Dhammapada

SR No.: 007674
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Max Muller
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2540
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 45 MB

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PÂRÂYANAVAGGA.
concerned ? Whom dost thou call a great man? Who has overcome desire in this world?' (1040)
2. The Bhikkhu who abstains from sensual pleasures,–0 Metteyya,' so said Bhagavat, — who is free from desire, always thoughtful, happy by reflection, he is without commotions, he after knowing both ends does not stick in the middle, as far as his understanding is concerned; him I call a great man; he has overcame desire in this world.' (1041)
Tissametteyyamânavapukkha is ended.
4. PUNNAKAMÂNAVAPUKKHÅ. 1. “To him who is without desire, who has seen the root (of sin),'—so said the venerable Punnaka, - I have come súpplicatingly with a question : on account of what did the Isis and men, Khattiyas and Brâhmanas, offer sacrifices to the gods abundantly in this world ? (about this) I ask thee, O Bhagavat, tell me this.
(1042) 2. All these Isis and men, Khattiyas and Brâhmanas, - O Punnaka,' so said Bhagavat, -- who offered sacrifices to the gods abundantly in this world, offered sacrifices, O Punnaka, after reaching old age, wishing for their present condition. (1043)
3. 'All these Isis and men, Khattiyas and Brâhmanas,'—so said the venerable Punnaka, —'who offered sacrifices to the gods abundantly in this world, did they, O Bhagavat, indefatigable in the way of offering, cross over both birth and old age, O venerable man? I ask thee, O Bhagavat, tell me this.'
(1044)
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