Tag: dhammapada

LBC Chair's Call for Peace

By sura12 on Fri, 27 Oct, 2023 - 20:11

LBC Chair's Call for Peace

By sura12 on Fri, 27 Oct, 2023 - 20:11

In response to the unfolding conflict in the Middle East, LBC Chair Suryagupta shares teachings from the Buddha on cycles of hatred, and the possibility of peace.

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Dh. Subhuti with Dh. Maitriveer Nagarjun Kalyana Mitra retreat Buddhagaya

By Suchandra on Tue, 24 Feb, 2015 - 14:30

Dh. Subhuti with Dh. Maitriveer Nagarjun Kalyana Mitra retreat Buddhagaya

By Suchandra on Tue, 24 Feb, 2015 - 14:30Before every talk Dhammachari Subhuti and Dh. Maitriveer Nagarjun reading out Verse 153 and 154 from Dhammapada, Jara Vagga.
Verse 153
Anekajatisamaram Sandhavissam anibbisam dukkha jati punapunam
Many a birth have I undergone in this (process of) faring on (in the round of conditioned existence), seeking the builder of the house and not finding him. Painful is (such) repeated birth:
Verse 154
Gahakaraka ! ditthos’ si, punageham na kahasi, Sabba te phasuka bhagga, gahakutam visankhitam, visankharagatam cittam, tanhanam khayamajjhaga
O house-builder,...

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Verses From the Dhammapada (as you've never seen them before)

By Candradasa on Wed, 26 Feb, 2014 - 16:52

Verses From the Dhammapada (as you've never seen them before)

By Candradasa on Wed, 26 Feb, 2014 - 16:52The first of two videos today, each taking a different experimental path to exploring the life and teachings of the Buddha and why they are relevant to us today.

Here is a computer animation by Stephen Heppel from Moving Vision, a new Right Livelihood business in the UK, illustrating the first two verses of the Dhammapada in translation by Sangharakshita. Stephen writes:

“Buddhism is an ancient tradition which is only...

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Upeksharaja - 'Dharma Day Gem'

By bodhinaga on Thu, 26 Jul, 2012 - 11:58

Upeksharaja - 'Dharma Day Gem'

By bodhinaga on Thu, 26 Jul, 2012 - 11:58Upeksharaja gives a short talk at Dharma Day 2012 about the Buddha’s teaching from the dhammapada, that ‘only loving-kindness can conquer hatreds’.