Poetry of the Pāḷi Canon
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Mostly for the canonical poetry collections of the Kn, but also for the miscellaneous poetry found throughout The Canon.
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Books (2)
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We must recall here that it is attachment to these five aggregates that has to be given up and that this is a gradual process. We must not expect our habitual likes and dislikes, our enjoyments and desires to vanish all at once; nor can they be broken by force.
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Canonical Works (41)
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The first book of the Khuddaka Nikāya, the Khuddakapāṭha was, in ancient times, a daily liturgy for novice monks.
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Even if a thousand mighty princes and great archers,
well trained, with strong bows,
were to completely surround me;
I would never flee. -
Oh, when will I stay in a mountain cave,
alone, with no companion,
discerning all states of existence as impermanent? -
See this fancy puppet,
a body built of sores… -
It seems that we are actually impermanent, though we thought ourselves permanent; it seems that we are actually transient, though we thought ourselves everlasting
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A deva gently encourages a group of wayward monks.
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relying on my youth,
I despised anyone who was not my equal…
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