THE LORD BUDDHAS TEACHING - DHAMMAPADAYA

PANDITHA WAGGAYA (6:7)

PALI:
YATHA PI RAHADO GAMBHIRO
VIPPASSANO ANAVILO
EVAM DHAMMANI SUTVANA
VIPPASIDANI PANDITA.

MEANING:
Evan as a fathomless lake,
a lake so calm and clear,
so dhammas having heard
serene the wise become.

 

THE LORD BUDDHAS TEACHING - DHAMMAPADAYA

PANDITHA WAGGAYA (6:6)

PALI:
SELO YATHA EKAGHANO
VATENA NA SAMIRATI
EVAM NINDAPASAMSASU
NA SAMINJANTI PANDITA.

MEANING:
Just as a mighty boulder
stirs not with the wind,
so the wise are never moved
either by praise or blame.

KANDE VEHERA TEMPLE , ALUTHGAMA , SRI LANKA.

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PANDITHA WAGGAYA (6:5)

PALI:
UDAKAM HI NAYANTI NETTIKA
USUKARA NAMAYANTI TEJANAM
DARUM NAMAYANATI TACCHAKA
ATTANAM DAMAYANTI PANDITHA.

MEANING:
Irrigators govern water,
fletchers fashion shafts,
as joiners shape their timber
those who are wise tame themselves.
 

Kande Viharaya - Aluthgama Sri Lanka

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PANDITHA WAGGAYA (6:4)

PALI:
DHAMMAPITI SUKHAM SETI
VIPPASANNENA CETASA
ARIYAPPAVEDITE DHAMME
SADA RAMATI PANDITO.

MEANING:
Happy is he who Dhamma drinks
with heart that's clear and cool.
One so wise e'er delights
in ***Dhamma declared by the Noble.

***Dhamma - Buddhas Way to Heaven

ANURADHAPURA - SRI LANKA

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PANDITHA WAGGAYA (6:3)

PALI:
NA BHAJE PAPAKE MITTE
NA BHAJE PURISADHAME
BHAJETHA MITTE KALYANE
BHAJETHA PURISUTTAME

MEANING:
Don't go around with evil frineds,
with rogues do not resort.
Spend your time with noble friends,
with worthy ones consort.

HIKKADUWA - SRI LANKA

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PANDITHA WAGGA (6:2)

PALI:
OVADEYYANUSASEYYA,
ASABBHA CA NIVARAYE,
SATAM HI SO PIYA HOTI
 ASATAM HOTI APPIYO.

MEANING:
Let him exhort, let him instruct,
and check one from abasement.
Dear indeed is he to the true,
not dear is he to the false.

KANDE VIHARAYA TEMPLE - ALUTHGAMA SRI LANKA

 

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PANDITHA WAGGAYA (6:1)

PALI:
NIDHINAM VA PAVATTARAM
YAM PASSE VAJJADASSINAM
NIGGAYHA VADIM MEDHAVIM
TADISAM PANDITAM BHAJE
TADISAM BHAJAMANASSA
SEYYO HOTI NA PAPIYO

MEANING:
Should one a man of wisdom meet
who points out faults and gives reproof,
who lays a hidden treasure bare,
with such a sage should one consort.
Consorting so is one enriched
and never in decline.

TEMPLE OF THE TOOTH

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BALA WAGGA (5:16)

PALI:
ANNA HI LABAHUPANISA
ANNA NIBBANAGAMINI
EVAMETAM ABHINNAYA
BHIKKHU BUDDHASSA SAVAKO
SAKKARAM NABHINADEYYA
VIVEKAMANUBRUHAYE

MEANING:
One is the way to worldly gain,
another to *Nibbana goes.
Clearly comprehending this
the **Bhikkhu, Buddhas follower
should wallow not in proffered gifts,
surrendering instead to solitude.

*"Nibbana" - The Heaven
**"Bhikkhu" - Buddhas Followers

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BALA WAGGAYA (5:15)

PALI:
MAMEVA KATA MANNANTU
GIHI PABBAJITA UBHO
MEM EV ATIVASA ASSU
KICCAKICCESU KISMICI
ITI BALASSA SANKAPPO
ICCHA MANO CA VADDHATI.

MEANING:
Both monk and laymen, let them think
"this was done by me,
whatever the works, both great and small
let them depend on me".
such the intention of a fool,
swollen his greed and conceit.

THE LORD BUDDHAS TEACHING - DHAMMAPADAYA

BALA WAGGA (5:14)

PALI:
ASATAM BHAVANAMICCHEYYA
PUREKKHARANCA BHIKKHUSU
AVASESU CA ISSARIYAM
PUJA PARAKULESU CA

MEANING:
For position a fool may wish:
among the bhikkhus presedence
in monasteries authority,
from other families honour.

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BALA WAGGAYA (5:13)

PALI:
YAVADEVA ANATTHAYA
NATTAM BALASSA JAYATI
HANTI BALASSA SUKKAMSAM
MUDDHAMASSA VIPATAYAM

MEANING:
Truly to his detriment
skill is born to the fool;
ruined is his better nature
and  scattered are his wits.

THE LORD BUDDHAS TEACHING - DHAMMAPADYA

BALA WAGGAYA (5:13)

PALI:
YAVADEVA ANATTHAYA
NATTAM BALASSA JAYATI
HANTI BALASSA SUKKAMSAM
MUDDHAMASSA VIPATAYAM.

MEANING:
Truly to his detriment
skill is born to the fool;
ruined is his better nature
and scattered are his wits.

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BALA WAGGA (5:12)

PALI:
NA HI PAPA, KATAM KAMMAM
SAJJU KHIRAM VA MUCCATI
DAHANTAM BALAMANVETI
BHASMACCHANNO VA PAVAKO.

MEANING:
As milk, is evil Kamma done,
so slowly does it sour.
Smouldering does it follow the fool
like fire with ashes covered.

kelani Temple

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BALA WAGGA (5:11)

PALI:
MASE MASE KUSAGGENA
BALO BHUNJETHA BHOJANAM
NA SO SANKHATADHAMMANAM
KALAM AGGHATI SOLASIM.

MEANING:
Month after month with blady - grass tip
the fool* may take his food;
he's not worth the slightest bit
of one who Dhamma** knows .

*"fool" - who doesn't know the truth.
**"Dhamma" - Buddhas Teaching

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BALA WAGGA (5:10)

PALI:
MADHU VA MANNATI BALO
YAVA PAPAM NA PACCATI
YADA CA PACCATI PAPAM
ATHA BALO DUKKHAM NIGACCHATI.

MEANING:
When evil Kamma's* immature
the fool thinks it is honeyed,
but when the evil has matured
then to the fool comes Dukkha.**

*"Kamma" - the things we do
**Dukkha- Trouble

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BALA WAGGAYA (5:9)

PALI:
TANCA KAMMAM KATAM SADHU
YAM KATAVA NANUTAPPATI
YASSA PATITO SUMANO
VIPAKAM PATISEVATI

MEANING:
But well - made is that kamma
which done brings no remorse,
of which one senses that the result
with glad mind and with joy.

LORD BUDDHAS TEACHING - DHAMMAPADAYA

BALA WAGGA(5:8)

PALI:
NA TAM KAMMAM KATAM SADHU
YAM KATAVA ANUTAPPATI
YASSA ASSUMUKHO RODAM
VIPAKAM PATISEVATI.

MEANING:
That kamma's not well-made
from which there is remorse,
of which one senses the result
with weeping and a tear - stained face.