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Truly, good people are grateful and thankful. Vin.IV,55

Those who keep thinking, ‘He abused me!’ ‘He struck me!’ ‘He oppressed me!’ ‘He robbed me!’ never still their hatred. But those who let go of such thoughts do.  For in this world hatred is never stilled by more hatred. It is love that stills hatred. This is an eternal truth. Dhp.3-5

For the virtuous every day is special, for them every day is a holy day. M.I,39

Even though being finely adorned, if one is peaceful, restrained, committed to the holy life and harmless to all beings, he is a true ascetic, a true priest, a true monk.

Dhp.142

Do not be a judge of others, do not judge others. Whoever judges others digs a pit for themselves. A.III,350

Easy to understand is the yelp of jackals and the song of birds. But to interpret what humans say is difficult indeed. You may think, ‘He is my kin, my friend, my comrade true’ because before he made you happy, but now he may be an enemy.  When we love someone they are always near, while those who like us not are always distance. The faithful friend is faithful still though you be oceans apart. He of corrupt mind is still corrupt though he be across the sea. Ja.IV,218.

Be an island unto yourself, be your own refuge, take no one else as your refuge, have the Dhamma as your  island and refuge. D.II,100

‘Now monks I say unto you, all conditioned things are impermanent. Strive on with awareness.’ These were the Buddha’s last words. D.II,156

ABBREVIATIONS

A, Anguttara Nikaya; Cp, Cariyapitaka; D, Digha Nikaya; Dhp, Dhammapada; Ja, Jataka; M, Majjhima Nikaya; Pv. Petavatthu: S, Samyutta Nikaya;  Sn, Sutta Nipata; Ud, Udana;  Vin, Vinaya;

THE AUTHOR

Bhante Dhammika was born in Australia in 1951  and  became a  Buddhism at the age of 18. In 1973 he went to Asia with the intention of becoming a monk, traveling through Thailand,  Laos,  Burma  and  finally  to  India. For  the  next  three years,  he traveled throughout India learning yoga and meditation, and finally ordaining as a monk  under  Venerable   Matiwella  Sangharatna,  the   last  disciple  of  Anagarika Dharmapala. In  1976  he  went  to  Sri  Lanka  where  he  studied  Pali  at  Sri  Lanka Vidyalaya, and later became a co-founder and teacher of Nilambe Meditation Centre in Kandy. Since then, he has spent most of his time in Sri Lanka and Singapore.

Bhante Dhammika had written over 25 books and scores of articles on Buddhism and related subjects, many of them translated into different languages.    He is also well-known  for  his  public  talks  and  represented  Theravada  Buddhism  at  the European  Buddhist  Millennium Conference in  Berlin in 2000. Apart from  Buddhist philosophy and  meditation,  Bhante  Dhammika  has  a  deep  interest  in  the  sacred places  of  Buddhism  and  the  tradition  of  pilgrimage.  His  others  interests  include Indian history, art and botany.

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