Dhammika – Pure Protection

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Introduction

This poem is from the Theragatha. The Theragatha preserves 264 poems of elder monks and is the eighth section in the Khuddaka Nikāya. The Khuddaka Nikāya is a collection of short texts in (mostly) verse. The Khuddaka Nikāya is the last Nikaya (collection) of the Sutta Piṭaka, the second book of the Pāli Canon.

In this poem, the awakened monk Dhammika shows the importance of a well-practiced and authentic Dhamma practice and the protection from worldly entanglements provided.

My comments below are in italics.

Dhammika – Pure Protection

Theragatha 4:10

The Buddha’s Dhamma protects

those who integrate his Dhamma.

The Buddha’s Dhamma, well-practiced,

Brings peace and freedom.

The rewards are obvious,

From a well-practiced Dhamma:

What is to be,

Is what is here.

(A well- practiced Dhamma practice brings mindful peace here and now, and will continue to the next moment.)

The Dhamma brings peace,

Ignorance brings suffering. [1,2]

So generate skillful desire

For developing the Dhamma,

Rejoice in the Great Teacher, standing firm, [3]

Foremost in understanding.

Whose disciples are awakened

To the foremost refuge.

The root of the boil is burst!

The net of craving destroyed!

The Rightly Self-Awakened one wanders no more.

He is clear and bright

As a cloudless full moon night.

End Of Poem

 

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  2. Four Noble Truths – The Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
  3. Teaching An Authentic Dhamma

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