Hunger is the greatest ill,
the greatest dukkha – conditionedness,
knowing this reality at it is:
Nibbana bliss supreme.
Explanation: The most severe disease is hunger. The worst of pain is in component things. If this is realistically appreciated, Nibbana is the highest bliss. Continue reading “Verse 203. Worst Disease And Greatest Happiness”
There’s no fire like lust,
no evil like aversion,
no dukkha like the aggregates,
no higher bliss than Peace.
Explanation: There is no fire like passion. There is no crime like anger. There is no pain like the personalized aggregate of phenomena. There is no higher happiness than the supreme peace. Continue reading “Verse 202. Happiness Tranquilizes”
Victory gives rise to hate,
those defeated lie in pain,
happily rest the Peaceful
surrendering victory-defeat.
Explanation: Victory brings hatred into being. The defeated person lives in misery. But the person, whose mind is calm and tranquil, lives happily as he has risen above both victory and defeat. Continue reading “Verse 201. Happy About Both Victory And Defeat”
We for whom there’s nought
live indeed so happily,
joy-stained we’ll be
like resplendent gods.
Explanation: Happily we live, who have no property to worry about. Feeding on joy we live like deities of the Heaven of radiance. Continue reading “Verse 200. Happily They Live – Undefiled”
We the unfrenzied live
happily midst the frenzied,
among the frenzied humans
from frenzy dwell we free.
Explanation: Among the anxious men and women, who ceaselessly exert themselves in pursuit of worldly things. We, who do not make such a feverish effort to pursue the worldly, live happily. Among those who seek the worldly, among men who seek pleasure, we live without seeking pleasure. Continue reading “Verse 199. Not Anxious Among The Anxious”
We who are healthy live
happily midst the unhealthy,
among unhealthy humans
from ill-health dwell we free.
Explanation: Among those sick, afflicted by defilements, we, who are not so afflicted, live happily. Among the sick, we live, unafflicted, in extreme happiness. Continue reading “Verse 198. Without Sickness Among The Sick”
We the unhating live
happily midst the haters,
among the hating humans
from hatred dwell we free.
Explanation: Among those who hate, we live without hating, When they hate we live without hating, We live happily among those who hate. Continue reading “Verse 197. Happiness”
They who are ‘Thus’, venerable,
cool and free from every fear –
no one is able to calculate
their merit as ‘just-so-much.
Explanation: One who worships those who have attained imperturbability and do not tremble or fear, earns much merit. The merit earned by such a person cannot be measured by anyone. Continue reading “Verse 196. Worship Brings Limitless Merit”
Who venerates the venerable
Buddhas or their disciples,
have overcome the manifold,
grief and lamentation left.
Explanation: Those who have gone beyond apperception ( the normal way of perceiving the world), who have crossed over grief and lamentation. They deserve to be worshipped; namely, the Buddhas and their disciples. Continue reading “Verse 195. Worship Those Who Deserve Adoration”
Blessed is the birth of Buddhas,
blest True Dhamma’s Teaching,
blest the Sangha’s harmony
and blessed is their striving.
Explanation: The arising of the Buddha is joyful. The proclamation of the Dhamma is joyful. The concord of the Sangha is joyful. Joyful indeed is spiritual practice in harmony. Continue reading “Verse 194. Four Factors of Happiness”
