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Friday, 2 January, 8:00 PM : Special Dhamma talk especially for youth in English with Pitigala Gunaratana Thero. Such a valuable talk by a master of the Dhamma and meditation is a very rare opportunity not to be missed. It would be better if you could come at 7PM for the Buddha puja and chanting to clear the mind before the talk. Everyone, including adults, is welcome to this very special talk. At Sakyamuni Sambuddha Vihara, 125 Homestead Road, Berwick. Please either call the Ven. Wimalananda on 03 9702 6275 or SMS/call Rasika on 0410 340 399 for more information. AFTER THIS DHAMMA TALK, WE CAN DISCUSS YOUTH VESAK PLANS FOR 2009. ________________________________ Taken from AccessToInsight.org1 Translated from Pali by Ñanamoli Thera & Bhikkhu Bodhi GOTAMI Samyutta Nikâya 12 - Gotami Sutta2 Commentary: Kisagotami was the lay lady (before her ordination) that went to the Lord Buddha with her the dead body of her son asking for medicine to cure him, to which the Lord Buddha asked her to fetch a mustard seed from a house where there had been no death. The complete story can be found here http://path.homestead.com/kisagotami.html Setting at Savatthi. Then, in the morning, the bhikkhuni Kisagotami dressed and, taking bowl and robe, entered Savatthi for alms. When she had walked for alms in Savatthi and had returned from her alms round, [130] after her meal she went to the Blind Men's Grove for the day's abiding. Having plunged into the Blind Men's Grove, she sat down at the foot of a tree for the day's abiding. Then Mara the Evil One, desiring to arouse fear, trepidation, and terror in the bhikkhuni Kisagotami, desiring to make her fall away from concentration, approached her and addressed her in verse: Why now, when your son is dead, Do you sit alone with tearful face? Having entered the woods all alone, Are you on the lookout for a man? Explanation: Bhikkhuni Kisagotami returns from her alms round (walking to collect alms food) in the town of Savatti and after finishing her meal sits and the for day under a tree in the grove named the 'Blind Man's Grove.' Then Mara, the Evil One, wanting to scare her and break her concentration approaches her and addresses her in verse (as above). Then it occurred to the bhikkhuni Kisagotami: "Now who is this that recited the verse — a human being or a non-human being?" Then it occurred to her: "This is Mara the Evil One, who has recited the verse desiring to arouse fear, trepidation, and terror in me, desiring to make me fall away from concentration." Then the bhikkhuni Kisagotami, having understood, "This is Mara the Evil One," replied to him in verses: I've gotten past the death of sons; With this, the search for men has ended. I do not sorrow, I do not weep, Nor do I fear you, friend. Delight everywhere has been destroyed, The mass of darkness has been sundered. Having conquered the army of Death, I dwell without defiling taints. Then Mara the Evil One, realizing, "The bhikkhuni Kisagotami knows me," sad and disappointed, disappeared right there. That is what the Blessed One said. The Venerable Nagasamala was satisfied and delighted in the Blessed One's words. Explanation: Realizing that it is Mara trying to cause self-doubt, fear, etc. in her, she assirts to him how she has conquered her inner defilements and is free of them, after which Mara vanishes. The Lord Buddha recounts this incident to Venerable Nagasamala who becomes very happy as a result. Source: This discourse (sutta) can be found in full here http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn05/sn05.003.bodh.html and an alternate translation of this sutta can be found here http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn05/sn05.003.than.html and here http://www.mettanet.org/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/3Samyutta-Nikaya/Samyutta1/05-Bhikkhuni-Samyutta/01-Bhikkhunisamyutta-e.html (5. 1. 3) End of discourse. Notes1. More suttas from AccessToInsight.org can be found here http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sutta.html 2. This sutta can be found in full here http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn05/sn05.003.bodh.html and an alternate translation of this sutta can be found here http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn05/sn05.003.than.html and here http://www.mettanet.org/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/3Samyutta-Nikaya/Samyutta1/05-Bhikkhuni-Samyutta/01-Bhikkhunisamyutta-e.html (5. 1. 3). * See the previous instalment here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhamma/message/1499 ________________________________ Dhamma (Buddhism) ArticlesA Buddhist Approach to Disenchantment - A Buddhist approach to becoming disenchanted with all that gives rise to stress, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=disench A Buddhist Approach to Disillusionment - A Buddhist approach to seeing past the trickery and into reality, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=disill A Buddhist Approach to Friendship - A Buddhist approach to friendship, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=mitta A Buddhist Approach to Mental Health - A Buddhist perspective and approach to mental health, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=mentalhealth A Buddhist Approach to Problem Solving - A Buddhist approach to problem solving through the development of wisdom (panna), see http://www.vihara..org.au/go?to=probsolv A Buddhist Approach to Revulsion - Asubha - A Buddhist approach to bodily revulsion (asubha), see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=revul A Buddhist Approach to Time Management - A Buddhist approach to effective time management, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=timeman An Introduction to Buddhist Meditation - Basic instructions for doing the mediations of loving kindness (metta), awareness of breath (ana-pana-sati) and foulness of the body (asubha) , see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=intromed Arahants and Suicide - An analysis on whether Arahants (Worthy Ones) can commit suicide, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=arahsuic Attachment - An analysis of how attachment leads to unsatisfactoriness, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=attachment Buddhist Positive Thinking - Positive thinking from a Buddhist perspective, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=posthink Consequences - About being responsible for our actions (kamma) and their consequences (vipaka), see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=conseq Daily Dâna - On giving and generosity, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=dailydana Delusion - Covers the three unwholesome roots of action including delusion (moha), see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=moha Equanimity - Dealing with the eight characteristics of life, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=equanimity Fault Finding & Resentment - Dealing with fault finding and resentment, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=faultfind Five Precepts - Developing virtue through the five precepts, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=pansil Four Noble Truths - The essence of Buddhism, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=fourtruths Inevitabilities - The inevitabilities of life - old age and death, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=inevit Jealousy - An analysis of jealousy, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=mudita Make Haste - About the dangers of samsara (endless round of birth and death) and a call to attain Nibbana (release) at the earliest opportunity, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=urgency Mental Purity - Five ways prescribed by the Buddha for subduing mental defilements, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=vitakkasantana Metta Meditation - Easy to follow instructions for doing the meditation on loving-kindness, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=mettamed Noble Eightfold Path - The path for ending unsatisfactoriness, stress and suffering, see http://www.vihara..org.au/go?to=noblepath Offerings - On making offering to the Lord Buddha's supreme qualities, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=offerings One Hour of Unsatisfactoriness - The unsatisfactoriness that can be felt within the space of an hour, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=onehour Reverence - On revering those worthy of reverence, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=reverence Sensual Pleasure & Pain - An analysis of sensual pleasure and pain, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=plespain Work Stress - An analysis of stress in the work-place, see http://www..vihara.org.au/go?to=workstress See these articles here http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=genarticles and here http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=youtharticles ________________________________ If you would like to help your friends to gain Dhamma knowledge by receiving emails like this one REPLY to this email including their email addresses. 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