Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhassa! Sakyamuni Sambuddha Vihara ~ Dhamma Message ~ Ven. Pannasiha Ven. Soma SSV Home Dhamma Home Events Donate Maha Piritha Chanting Unsubscribe Re-subscribe Join a Friend Questions/Feedback
________________________________ Please feel free to distribute this message among your friends, colleagues and relatives. ________________________________ If you found this Dhamma message useful consider making an online donation to Sakyamuni Sambuddha Vihara here: http://www.vihara.org.au/t7/caldon.aspx ________________________________ Taken from AccessToInsight.org1 Translated from Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu ANGULIMALA - III Majjhima Nikaya MN 86 (PTS: M ii 97) - Angulimala Sutta2 Continued from previous instalment Then the Blessed One set out wandering toward Savatthi with Ven. Angulimala as his attendant monk. After wandering by stages he reached Savatthi, and there he lived, near Savatthi, in Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's monastery. Now at that time a large crowd of people, loud & noisy, had gathered at the gates to King Pasenadi Kosala's inner palace, [calling out,] "There is a bandit in your realm, sire, named Angulimala: brutal, bloody-handed, devoted to killing & slaying, showing no mercy to living beings. He has turned villages into non-villages, towns into non-towns, settled countryside into unsettled countryside. Having repeatedly killed human beings, he wears a garland made of fingers. The king must stamp him out!" Then King Pasenadi Kosala, with a cavalry of roughly 500 horsemen, drove out of Savatthi and entered the monastery. Driving as far as the ground was passable for chariots, he got down from his chariot and went on foot to the Blessed One. On arrival, having bowed down, he sat to one side. As he was sitting there, the Blessed One said to him, "What is it, great king? Has King Seniya Bimbisara of Magadha provoked you, or have the Licchavis of Vesali or some other hostile king?" "No, lord. King Seniya Bimbisara of Magadha hasn't provoked me, nor have the Licchavis of Vesali, nor has some other hostile king. There is a bandit in my realm, lord, named Angulimala: brutal, bloody-handed, devoted to killing & slaying, showing no mercy to living beings. He has turned villages into non-villages, towns into non-towns, settled countryside into unsettled countryside. Having repeatedly killed human beings, he wears a garland made of fingers. I am going to stamp him out." [1] To be continued... For the merit, happiness and well-being of Major General Lucky Wijayaratne and Sujatha Wijayaratne. May this merit help them both to gain the lasting peace of Nibbana! Series History: Instalment 1 of this series can be found here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhamma/message/1830 Instalment 2 of this series can be found here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhamma/message/1833 Notes1. More suttas can be found here http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/ here http://metta.lk/tipitaka/ and here http://what-buddha-said.net/ (scroll to 'Sutta Pitaka'). 2. This sutta can be found here http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.086.than.html An illustrated e-book (PDF) on Angulimala can be found at this link: http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/angulimala6.pdf See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angulimala * See the previous instalment here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhamma/message/1833 Upcoming Events @ SSV Thursday, 14 July @ 7:00 AM, Esala Full Moon Poya (Uposatha) Day: More info Saturday, 16 July @ 7:00 PM, Osupan Pujava (Medicinal Drinks Offering): More info Saturday, 16 July @ 8:00 PM, SPECIAL - Special Rains Dhamma Sermon in Sinhala: More info Sunday, 17 July @ 8:00 AM, SPECIAL - Warburton Temple Youth Dana/Alms Giving: More info View more Sakyamuni Sambuddha Vihara upcoming events here http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=ssvevents ________________________________ Dhamma (Buddhism) Articles A 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 - 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