Norman 8. Mittā, having gone forth in faith, be one who delights in friends (mitta); develop good mental states for the attainment of rest-from-exertion. Weingast Full of trust you left home, and soon learned to walk the Path— making yourself a friend to everyone and making everyone a friend. When the whole world is your… Continue reading 01.08 Mittā Therī (8)
Tag: 90% Fabrication
Deciding how much of Weingast’s poems are original is very subjective. These classifications are only to be used as a guide. Please make your own assessment.
02.02 Jentā (21-22)
Norman 21. I have developed all these seven constituents of awakening, the ways for the attainment of quenching, as taught by the Buddha. 22. I have indeed seen that blessed one; this is the last body; journeying-on from rebirth to rebirth has been completely annihilated; there is now no renewed existence. Weingast I was forever… Continue reading 02.02 Jentā (21-22)
02.01 Nandā [Abhirūpanandā] (19-20)
Weingast titles this poem “Abhirupananda ~ Delighting in Beauty” Norman 19. Nanda, see the body, diseased, impure, rotten; develop the mind, intent and well-concentrated, for contemplation of the unpleasant. 20.And develop the signless, cast out the latent tendency to conceit. Then by the full understanding of conceit, you will wander, stilled. Weingast Haven’t you spent… Continue reading 02.01 Nandā [Abhirūpanandā] (19-20)
01.13 Visakhā (13)
Norman 13. Do the Buddha’s teaching; having done it one does not repent; wash your feet quickly and sit down on one side. Weingast You say you’re too busy. That there’s never enough time. Take care of whatever you have to take care of. Then sit. Be honest. Do you really think you’re going to… Continue reading 01.13 Visakhā (13)
01.15 Uttarā Therī (15)
Norman 15. I was restrained in body, speech, and mind. I have plucked out craving root and all and have become cool, quenched. Weingast Life had always been hot sweaty work. First I learned to control my hands, then my mouth, then my mind. As things slowed, I sank down, down, down— to the bottom… Continue reading 01.15 Uttarā Therī (15)
02.04 Aḍḍhakāsī Therī (25-26)
Norman 25. My wages of prostitution were as large as the revenue of the country of Kasi; the townspeople fixed that price and made me priceless in price. 26. Then I became disgusted with my beauty, and being disgusted I was disinterested in it. May I not run again through the journeying-on from rebirth to… Continue reading 02.04 Aḍḍhakāsī Therī (25-26)
02.06 Mettikā Therī
Norman 29. Although I am pained, weak, with my youth gone, I go along leaning on a stick, having climbed the mountain. 30. I threw down my outer robe and turned my bowl upside down. I sat down on a rock. Then my mind was completely released. I have obtained the three knowledges. I have… Continue reading 02.06 Mettikā Therī
03.01 Another Sāmā Therī (39-41)
Norman 39. Twenty-five years have passed since I went forth. I am not aware of having obtained peace of mind at any time. 40. Without peace of mind, my mind being unsubmissive, then I reached a state of religious excitement, remembering the teaching of the conqueror. 41. Delighting in vigilance because of many painful objects,… Continue reading 03.01 Another Sāmā Therī (39-41)
06.1 Pañcasatā Paṭācāra Therī (127-132)
Weingast’s title is “The Five Hundred.” Norman 127. “Whose way you do not know, either coming or going, why do you lament that being [who has] come, crying ‘My son’? 128. “But you do not grieve for him whose way you do know, either coming or going; for such is the nature of living creatures.… Continue reading 06.1 Pañcasatā Paṭācāra Therī (127-132)
05.07 Sakulā Theri (97-101)
Norman 97. Living in a house, I heard the doctrine from a bhikkhu and saw the stainless doctrine, quenching, the unshaken state. 98. I abandoned son and daughter and money and grain; I had my hair cutoff and went forth into the houseless state. 99. Undergoing training, developing the straight way, I eliminated desire and… Continue reading 05.07 Sakulā Theri (97-101)