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366 42. BRAHMAVIHÁRA — THE SUBLIME STATES Buddhist mettá is the only answer to such deadly bombs when one is faced with inexorab ...

KARUÓÁ 367 commendable. As the Buddha advises, “Amidst those who hate let him live free from hatred.” Starting from himself he s ...

368 42. BRAHMAVIHÁRA — THE SUBLIME STATES It is the paramount duty of the wealthy to come to the succour of the poor, who unfort ...

WHO NEEDS COMPASSION? 369 Some selfless doctors render free services towards the alleviation of suffering. Some expend their who ...

370 42. BRAHMAVIHÁRA — THE SUBLIME STATES they might die. In the same way the wicked may die spiritually if the good are not tol ...

UPEKKHÁ 371 They seek delight in creating every possible obstacle so as to ruin their adversaries. They even go to the extent of ...

372 42. BRAHMAVIHÁRA — THE SUBLIME STATES criticism and attack. It is heroic to maintain a balanced mind in such circumstances. ...

UPEKKHÁ 373 Buddha to leave the city and go elsewhere. But the Buddha was unperturbed. Another woman feigned pregnancy and publi ...

374 42. BRAHMAVIHÁRA — THE SUBLIME STATES follow the unique Noble Eightfold Path which still exists in its pristine purity. The ...

GAIN AND LOSS 375 CHAPTER 43 EIGHT WORLDLY CONDITIONS (Aþþhalokadhammá) T his ill-balanced world is not absolutely rosy. Nor is ...

376 life. One should always be prepared for the losses in particular. Then there will be less disappointment. When something is ...

FAME AND DEFAME 377 with a very valuable outer garment. On entering the monastery, she used to remove it and give it to the maid ...

378 43. EIGHT WORLDLY CONDITIONS (AÞ Þ HALOKADHAMMÁ) but they may be totally indifferent to the sufferings of the poor and the n ...

FAME AND DEFAME 379 their sons, depriving wives of their husbands, and that he was obstruct- ing the progress of the nation. Fai ...

380 43. EIGHT WORLDLY CONDITIONS (AÞ Þ HALOKADHAMMÁ) Being the king of the forest, lions are fearless. By nature they are not fr ...

PRAISE AND BLAME 381 From a worldly standpoint a word of praise goes a long way. By praising a little a favour can easily be obt ...

382 43. EIGHT WORLDLY CONDITIONS (AÞ Þ HALOKADHAMMÁ) In the Játaka stories it is stated that Guttila the musician taught eve- ry ...

HAPPINESS AND PAIN 383 wished to give her in marriage to the Buddha. She hired drunkards to insult the Buddha in public. With pe ...

384 43. EIGHT WORLDLY CONDITIONS (AÞ Þ HALOKADHAMMÁ) Are Emperors and Kings who wear crowns always happy? Very often the lives o ...

HAPPINESS AND PAIN 385 Pain or suffering comes in different guises. We suffer when we are subject to old age which is natural. W ...