
- Suttanipata 1.10.8
Vol.8 No.12 December 3, 1998
Words of Dhamma
Namo hi tassa bhagavato, sakyaputtassa sirīmato; tenāyaṃ aggappattena, aggadhammo sudesito.
- Homage to that Blessed One, glorious son of the Sākya clan; who on attaining the supreme state, taught well this foremost teaching.
Vol.8 No.11 November 3, 1998
Words of Dhamma
Phuṭṭhassa lokadhammehi, cittaṃ yassa na kampati; asokaṃ virajaṃ khemaṃ, etaṃ maṅgalamuttamaṃ.
- When faced with life’s vicissitudes, one’s mind is unshaken, free from sorrow, impurity, or fear this is the highest welfare.
- Khuddakapāṭha 5.12, Maṅgalasutta
Vol.8 No.10 October 5, 1998
Words of Dhamma
Uṭṭhānenappamādena, saññamena damena ca; dīpaṃ kayirātha medhāvī, yaṃ ogho n’ābhikīrati.
- By sustained effort, earnestness, discipline, and self-control, let the wise man make for himself an island which no flood overwhelms.
- Dhammapada 25
Vol.8 No.9 September 6, 1998
Words of Dhamma
Dhammārāmo Dhammarato, dhammaṃ anuvicintayaṃ; dhammaṃ anussaraṃ bhikkhu, saddhammā na parihāyati.
- The bhikkhu who dwells in the Dhamma, who delights in the Dhamma, who meditates on the Dhamma, who well remembers the Dhamma, does not fall away from the sublime Dhamma.
Vol.8 No.8 August 7, 1998
Words of Dhamma
Atha kho bhagava amantesi "handa dani, bhikkhave, amantayami vo, vayadhamma saṅkhara, appamadena sampadetha" ti. Ayaṃ tathagatassa pacchima vaca.
- Then the Exalted One spoke to the monks: "Now, monks, this I say to you: Transient are all created things; strive on untiringly." These were the last words of the Buddha.
Vol.8 No.7 July 9, 1998
Words of Dhamma
Idaṃ pure cittamacāri cārikaṃ, yenicchakaṃ yatthakāmaṃ yathāsukhaṃ. Tadajjahaṃ niggahessāmi yoniso,
hatthippabhinnaṃ viya aṃkusaggaho.
- This mind that wanders wherever it wishes, wherever it desires, wherever it sees pleasure, I will first make it steadfast. I will train it thoroughly like a mahout with a goad trains a wild elephant.
