LORD BUDDHAS TEACHING - DHAMMAPADAYA
PUPPHA WAGGAYA (4:12)
PALI:
CANDANAM TAGARAM VAPI
UPPALAM ATHA VASSIKI
ESTESAM GANDHAJATANAM
SILAGANDHO ANUTHTHARO
MEANING:
SANDALWOOD OR LAVENDER
LOTUS OR THE JASMINE GREAT
OF THESE MANY FRAGRANCES
VIRTUE'S FRAGRANCE IS SUPREME.
LORD BUDDHAS TEACHING - DHAMMAPADAYA
PUPPHA WAGGAYA (4:11)
PALI:
NA PUPPHAGANDHO PATIVATAMETI
NA CANDANAM TAGARAMALLIKA VA
SATANCA GANDHO PATIVATAMETI
SABBA DISA SAPPURISO PAVATI.
MEANING:
The fragrance of flowers drifts with the wind
as sandalwood, jasmine or lavender.
The fragrance of virtue o'er sweeps the wind
all pervasive is virtue of the good.
LORD BUDDHAS TEACHING - DHAMMAPADAYA
PUPPHAWAGGAYA (4:10)
PALI:
YATHAPI PUPPHARASIMHA
KAYIRA MALAGUNE BAHU
EVAM JATENA MACCENA
KATTABBAM KUSALAM BAHUM
MEANING:
As from a mass of flowers
many a garland may be made,
so by one born mortal
should many good deeds be done.
LORD BUDDHAS TEACHING - DHAMMAPADAYA
PUPPHA WAGGAYA (4:9)
PALI:
YATHAPI RUCIRAM PUPPHAM
VANNAVANTAM SAGANDHAKAM
EVAM SUBHASITA VACA
SAPHALA HOTI SAKUBBATO
MEANING:
JUST A GORGEOUS BLOSSOM
BRILLIANT AND SWEET SCENTED
SO FRUITFUL THE WELL SPOKEN WORDS
OF ONE WHO ACTS AS WELL
LORD BUDDHAS TEACHING - DHAMMAPADAYA
PUPPHA WAGGA (4:8)
PALI:
YATHAPI RUCIRAM PUPPHAM
VANNAVANTAM AGANDHAKAM
EVAM SUBHASITA VACA
APHALA HOTI AKUBBATO
MEANING:
Just as a gergeous blossom
brilliant but unscented
so fruitless the well - spoken words
of one who does not act.
LORD BUDDHAS TEACHING - DHAMMAPADAYA
PUPPHA WAGGAYA (4:7)
PALI:
NA PARESAM VILOMANI
NA PARESAM KATAKATAM
ATTANO VA AVEKKHEYYA
KATANI AKATANI CA.
MEANING:
Not others' opposition
nor what they did or failed to do,
but in oneself should be sought
things done, things left undone.
LORD BUDDHAS TEACHING - DHAMMAPADAYA
PUPPHA WAGGAYA (4:6)
PALI:
YATHA PI BHAMARO PUPPHAM
UANNAGANDHAM AHTHAYAM
PALETI RASAMADAYA
EVAMGAME MUNI CARE
MEANING:
Just as the bee in a flower
harming neither hue nor scent
gathers nectar, flies away,
so in towns a Wise one fares.
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