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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kalyanamithra" data-source="post: 4456003" data-attributes="member: 99586">Namo Buddhaya!Pinwath mithurani,Bohoma pin, pinwath Athula for posting the thread:<a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=176132" target="_blank">http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=176132</a>Thought to post this as a separate thread because to me it seems that he has missed the most important part of the Saddhammapatirupaka Sutta - namely what makes the order of the Supreme Buddha (i.e. the Buddha Sashana) last long...source: <a href="http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/3Samyutta-Nikaya/Samyutta2/15-Kassapa-Samyutta/01-Kassapavaggo-e.html" target="_blank">http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/3Samyutta-Nikaya/Samyutta2/15-Kassapa-Samyutta/01-Kassapavaggo-e.html</a> (the last sutta in this page) explanation:the Teacher =  the Supreme Buddhathe Teaching = the Noble Dhammathe Community of bhikkhus = the Noble Sanghathe Training = 'siksha'concentration = 'samadhi'Following Dhamma not only helps us escape from the suffering; but also help safeguard the Noble Dhamma for the betterment of the future generations... So it's clear what we should do...Yes, many of us think it's difficult to follow Dhamma while leading a normal lay life..But it is not so; there were lay people who were following the Path while all household chaos... there are such people.. and there will be...Moreover, Dhamma is akaliko. That is: it will hold true forever... What one means by disappearance of Sashana is everybody forgetting it... This happens only when it becomes impossible to distinguish Dhamma from Adhamma; Vinaya from Avinaya...So, it is not too late yet... <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" />Let's try to follow Dhamma...Theruwan saranai!</blockquote>

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