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Life’s Highest Blessings: The Mahā Maṅgala Sutta |
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| Author |
Soni, R. L.
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Bhikkhu Khantipalo
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| Date | 1978 |
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| Pages | 116 |
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| Publisher | Buddhist Publication Society |
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| Publisher Url |
http://www.bps.lk/
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| Location | Kandy, Sri Lanka [康堤, 斯里蘭卡] |
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| Series | Wheel Publication |
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| Series No. | 254-256 |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Translation and Commentary by Dr. R. L. Soni
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| Table of contents | Life’s Highest Blessings 2
Contents 4
Editor’s Foreword 6
Preface 9
Chapter 1 Introduction 12
i The Glorious Sutta 12
ii Location in the Scriptures 15
iii The Contents of these Texts 17
iv The Title 19
v Burmese Enthusiasm 22
vi The Present Work 23
Chapter II Mahā Maṅgala Sutta 25
i The Pali Text 25
ii Word-by-Word Rendering 26
iii Translation 31
Chapter III Notes and Comments 34
i The Title 34
Mahā Maṅgala Sutta: 34
ii Introduction 34
(A) Evaṃ Me Suttaṃ 34
(B) Bhagavā 36
(C) Sāvatthi, Jetavana, Anāthapiṇḍika 37
(D) Devatā 37
iii The Body of the Sutta 41
Stanza I “Many Deities and Human Beings …” 41
Stanza II “With Fools No Company Keeping …” 44
Stanza III ”Congenial Place to Dwell …” 47
Stanza IV “Ample Learning, In Crafts Ability …” 52
Stanza V “Mother, Father Well Supporting …” 55
Stanza VI “Acts of Giving, Righteous Living …” 58
Stanza VII “Avoid evil and abstaining …” 61
Stanza VIII “Right Reverence and Humility …” 65
Stanza IX “Patience, Meekness When Corrected …” 71
Stanza X “Self-Restraint and Holy Life …” 75
Stanza XI “Though Touched by Worldly Circumstances …” 86
Stanza XII “Since By Acting In This Way …” 87
Chapter IV The High Road of Blessings 89
i The Thirty-eight Blessings 89
Stanza I 89
Stanza II 89
Stanza III 89
Stanza IV 90
Stanza V 90
Stanza VI 90
Stanza VII 90
Stanza VIII 91
Stanza IX 91
Stanza X 91
Stanza XI 91
Stanza XII 92
ii General Review 92
iii A Synthetic View 94
iv Our Classification 96
Chapter V Conclusion 102
Notes 110 |
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| ISSN | 00497541 (P) |
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| Hits | 227 |
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| Created date | 2017.03.03 |
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| Modified date | 2022.04.11 |
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