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Showing posts with label Verse 104. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Verse 104. Show all posts

Thursday, 26 September 2013

Verses 104 and 105

Dhammapada Verses 104 and 105

The Story of the Brahmin Anatthapucchaka

On one occasion, a Brahmin by the name of Anatthapucchaka came to the Buddha and said to him, "Venerable Sir, I think that you know only the practices that are beneficial and not the practices that are not beneficial." To him, the Buddha answered that he also knew the practices which were not beneficial and harmful. Then the Buddha enumerated six practices which cause dissipation of wealth; they are: