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Showing posts with label Verse 161. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Verse 161

Dhammapada Verse 161

The Story of Mahakala Upasaka

On a certain sabbath day, Mahakala, a lay disciple, went to the Jetavana monastery. On that day, he kept the sabbath by observing the eight moral precepts (Uposatha sila) and listened to the discourses on the Dhamma throughout the night. It so happened that on that same night, some thieves broke into a house; and the owners on waking up went after the thieves. The thieves ran away in all directions. Some ran in the direction of the monastery.