Once when the Buddha was living at Savatthi: |
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King Pasenadi of Kosala ate a whole bucketful of food. |
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And then approached the Buddha, engorged and panting, and sat down to one side. |
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The Buddha, discerning that King Pasenadi was engorged and panting, took the occasion to utter this verse: |
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When a person is constantly mindful, And knows when enough food has been taken, All their afflictions become more slender — They age more gradually, protecting their lives |
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Now at that time the brahman youth Sudassana was standing nearby. |
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And King Pasenadi of Kosala addressed him: "Come now, my dear Sudassana, and having thoroughly mastered this verse in the presence of the Buddha, recite it whenever food is brought to me. And I will set up for you a permanent offering of a hundred kahaapanas every day. |
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"So be it, your majesty," the brahman youth Sudassana replied to the king. |
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When a person is constantly mindful, And knows when enough food has been taken, All their afflictions become more slender — They age more gradually, protecting their lives. |
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Then King Pasenadi of Kosala gradually settled down to [eating] no more than a cup-full of rice. |
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At a later time, when his body had become quite slim, King Pasenadi stroked his limbs with his hand and took the occasion to utter this utterance: |
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Indeed the Buddha has shown me Compassion in two different ways: For my welfare right here and now, and also for in the future. |
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Cập nhập ngày: Thứ Sáu 08-11-2006 Kỹ thuật trình bày: Minh Hạnh & Thiện Pháp |
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