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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DX-" data-source="post: 7375072" data-attributes="member: 273958">01) යමක වර්ගය.පිලිවෙලකට යුගලය බැගින් ගලපා වදාළ ගාථා 20 කින් යුක්තයි01. <img src="http://elakiri.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=15166&stc=1&d=1272474168" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Suffering is Mind-made Mind is the forerunner of (all evil) states.Mind is chief; and they are mind-made. If one speaks or acts with a corrupt mind,from that, suffering follows, as the wheel follows the hoof of the ox.1The Story of Cakkhupāla TheraA monk named Cakkhupāla determined not to lie down for the entire Rains Retreat. He contracted an eye infection and the doctor told him that he must lie down to take the medicine. He refused to lie down, so the disease got worse. He realised Arahantship, but simultaneously went blind.As he was pacing up and down, he unintentionally killed many insects. Visiting monks noticed the trampled insects on the elder’s walking meditation path, and told the matter to the Buddha. The Buddha explained that the monk had killed them unintentionally and that he was an Arahant.The monks then asked the cause of his blindness.The Buddha related how, in a previous life as a doctor, he had treated a poor woman’s eyes. She promised to become his servant if her eyesight was restored. The treatment worked, but the woman pretended that her eyesight was getting worse. The doctor retaliated by giving her another medicine, which blinded her. Due to that evil action Cakkhupāla became blind.02.<img src="http://elakiri.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=15167&stc=1&d=1272474190" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Happiness is Mind-madeMind is the forerunner of (all good) states. Mind is chief, and they are mind-made. If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, from that, happiness follows, as one’s own shadow that never leaves.2The Story of MatthakundalīThe only son of a stingy millionaire was on the verge of death because his father was too mean to call a doctor, and tried to treat his son himself. The Buddha saw the dying boy with his Divine Eye, and stood for alms in front of his house. Seeing the Buddha, Matthakundalī was delighted. Dying with a mind full of faith in the Buddha he was reborn in the celestial realm. After his  son’s death, the millionaire was grief-stricken. Every day he went to the cemetery crying for his son.The deity appeared before his father in a form like his son, and stood weeping. The millionaire saw the youth and asked him why he was crying. The deity replied that he wanted two wheels for his chariot, but could not get them. The millionaire offered to buy him whatever chariot wheels he wanted. The deity said that he wanted the sun and the moon for his chariot wheels. The millionaire told the youth that his wish was folly as it was impossible to obtain the sun and the moon. The deity admonished the millionaire, “You are even more foolish than me in crying for your dead son. At least I can see the sun and the moon, but you cannot even see your dead son.” The millionaire realised that the youth was his own son, and gained some faith in Dhamma. The next day, he offered alms to the Sangha and the deity appeared, telling the assembly how he had gained such bliss just by revering the Buddha in his mind.</blockquote>

Verification: Nawa warak dahaya keeyada? (Namaya wadi kireema dahaya)

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