अं जणं खिंसइ बालपे
Ignorant teases others
The ignorant
Self crying is artta (mournful) dhyana. To make others cry is raudra (wrathful) dhyana. Much of the time of most of the living beings is squandered in either self-crying or making others cry. Continue reading “The ignorant” »
Pain and desire
दुक्खं हयं जस्स न होइ मोहो,
मोहो हओ जस्स न होइ तण्हा
मोहो हओ जस्स न होइ तण्हा
Who is detached, his pain is destroyed; who has no desire, his attachment is extinct
Neither satisfaction, nor contentment
देवावि सइंदगा न तित्तिं न तुट्ठिं उवलभन्ति
Gods (devatas including Indras, their chief, who live in the heavens) also are neither satisfied nor contented with sense gratification
Violence is the basis of Karma
कम्ममूलं च जं छणं
‘Chana’ word is made of those roots, which mean violence. As it is this word has many meanings – fourth part of blinking act, festival, opportunity etc; but in this verse, its appropriate meaning seems to be violence. Continue reading “Violence is the basis of Karma” »
Who is ignorant ?
बालो पापेहिं मिज्जति
Ignorant boasts of his sins
Avoid un-vigilance
अलं कुसलस्स पमाएणं
Wisemen should not be un-vigilant
Knowledge first, compassion later
पढमं नाणं तओ दया
Knowledge first, compassion later
Scriptural discipline – penance
कसाया अग्गिणो वुत्ता,
सुयसीलतवो जलं
सुयसीलतवो जलं
If passions are fire, then scriptures, celibacy and austerity are called water
