Dhamma for
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From Suttas
They… with the breakup of the body, after death…suffer in a bad destination – in the nether world – in hell
“Monks, when a woman possesses these five qualities she is reborn in a good destination, in a heavenly world.”
– Gautama Supreme Buddha –
It is not because of beauty, wealth, relatives, or sons that a woman has a good rebirth, but because of ethical conduct
When You're Gone.....
(The Strength of a Noble Daughter)
From the moment I first saw you, I knew in my heart that you were the one for me. Every time I looked in to your eyes, I felt something unexplainable. I felt that I have know you for years. But how could it be possible, I wandered! I wondered every time I saw you. You lived in the eastern side of the country and I, in the northern side. Could it be that we know each other in a past life? Or am I just imagining things – I wondered many times. Then I found answers to this un explainable feeling…..
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Jātaka Tales
Kummāsapiṇḍa Jātaka
The Master told this tale while dwelling in Jetavana, concerning queen Mallikā. She was the daughter of the chief of the garland-makers of Sāvatthi, extremely beautiful and very good. When she was sixteen years of age, as she was going to a flower-garden with some other girls…….
Kumbhakāra Jātaka
The Master told this when dwelling in Jetavana, concerning rebuke of sin. The occasion will appear in the Pānīya Birth. At that time in Sāvatthi five hundred friends, who had become ascetics, dwelling in the House of the Golden Pavement, had lustful thoughts at midnight…….
Canda Kinnara Jātaka
This is a story which the Master told, while dwelling in the banyan grove hard by Kapilapura about Rāhula’s mother when she was in the palace. This Birth must be told beginning from the Distant Epoch of the Buddha’s existence……..
Udaya Jātaka
This story the Master told, while dwelling in Jetavana, about a backsliding Brother. The occasion will be explained under the Kusa Birth. Again the Master asked the man, “Is it true, Brother, that you have…….
Kusa Jātaka
This was a tale the Master, while dwelling at Jetavana, told about a backsliding Brother. The story runs that he was of noble birth and lived at Sāvatthi, and on his heartily embracing the Faith he adopted the ascetic life. Now one day as he was going…….
Mahājanaka Jātaka
This story the Master, while dwelling at Jetavana, told concerning the great Renunciation. One day the Brethren sat in the Hall of Truth discussing the Tathāgata’s great Renunciation. The Master came and found that…….
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Stories of Heavenly Mansions
(From Vimāna Vatthu)
Throne Mansion
(Arahant Moggallana asks a deva about previous good karma.)
Second Throne Mansion
(Giving always gives results)
Third Throne Mansion
(Even offering a simple thing to the Sangha can give great results.)
Fourth Throne Mansion
(Arahant Moggallana asks a deva how he received a throne made of beryl gemstones.)
Elephant Mansion
(Offering a chair with a confident heart to those free from defilements will bring great happiness.)
Ship Mansion
(Arahant Moggallana asks a deva how she gained a golden roofed ship as her mansion)
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Female Disciples of the Buddha
Great Arahant Bhikkhunis
Just as the Buddha has appointed two chief disciples in the order of monks, Sāriputta and Moggallāna, he likewise named two women his foremost disciples in the Bhikkhunī Sangha, the order of nuns. These two were the bhikkhunīs Uppalavaṇṇā and Khemā, the former excelling in psychic power, the latter in wisdom…….
In Rājagaha, the capital of the kingdom of Magadha, there lived a girl of good family named Bhaddā, the only daughter of a rich merchant. Her parents kept her confined to the top floor of a seven-story mansion, for she had a passionate nature and they were afraid that her awakening sexuality would lead her into trouble……..
There lived in Sāvatthī a girl named Gotamī, in poor circumstances, the daughter of an impoverished family. Because she was very thin and haggard (kisā), everyone called her Kisāgotamī, Haggard Gotamī.12 When one saw her walking around, tall and thin, one could not fathom her inner riches……..
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Female Lay Disciples Of the Buddha
In the city of Bhaddiya in the country of Aṅga there lived a rich man named Meṇḍaka. In an earlier life, in a time of famine, he had given the last provisions belonging to him and his family to a paccekabuddha, a privately enlightened one…….
At the time of the Buddha, a daughter was born to the foreman of the guild of garland-makers in Sāvatthī. She was beautiful, clever, and well behaved and a source of joy to her father. Her name was Mallikā……..
In the days when India was the fortunate home of an Awakened One, a husband and wife lived within its borders with their only daughter named Sāmāvatī, who was exceedingly beautiful. Their family life was a happy and harmonious one…….
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Stories of Ghosts
(From the Petavatthu)
Your body is the color of gold and shines in all directions. But your mouth is like a pig’s. What have you done in your previous life? ….
You are naked and very ugly, your veins are popping out. You thin person, with your ribs sticking out, who are you? ….
A female ghost who was very ugly and scary approached a monk who was resting on the bank of the Ganges River….
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Verses of Arahant Nuns
In the city of Mantāvatī, the daughter of King Koñca’s chief queen was named Sumedhā. She was confident in the Buddha’s path. She was virtuous and her speech was sweet. She had memorized much Dhamma and was disciplined in the Buddha’s path. One day, she went up to her mother and father and said ….
On one occasion, the nun Subhā was going to the delightful Jīvaka mango garden. Then suddenly a rogue appeared and stood blocking her way. Subhā said this to him: “What wrong have I done to you, that you should stand there blocking my way? It is not fitting, sir, that a man should touch a nun. I deeply respect the Buddha’s path. The Sublime One has taught us about the precepts. I protect those precepts purely. I am taintless. So, why are you standing here blocking me? ….
The city of Pāṭaliputta, which is known as the Kusuma kingdom, is like an ornament for the entire earth. Two nuns who were born into the Sākyan clan possessed good qualities and they were living in that city. One of those nuns was named Isidāsī; the second one was named Bodhī. Both were very virtuous. Both delighted in meditation and ….