The Three Holy Words of All Buddhas(1)

The Unique Characteristic of A Buddhist

A follower of the Buddha's teachings has, at least,one remarkable quality, This refers to one's confidence in one's own deed (kamma). Kammas have Kammic results because the term Kamma means deeds, acts,performances. Naturally, everyone hasto do an act or adeed by way of body, mouth and mind, there are physical,vocal,mental, deeds. So in each day an individual urgently needs to think good, to speak good and to do good so that they now constitute there wholesome deeds Kammic deeds or there virtues. If a person thinks evil,speaks evil, does evil, he naturally gets unwholesome deeds called there misdeeds.

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Ten Evil Deeds

Among there Kammas, there are there bodily misbehaviours

1-Killing living being
2-Stealing other's property,money,items,wealth
3-Sexual miscounduct.

At these evils belong to bodily sphere, they are called "Kaya" duccarita" or physical misdeeds. if a person

1-lies
2-slanders
3-uses abusive language and
4-speaks useless things he gets misdeeds in vocal sphere, called " Vaci duccarita", wrongness or misbehaviours by word of mouth.(vocal evils)

The following three items consists of mental evils "Mano duccarita"

1-wanting to get other's belonging or possessions
2-ill-will towards others(i.e. hatred) thoughts of harming others
3-wrong belief,false faith(i.e.wrong view)

Thus in this very life we find three physical evils,four vocal evils and three mental evils among mankind, a total of ten great evils. Evil is so called because it is blameworthy, full of fault and it leads to bad results. In teachincal term it is called "Akusala" unwholesomeness or bad things in life if we are heedless.

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Evil Deed Gives Evil Result

1- Killing will given you as a short life-span
2-Stealing will give you economic ruin
3-Sexual miscounduct will have effect in getting enemies

Note: if you take entoxicating liquor,which is similar to sexual misconduct in vice, you will become a person who forgets too much or becomes mad.

4-Lying- bad effect- false charge or wrong accusation will come to you
5-Slandering- you will become seperate from your friends and beloved
6-Rude speech- you get the same rude words in your ear, in return
7-Babling,idle talks- you will not be trusted no faith in you
8-Coveteousness- you will get envy and jealousy from other person
9-Ill-will- people will hate you
10- Wrong belief- you get sorrow and suffering due to heresy

Thus, for a bad, uncivilized person, ten evil results will surely visit him Evils lead to evil effects. You must therefore take responsibility for yourself for evil deeds done. The Kammic Cause-Effect connection is believed by a true Buddhist. This is a great feauture to be seen practically.

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The Three Holy Words of All Buddhas(1)

Three Characteristics of Life..

All compounded things, or created things, or conditioned things are impermanent, transitory, ever changing. When one through meditated wisdom realizes thus, he is aware of the suffering. This is the path to the Ultimate Purity.

All compounded things, or created things, or conditioned things are sorrowful, fraught, with pain suffering. When one through meditated wisdom realizes thus, he is aware of the suffering. This is the path to the Ultimate Purity.


All elements of being what soever are unreal, non-ego, not absolute, unsubstantial, not self, impersonal. When one through meditated insight discerns thus, he is aware of the suffering. This is the path to the Ultimate Purity.

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Three Characteristics of Life..

Dhammika

Thus have I heard. At one time the lord was staying near Savatthi in the Jeta Grove at Anathapindika's monastery. Now the lay-follower Dhammika with five hundred other lay-followers approached the Lord. Having drawn near and having saluted the Lord respectfully he sat down at one side. Sitting there the lay-follower Dhammika addressed the Lord as follows.

"I ask Gotama" of extensive wisdom this. How acting is a disciple virtuous-both the disciple who has gone from home to the homeless state and the followers who are householders? For you clearly understand the behavior of the world with the devas and the final release. There is none equal to you who are skilled in seeing what is profound. You are an illustrious Awakened One(Buddha). Having investigated all knowledge and being compassionate towards beings you have announced the Dhamma, a reveal-er of what is hidden, of comprehensive vision, stainless, you illuminate all the worlds.


This Dhamma, subtle and pleasing and taught so clearly by you, Lord, it is this we all wish to hear. Having been questioned, foremost Awakened One, tell us (the answer). All these bhikkhus and also the lay-followers who have come to hear the truth, let them listen to the Dhamma awakened to by the Stainless One as the devas listen to the well-spoken words of vasaya.


The lord- Listen to me. Bhikkhu, I will teach you the ascetic practice, the mode of living suitable for those who have gone forth. Do you all bear it in mind. One who is intent upon what is good and who is thoughtful should practice it.

A Bhikkhu should not wander about at the wrong time but should walk the village for food at the right time, as one who goes about at the wrong time is obsessed by attachments, Therefore Awakened Ones do not walk( for alms) at the wrong time. Sights, sounds, tastes, scents and bodily of desire for these sense objects, at the right time, one may enter( the village) for the morning meal. Having duly obtained food, going back alone and sitting down in a secluded place, Being inwardly thoughtful and not letting the mind go out to external objects, a bhikkhu should develop self-control.

If he should speak with a Lay-disciple, with someone else or with another bhikkhu, he should speak one the subtle Dhamma, not slandering others nor gossiping. Some set themselves up as disputants in opposition to other. those of little wisdom we do not praise. attachments bind them and they are carried away by their emotions.

Having heard the Dhamma taught by the Sugata and considered it, a disciple of Him of excellent wisdom should wisely make use of food, and a dwelling, a bed, a seal and water for washing the robe. But a bhikku should not be soiled by these things, as a lotus is not wetted by a drop of water.

Now I will tell you the layman's duty. Following it a lay- disciple would be virtuous for it is not possible for one occupied with the household life to realize the complete Bhikkhu practice(dhamma.

He should not kill a living being, not cause it to be killed, nor should he incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak, in the world.

A disciple should avoid taking anything from anywhere knowing it. He should completely avoid theft.

A wise man should avoid unchastity as a pit of glowing charcoal. If unable to lead a celibate life, he should not go to another's wife.

Having entered a royal court or a company of people he should not speak lies. He should not speak lies nor incite other to do so. He should completely avoid falsehood.

A layman who has chosen to practice this Dhamma should not indulge in the drinking of intoxicants. He should not drink them nor encourage others to do so realizing that it leads to madness. Through intoxication foolish people perform evil deeds and cause other heedless people to do likewise, He should avoid intoxication, this occasion for demerit, which stupefies the mind, and is the pleasure of foolish people.

Do not kill a living being
Do not take what is not given
Do not speak a lie
Do not drink intoxicants
Abstain from sexual intercourse
Do not eat food at night, at the wrong time
Do not wear flower-garlands nor use perfume
Use the ground as a bed or sleep on a mat.

This is called the Eight-factored observance made known by the Awakened One who has reached the end of suffering.

With a gladdened mind observe the observance day(uposatha), complete with its eight factors, on the four-teenth, fifteenth and eight days of the fortnight and also the special holiday of the half month. In the morning, with a pure heart and joyful mind, a wise man, after observing the uposatha, should distribute suitable food and drink to the community of bhikkhus. He should support his mother and father as his duty and engage in lawful trading. A layman who carries this out diligently goes to the devas called Self- radiant.

( V V.376-378-383-404)

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Dhammika

Needed to know

Four states of Woe

1-Rebirth in hell
2-Rebirth as an animal
3-Rebirth as a ghost
4-Rebirth as a demon

Three Scourges

1-Famine
2-Wars
3-Epidemic

Eight Wrong Circumstances

1-Born in hell
2-Born as an animal
3-Born as a ghost
4-Born as a Lifeless Brahma
5-Born with deformed faculty
6-Born in a slum
7-Born as a formless deity
8-Born as heretic

Five Enemies

1-Tyrants
2-Conflagration
3-Flood
4-Robber
5-foe

Four Deficiencies

1-Dark age, Wartime, Depression time
2-Born in four states of woe
3-Unlawful earning of Life
4-Physically deformed

Five Misfortunes

1-Loss of relatives
2-Loss of wealth
3-Loss of virtue
4-Loss of destruction
5-Loss of ideology, view

Ten Penalties

1-Cruel suffering
2-Disaster
3-Bodily injury
4-Heavy affliction
5-Loss of mind, insane
6-Oppression by the government
7-Fearful accusation
8-Loss of relatives
9-Destruction of wealth
10-Ravaging fire that burn the houses

Sixteen Punishments

1-Accusation, Censure
2-Binding with chains
3-Binding with ropes
4-Binding with hand cuffs
5-Binding with sticks
6-Binding with creepers
7-Binding with imprisonment
8-Restricted within the walls
9-Restricted within the village
10-Restricted within the district
11-Restricted within the city
12-Restricted within the state
13-Restricted within the country
14-Prohibited transfer of the residence
15-Confiscation of properties
16-Suffer pain and unhappiness

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What is the Jainism..?

Jainism is one of religion in the world. Jainism means religion of conqueror. Janis, the followers of this religion want to conquer themselves, not others. Within you lies salvation is an ample evidence of teacher. The founder of Jainism is prince Vardhamam son of king Sreyama and queen Trisala of kingdom of Magadha, in the north of India. He accepted law of Karma, the belief in reincarnation, and the ultimate release in Nirvana. He followed the way to Self-denial because desire is the cause of all suffering. He rejected the caste system, salvation by prayer and the absolute truth of the Vedas. The core and center of Mahavira’s belief is Ahimsa, non-injury not only for human beings but also for all things that live. After the death of Mahavira, his disciples gathered his sermons into 46 books called Agama meaning precepts. Agama became the sacred scriptures of Jainism. Later on, Jainism became divided into two sects.

1-The Swatambara= white clad group.
2-The Digambara= sky clad group

But both sects follow the five Commandments of the Soul. They are

1- Do not kill any living thing.
2- Do not steal
3- Do not lie
4- Do not live an unchaste life. Do not become intoxicated
5- Do not covet or desire anything.

Among these five, the first one became the cornerstone of Jainism. To observe this 1st precept, Jains became vegetarians and non- combatants. As result of the Belief in Ahimsa, jains became monks or teachers, artists or traders, businessmen or bankers.
Due to the belief in self-denial, jains became ascetics (Virtuous men regard pleasures as equal to disease, states their Sutra-Krit- Anga.) A pious mean eats little, drinks little, sleeps little. The basic belief of Jainism is charity. They considered it their duty to share with others and to take – care of others.

The jains of Digambara believe that women cannot enter Nirvana. However, if women lead to chaste and good lives, practice charity and learn to conquer themselves, after way to Nirvana through the Three Jewels of the Soul. They are 1- Right conviction, 2- Right knowledge and 3- Right Conduct.
In Jainism, we can see many famous sayings. Some of them are as follows.

1- Misery arises from wicked deeds.
2- Men suffer individually for the deeds they themselves have done.
3- The wise – man should consider that not he alone suffers. all creatures in the world suffer.
4- The fool thinks that his wealth, cattle and kin will save him. They him, he them.
5- A man considers himself a hero as long as he does not behold the foe.
6- A blind man, though he may carry a light, still does not see.

In conclusion. Jainism is a religion founded by Mahavira in which many good sayings, five commandments of soul, three jewels of the soul, Ahimsa (non-injury) and so forth are found.

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What is the Jainism..?

Four Noble Truths.

Buddhism is primarily a teaching which gives a solution to human problems and it embraces the four noble truths. Namely.

1 Dukkha, suffering
2 Samudaya, The arising suffering
3 Nirodha, The cessation of suffering
4 Magga, The path leading to the cessation of suffering.

One who thinks profoundly will interpret these truths as human being his and his goal, final deliverance that is the sum total of the Four Noble Truths. In Buddhism awakening from ignorance to full knowledge always implies the comprehension of these Four Noble Truths. The Enlightened One is called the Buddha simply because he understood the truths in all their fullness. The whole of his sermon is devoted to the formulation of these truths for they are the essence of the Buddha’s teachings. As the footprint of every creature that walks the earth can be contained in an elephant’s footprint, which is preeminent for size, so does the doctrine of the Four Noble Truths embrace all skillful Dhamma. In the original Pali texts, especially in the discourses (Suttas), these Four Noble Truths are made clear in detail and in diverse ways.

Without clear understanding of the Four Truths, One cannot realize the essence and aim o f the teachings of the Buddha he had been teaching for forty-five years. In the Majjhima Nikaya, The Buddha say Monks, i make known only suffering and the cessation of suffering. To those who view the sentient world with dispassionate discernment, one thing becomes abundantly clear there is only one problem in the world that of dukkha. All other problems known and unknown are included tin this. Which is the universal rang. As the Buddha says the world is established on suffering, is founded on suffering. The sold aim of the Buddha’s teaching is just to understand Dukkha, The unsatisfactory nature of all phenomenal existence, and to realize of the way of liberation from this unsatisfactoriness.

And dukkha contains not only the ordinary meaning of suffering but also includes deeper ideas such as imperfection, impermanent, disharmony, discomfort, irritation or awareness of incompleteness and insufficiency. By all means dukkha includes physical and mental suffering birth. Decay, disease, death, to be united with the unpleasant, to be separate from pleasant, not to get what one desires. These are all human beings experience in their daily life. To understand this unequivocal saying is to understand Buddhism for the entire teaching of the Buddha is nothing else than the application of this one principle. It seems that what the Buddha had discovered is, just these four Noble Truths. And the rest are logical developments and more detailed explanations of the Four Noble Truths. This is the typical teaching of the Buddhas of all ages, peculiar to them and none else.

The cessation of suffering, Which is nothing but the cessation of even a trace of unpleasant mental feeling-anxiety, despair, sorrow, disappointment, grief, doubt, agitation. Worry. Fear, etc... is a very difficult thing to achieve, for the reason that it lies in the destruction of every stable phenomenon. This phenomenon is the nescience regarding the four things called the Four Noble Truths.

And the Four Nobel Truths are dukkha suffering. the cause of suffering, the end of suffering and the path leading to suffering. So if we see clearly that the world is full of suffering like broth, old age, decay and death, we also will see the reason of this suffering understanding that the world is consists of suffering we try to the it of this suffering or to find the end of suffering. And there is a path to go to the end of suffering.

And thus these four Noble truths have been according to Theravada considered as the heart of the Buddhism. Having acquired right views, one knows the real nature of the objects composing the external world, and the real nature of oneself. Possessing this knowledge, one ceases to dire, out of delusion, that which produces suffering and to reject that which produces happiness.

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Four Noble Truths.

At the Death Bed

There are sciences and knowledge which are helpful to facilitate the comfortable birth of a man, but there is no science which helps man to pass out of this existence with the least discomfort. Buddhism, which stresses the importance of thought, regards the last thought of the dying man as most important in that it helps to condition the nature of his next existence. on several occasions the Buddha, realizing that a man was about to die, has spoken such appropriate meaningful words as would help the dying man to get into the correct frame of mind.

At Sravasti there lived a miserly Brahmin whose only son was known by the name of Matthakundali. when the boy was sixteen years old age he suddenly fell ill. his mother was eager to consult a doctor. the mean -hearted father, however, would not send for one lest he might lose his wealth. when the boy was tottering on the verge of death, a physician was called in. But he left the place knowing that the illness was beyond remedy. The father, who had no doubts about his son's imminent death, pondered; "when my son's dies all my friends and relatives will throng to see him, and they will cast eyes on the wealth in my household and consequently i shall fall into difficulty. so he carried the dying child and laid him down on the open terrace. knowing the sad plight on Matthakundail, the Buddha visited him. the dying child caught a fading glimpse of the master, radiant and sparkling with boundless love. it was a spectacle of grandeur which he had never witnessed before. In his rapture he wished to raise his hands in salutation to the Compassionate one. But this he could not do for his limbs benumbed with feebleness.

Then with a heart and mink suffused with awe and reverence, he gazed upon the Master thus saluting him mentally. The Buddha commented "he has done enough,' and retraced this steps to Jetavana monastery . as the blessed one departed the boy died and was reborn in a celestial realm, in a good state of existence. One of the blessings resulting from the practice of loving kindness is that a man never dies with a confused mink.
In view of this importance of the last thought of a man, the Buddhist practice has arisen of reciting the Satipatthana sutta. the well known discourse on the foundations of Mindfulness, by the bedside of the dying man. this would help the dying man to entertain a wholesome thought before he breathes his last.

Even if he does not understand the important of the words. biding a Buddhist who with confidence has listened over and again to the melodious recitation of pali gatha, he will in every probability be induced to enter into a wholesome state of mind by the mere enjoyment of that melody. whoever helps a dying man to enter into the correct frame of mind therefore is rightfully regarded as his best friend.

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At the Death Bed