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Because the Queen could not leave the palace to hear the Buddha's discourses, Khujjuttara went in her place, memorized what the Buddha said, and then returned to the palace to teach the Queen and her 500 ladies-in-waiting. For her efforts, the Buddha cited Khujjuttara as the foremost of his laywomen disciples in terms of her learning. She was also an effective teacher: when the inner apartments of the palace later burned down, killing the Queen and her entourage, the Buddha commented that all of the women had reached at least the first stage of Awakening.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ireland, John D.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101504835678,"sku":"BPS:404215","price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/Itivuttaka_caab83ff-d411-418a-b550-247a305c41f6.jpg?v=1760547658"},{"product_id":"1649","title":"Discourse Collection: Selections","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty short suttas collected from the Sutta Nipata, which is one of the oldest collections of Buddhist discourses in the Pali Canon, constituting a rational, straightforward presentation of the ethics and psychology of Buddhism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis popular work is written in a mixture of prose and verse. It presents a code of conduct and provides the basis for a system of moral philosophy. A prime source work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHardback edtition: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/Suttanipata_p_5051.html\"\u003eSutta Nipata\u003c\/a\u003e;  paperback edition: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/Rhinoceros-Horn_p_2140.html\" style=\"color: rgb(102, 0, 0); \"\u003eThe Rhinoceros Horn\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bps.lk\/library-search-select.php?id=wh082\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eView eBook versions for free on the BPS site.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere are a total of 447 Wheels published by the Buddhist Publication Society (BPS), with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/Wheel-Publications_c_386.html\"\u003e222 titles listed on our website\u003c\/a\u003e. However, many of these are currently out of stock. 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As regards the choice of material, an attempt was made to make it as representative as possible of the whole collection, but personal preference could not be ignored. Choice tended to fall upon the more striking discourses, the avoidance of passages that were too repetitive and the inclusion of those that contained similes and parables, so profoundly illuminating and easily remembered. \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic; \"\u003efrom the introduction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bps.lk\/library-search-select.php?id=wh107\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eView eBook versions for free on the BPS site.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are a total of 447 Wheels published by the Buddhist Publication Society (BPS), with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/Wheel-Publications_c_386.html\"\u003e222 titles listed on our website\u003c\/a\u003e. However, many of these are currently out of stock. 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Ven. Vaṅgisa was designated by the Buddha as his foremost disciple in the composition of spontaneous verse. The book's introduction gives a portrait of Vaṅgisa and sets his poems in their historical and literary context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author and translator, John D. Ireland, has been a student of Pāli and Buddhist canonical literature for more than 35 years. His translations of the \u003cstrong\u003eUdāna\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003eItivuttaka\u003c\/strong\u003e are published by BPS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis booklet is an excellent and succinct resource for students of Pāli, or anyone interested in Pāli literature, as well as practitioners of meditation. In this tiny volume, well-edited and lucidly rendered, are both the Pāli passages and the English translations of these inspiring verses from the Pāli Canon. These short verses elucidate a spectrum of topics of great relevance to the seeker or to one practicing the Dhamma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThese verses came to the Venerable Vaṅgisa while he was listening to a talk delivered by the Buddha on the 'well-spoken word.' Having received permission from the Teacher, he then recited this poem in his presence\u003c\/em\u003e: ….1230 \u003cem\u003eyaṃ buddho bhāsati vācaṃ khemaṃ nibbānapattiyādukkhass'antakiriyāya sā ve vācānaṃ uttama\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1230 The sure word the Awakened One speaks for the attainment of nibbana, for making an end of suffering, is truly the best of words.\" (p. 16)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bps.lk\/library-search-select.php?id=wh417\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eView eBook versions for free on the BPS site.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are a total of 447 Wheels published by the Buddhist Publication Society (BPS), with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/Wheel-Publications_c_386.html\"\u003e222 titles listed on our website\u003c\/a\u003e. However, many of these are currently out of stock. 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It is the third book of the Minor Collection (Khuddaka Nikaya), found between the Dhammapada and the Itivuttaka. The Minor (or Lesser) Collection, although it is actually quite bulky, is given this name because it is an assortment of miscellaneous texts most of which were not included in what are regarded as the four main collections (nikaya).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Udana consists of eighty discourses, mostly short, divided into eight sections or chapters (vagga). The title  \u003cem\u003eUdana\u003c\/em\u003e  refers to the pronouncement, usually in verse, made at the end of each discourse and prefaced by the words:  Then, on realizing its significance, the Lord uttered on that occasion this inspired utterance . Thus \u003cem\u003eudana\u003c\/em\u003e means an inspired or solemn utterance spontaneously evoked, literally  breathed forth  (udanesi), by the understanding or realization (viditva) of the significance of the situation or event that occasioned it. Here it is the Buddha who pronounces these utterances although others are sometimes so inspired (e.g., in 2.10 and 3.7). \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003chr\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Itivuttaka\u003c\/strong\u003e is a collection of 112 short discourses of the Buddha in both prose and verse. The text belongs to the Pali Canon of the Therav da school, being placed between the Ud na and the Sutta Nip ta. It was previously translated by F.L. Woodward and published together with his translation of the Ud na in Minor Anthologies of the Pali Canon, Vol. II (London, 1935).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAccording to the commentarial tradition, the suttas or discourses of the Itivuttaka were collected by the woman lay-disciple Khujjuttar  from sermons given by the Buddha while he was staying at Kosamb . Khujjuttar  was a servant of S m vat , the consort of King Udena. 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It is the third book of the Minor Collection (Khuddaka Nikaya), found between the Dhammapada and the Itivuttaka. The Minor (or Lesser) Collection, although it is actually quite bulky, is given this name because it is an assortment of miscellaneous texts most of which were not included in what are regarded as the four main collections (nikaya).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Udana consists of eighty discourses, mostly short, divided into eight sections or chapters (vagga). The title  \u003cem\u003eUdana\u003c\/em\u003e  refers to the pronouncement, usually in verse, made at the end of each discourse and prefaced by the words:  Then, on realizing its significance, the Lord uttered on that occasion this inspired utterance . Thus \u003cem\u003eudana\u003c\/em\u003e means an inspired or solemn utterance spontaneously evoked, literally  breathed forth  (udanesi), by the understanding or realization (viditva) of the significance of the situation or event that occasioned it. 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The print edition can be found in the Pariyatti Edition of \u003ca href=\"\/collected-bodhi-leaves-vol-1\"\u003eCollected Bodhi Leaves Vol. I\u003c\/a\u003e. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bps.lk\/library-search-select.php?id=bl025\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eeBook of Bodhi Leaf 25\u003c\/a\u003e can be downloaded from the BPS website.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcerpt:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...our aim should be complete deliverance from suffering, or stated positively, the unconditioned and perfect happiness of Nibb na; to be differentiated from other forms of happiness which are imperfect because  conditioned  by impermanence, and thus liable to revert to suffering when circumstances or  the conditions  change. By an understanding of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism we are set in the right direction to achieve this aim. But to reach this understanding the mind must be carefully prepared by moral discipline and other virtues, released from the grip of worldly pleasures and emotions and reach a state of clarity and purity through meditation and wise discrimination. Then by reflection on the three characteristics of existence, the impermanence, suffering and absence of an underlying entity, this understanding will arise giving assurance and confidence. 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