The Story of Venerable Dāruciriya, a Buddhist laymen Arahant.

The Story of Venerable Dāruciriya, a Buddhist laymen Arahant.

 When he died, every Karma was cut; and he entered Nirvāna

The Law of Karma in Buddhism states that the evil doer goes to good places, when he dies from this world and he then becomes either a god or a human being.

As for those who do evil, when they died from this human world, they then went either to the hell or to be born in the kingdom of animals.

But for those who have lost their desires as  Arahants, whether they were monks or laymen, they all could cut Karma and the fruition of Karma and then they entered Nirvana.

This is consistent with the story of Venerable Bāhiya Dāruciriya, who was enlightened and was immediately appointed as one of the excellent monks after leaving the world.

This law of action was known, when the Lord Buddha lived in Jetavana Monastery. He talked about the Venerable Bāhiya Dāruciriya, and said words in the Dhammapada. The story was like this:

At one time, a group of merchants sailed to sea trading. Their ships were wrecked in the sea and almost died. There was only one survivor, by whom he had held a board and tried to stoop to the side of the pier named Suparaka.

He had no clothes to cover his body, so he took a thousand pieces of dry wood to make clothes. Holding a tile from the temple to sit at the place where people passed by.

The people who passed by saw him and gave him food. "This is the saint." There are some believers who bring clothes.

But he refused to use that garment, fearing that if he had worn the clothes "Worship and gains would disappear." He then chose to wear only bark.

When people say that he is an Arahant , he mistakenly thought that he was really a saint. Because he was guilty of thinking that he was a saint, wearing a bark; he is therefore called "Dāruciriya ".

At that time there was one god Brahma. In the past, he used to be a friend and practiced with him before. Seeing that he had lost this way, he was able to help guide the right way.

This god Brahma came to him one night and said, "Bahiya, you are not a saint; you have not yet attained Arahantaship; and more than that, you still do not have the qualifications to make a saint. "

Bāhiya Dāruciriya looked at the Brahma Lord and asked " I accept that I am not a saint. Is it now that are the saints or those who attained  of the Arahantamagga available ?

The Brahma Lord said, "Bahiya, now the monk who is the Buddha lives in the city of Savatthi; The monk is not only enlightened but also teach how to become an Arahant”

Bāhiya Dāruciriya listened to the words of the Brahma god and was sad. He quickly departed from Suparaka Pier to the City of Savatthi, which the Brahma god had used the divine power to allow Bāhiya Dāruciriya to travel to that city, which is far from the 120 leagues, using only one night journey.

Bāhiya Dāruciriya found that Lord Buddha  was walking for alms, along with a group of monks.

He therefore came to pay  respect to him and told him to give a sermon.  But Lord Buddha replied that It was during the time that he was about to receive alms. It's not time to give a sermon.

Bāhiya Dāruciriya listened to that Buddha's speech and said, "Lord, I don't know the danger of your life or mine will happen? May you give me a sermon. "

Lord Buddha knew that Bahiya had traveled as far as 120 leagues using only one night journey. And he also knew that Bahiya had a joyful joy from seeing him;  a person with such great joy even if listening to the sermon, cannot be stabbed throughout the truth; it  is better to wait for a peaceful mind to be bent on, then he will give him a sermon.

But Bāhiya Dāruciriya also urged the Lord Buddha to give a sermon to him. Lord Buddha  therefore give a sermon to him while standing on the road saying, 

"Bahiya, you  should study in this religion like this: 

"When you see , you just see ;  when you hear , you just hear ; when you smell, you just smell ; when you taste, you just taste;  when you touch, you just  touch ; when you know, you just know; when you are enlightened, you are just enlightened.”

When Bāhiya Dāruciriya had heard the sermon of the Lord Buddha like this, he attained an Arahantship  and asked to ordain with the Lord Buddha. 

But Lord Buddha had told him to go to find the bowl and the robe before, so he would ordain.

While Bāhiya Dāruciriya sought the bowl and the robe, he was struck by a cow that had been struck by a giantess.

When Lord Buddha finished his meal, he went out with all the monks and he found Bāhiya Dāruciriya 's body lying dead beside the garbage dump.

He then commanded the monks to cremate Bāhiya Dāruciriya's burial, and then ordered to create a pagoda that contained the elements of his bones.

When Lord Buddha returned to Jetavana Monastery, he  spoke to all the monks who asked him about Bāhiya Dāruciriya’s story, saying that Bāhiya Dāruciriya was in "Nirvana"

Lord Buddha also set Bāhiya Dāruciriya in the position that " Bāhiya Dāruciriya (Pahiya, a bark-wearer) is superior to monks among  our disciples, who are enlightened quickly. "

All monks asked "When did Bāhiya Dāruciriya attain Arahantaship?" 

Lord Buddha replied that "Bāhiya Dāruciriya achieved  Arahantaship,  while listening to my sermon on the rode side”

All monks are skeptical that people who listen to a little, just how could Bāhiya Dāruciriya attain the Arahantship?

Lord Buddha said that the amount of words or length of words is not important. But it is important that the quality of words or words that will benefit the individual.

After that, Lord Buddha said in the  Dhamma Dhamma, Number 101, as follows:

Sahassaṃpi ce gāthā

Anatthapadasaṃhitā

Ekaṃ gāthāpadaṃ seyyo

Yaṃ sutvā upasammati.

Better than a thousand verses, comprising useless words,

is one beneficial single line, by hearing which is pacified.

The Story of Sīvalī who was in the mother's womb 7 years, 7 months, 7 days,

The Story of Sīvalī who was in the mother's womb 7 years, 7 months, 7 days,

but when he was a monk, he was excellent in fortune because of the karma rule that results in mixed results

The matter of the law of karma in relation to Venerable Sivali is mentioned in the story of Venerable Khadiravaniyarevatathera (In the Arhantavagga of the Commentary of the Dhammapada), The part of Venerable Sīvalī was concluded as follows:

1. The reason that Venerable Sīvalī is an excellent fortune (As the Buddha said, "Etadaggam Bhikkhave Mama Savakanam Yadidam Sivaliti," which means that “Sīvalī is best of all the monks who are all disciples of the Buddha in the way of great fortune”,  because it was in accordance with the law of deeds that were done during the Buddha's name "Vipassi" .

Sīvalī was born in the family of the country side and he cooperated with other people who offered a royal race for donation, but they still lacked only fresh honey.

Villagers had requested to buy up to a thousand even though the honey is less than one baht.  But he did not sell back, Sīvalī asked to participate in the offering of the Lord Buddha, together with 680,000 monks, with the power of the Lord Buddha, making the honey sufficient for all monks

2. The reason that Venerable Sivali  was in the mother's womb in 7 years and 7 months, 7 days because of the law of karma. After that, he was born on the earth. Then he was born as a king in Varanasi.

Later, Sīvalī used his warfare tactics to encircle the city for 7 years and 7 months, covering only the four main gates. The people in that city did not surrender because of relying on 4 small doors to sneak out to find food and water.

His mother informed the news that he ordered the four small doors to be closed until the 7th day. The inhabitants then killed their king and gave him royal treasure. When he died, he was born in Hell for a long time. And came to reincarnate in the mother's womb in the Buddha's time

Lord Buddha summarizes the fate of Venerable Sīvalī according to the connection of the Law of Karma as follows.

" Sīvalī burned in hell for a long time, because of the karma that he surrounded the capital and he took a birth in the mother's womb for seven years and more, because of his closure of 4 city doors;  he was the best of all Buddhist monks in fortune, because of the new honey he gave to the Buddha and other monks"

The Story of the impostor who used pebble knowledge to harm individual Buddha,

The Story of the impostor who used pebble knowledge to harm individual Buddha,

therefore consumed Karma and was lynched to death and went to hell and come into an impostor.

Some people have good knowledge, but instead of using that knowledge for the benefit of all people in society, they used it to destroy others, especially with those who have been named as good and moral. 

They would be affected by the Law of Karma in the Ditthadhammavedaniyakamma (Karma for the present result) and the Law of Karma in the Aparaparavedaniyakamma (Karma for the future result).

This is in the case of a disciple of a lame who is a master of gravel. The lonely man who used the knowledge of this gravel for sending the goat's dung in the mouth of the senior office who talked too much until the king had given many items to him.

But when he conveyed this course to a student. This disciple used to misuse this gravel art. He used it to strut into the ears of the individual Buddha, to the cause of serious injury and extinction. 

The Law of Karma therefore resulted in him being lynched to death. He finally was born in the Great Hell ,and was born to be an impostor in the Buddha’s time.

This law of action arose  when Lord Buddha lived in Veluvana Monastery. He gave a sermon that began with the words “Yāvadeva anatthāya,” etc.

Phra Buddha Gosa Cariya told this story in the commentary of the Dhammapada as follows:

One time, Venerable Mahamoggallana, descending from Mount Kijjhakuta along with a monk for going for alms, he saw one big jinn. 

On the head of the jinn was a hammer of sixty thousand burned steel flames that broke the head and broke again. Therefore he did smiling but did not say anything.

When returning from alms to Veluvana Monastery,  Venerable Moggallana told this story to the Lord Buddha. Then Lord Buddha said that in the past life this jinn was a disciple of a lame who specializes in pebbles. 

The lame, who had received a royal award from the King as a virtue, helped tosend the goat’s dung into the mouth of the King's big officer, who talked too much the King was annoyed.

But one day, the lame transferred the art of pebbles to the disciple. The teacher said that he must not experiment with cattle or with humans. 

Because if cattle or human beings are dead, they must pay compensation to the owners of the cattle or relatives of the deceased. But he will have to find a target that has no mother and father only.

The pupils of the lame came to see the individual Buddha named Sunetta who is walking for alms. Therefore he thought of using him as a target for experimenting with gravel with the idea that "This individual Buddhist monk is without a mother and father; when I flip this person I do not have to be fined, I will flip this person for art experiment."

The pebbles that the pupils of the lame sent went into the right ear to penetrate through the left ear canal. Individual Buddha, when hit by gravel, he was wounded and could not continue to receive alms; he went back and died in the hut.

Later, when the villagers came to find that the disciple of the lame  killed the individual Buddha; they helped to throw stones to death to the disciple of the lame.

The pupils of the lame went to be born in the Hell of Avici. When he was burned in this hell until the earth became thicker for a Yojana,  he then  came to receive the remnants of the rest by coming to be born in the form of the impostor at the peak of Gijjhakuta. 

Venerable Moggallana saw that by which the head of Jinn had been burned by a hammer of iron, until sixty thousand red blasts continued.

Lord Buddha, when he brought the fate of this impostor and said, " Art or greatness when it happened to the fool , it would happen for woe, as the fool who has art or greatness will only make one of his woefulness."

Then Lord Buddha spoke in the Dhammapada, Number 72, as follows:

Yāvadeva anatthāya

ñattaṃ balassa jāyati

Hanti balassa sukkaṃsaṃ

Muddhaṃ assa vipātayaṃ.

To his ruin, indeed, the fool gains knowledge and fame;

they destroy his bright lot and cleave his head.

The Story of the impostor who had burned the monk's hut,

The Story of the impostor who had burned the monk's hut,

Resulting in being beaten to death, to be in hell and be an impostor.

The law of Karma is sometimes immediately reflected in that life. It is perhaps to wait until that person dies. But there are also some cases where people do receive the fruition both in the present and in the future.

This story was explained at the time when Lord Buddha lived in Veluvana Monastery. He preached about the impostor and gave the sermon that began with the following words:  “Na hi pāpaṃ kataṃ kammam”

Phra Buddha Kosa Carira told about the law of this matter in the commentary of the Dhammapada that once Venerable Moggallana and another monk descending from Mount Gijjhakuta In order to go for alms in the City of Rajagaha.

Venerable Moggallana saw one impostor and smiled but did not say anything. When the two monks returned to Veluvana Monastery, Venerable Moggallana then told the monk that that he smiled out because he saw the impostor with a human head, but with a snake body. The two monks went to see Lord Buddha and spoke about it.

Lord Buddha said that he himself saw this impostor on the day that he had attained the Enlightenment. Lord Buddha recalled the fate of Jinn himself that he would not only receive the fruition of Karma in one life. But the law of karma also had a negative effect on him in the later years.

A long time ago, the story said, there was an individual Buddha. who was respected by many people. The people helped to build a hut to him and traveled to see him by walking through the fields of a man.

The owner of the farm was afraid that the rice in his field would be damaged by the trampling of people who walked to the hut. Therefore he set fire to the hut in order that the individual Buddha should move to another place.

This is the law of karma. In Ditthavedaniyakamma (Karma gives effect today), the owner of the farm ,when he died, he  received the fruition of Karma in Aparaparavedaniyakamma (Karma gives effect later on)  by being born in in the great hell until the earth in the human world is thicker for  a Yojana and being born later on  to be an impostor because of the remnants of the remaining Karma.

Lord Buddha, when he had said that, then said that the law of action in this context was as follows:

" The sin looks like milk that is newly rolled, it will not yet be changed. In the same way,the action of the person did not come to fruition, but when the action did come to fruition, the person would suffer."

Then Lord Buddha spoke in Dhammapada Number 71 as follows:

Na hi pāpaṃ kataṃ kammaṃ

Sajju khiraṃ va muccati

Dahantaṃ balaṃ anveti

Bhasmacchannova pāvako.

Verily, an evil deed committed does not immediately bear fruit,

just as milk curdles not at once, smouldering,

it follows the fool like fire covered with ashes.

The Story of Sumanamālākara Offering Flowers as Buddha’s Pujā Until Receiving the Royal Gifts

Law of Karma in the so-called Ditthavedaniyakamma is the Karma that gives immediate results. It happened in the past just as we have heard or seen today.

As the story happened to Mr. Sumanamālākara (the flower technician) during the Buddha's time when the Lord Buddha lived in Veluvana Monastery, and, in connection with  Mr. Sumanamālākara, gave a sermon.

Phra Buddha Kosa Cariya told in the commentary of the Dhammapada as follows:

Mr. Sumanamālākara, while going the give jasmine to the king, saw the Lord Buddha, along with other monks, going for alms in every morning.

He suddenly had a faith in the Lord Buddha, and wanted to bring flowers which were to be presented to the king to give to the Lord Buddha. He decided that even if the king killed him or drove him out of the region, he would not bring jasmine to the king.

When thinking like this, he then lapped the jasmine to the upper head,  to the back and to two sides of Lord Buddha.

The jasmine that swept up was a miracle floating in the air. The flowers above the head gather together into the ceiling. As for the jasmine that has been baptized on both sides of the Lord Buddha, gathered together as a flower wall.

These jasmine flowers followed the Lord Buddha in every place he went., and stopped when the Lord Buddha stopped standing. While the Lord Buddha was followed by a moving jasmine flower, there was a beautiful aurora shining, followed by many monks

Many people in the city and outside of Rajagaha came out of the house to pay homage to the Buddha. Mr. Sumanamālākara, seeing that, was born with great joy.

The wife of Mr. Sumanamālākara went to see the king and said that she had no connection with her husband, who refused to bring flowers to offer him, but instead offered flowers to  Lord Buddha.

She planed to survive in a good manner by saying to the king that she was not involved because she had divorced him. "The deeds he has done whether they be either good or bad karma, that karma will belong to him only. Let you know that I have left him. "

The King (Bimbisara), who himself was a Sotapanna, was pleased when he heard the story of Mr. Sumanamālākara bringing flowers to worship the Lord Buddha. His Majesty came to see the miraculous image, and paid respect to Lord Buddha.

The King took this opportunity to offer alms to Lord Buddha and all monks. After completing the meals, the Lord Buddha and the monks returned to Jetavana Monastery. The King followed the Lord saw the Buddha off and returned to the palace. The law of karma could be seen immediately, when the King ordered to bring Mr. Sumanamālākara to the audience, and conferred 8 elephants, 8 horses, 8 male slaves, 8 female slaves, 8 large jewelry, 8 thousand silver, 8 women,  and 8 tribute houses

At Veluvana Monastery, Venerable Ananda asked the Lord Buddha that what would Mr. Sumanamālākara receive the results of the actions of good deeds today?

The Lord Buddha answered and explained the law of action in this context as follows:

Mr. Sumanamālākara worshiped him without considering the risk of life like this. He would receive the results of good Karmas in this world and the world thereafter. He would always be a paradise, and eventually would become a saint and become the individual Buddha.

In the evening, many monks talked about the great and brave actions of Sumanamālākara, and the immediate effect of that action. 

The Lord Buddha came to speak to those monks, and said "Oh Bhikkus, when what deed had been done, there were no suffering, but there were all pleasures, while remembering thereafter, that deed a person would do."

That night when giving a sermon Lord Buddha had linked the story, and said in the  68th Dhammapada as follows:

Tañca kammaṃ kataṃ sādhu

Yaṃ katvā nānutappati

Yassa patīto sumano

Vipākam patisevati.

That deed is well done when, after having done it,

one repents not, and when, with joy and pleasure,

one reaps the fruit thereof.

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The Story of Godhikathera Who Died and Attained Nirvana

In Buddhism, there is a rule of law that people do good deeds, and when they died from this world, they would go to a paradise, to be born as an angel or return to be a human. 

For those who have lost their desires as a saint they could cut the cycle of rebirth and go to Nirvana. This law of karma has been described by the Lord Buddha.

Lord Buddha lived in Rajagaha, in response to the Nirvana of Venerable Godhika, said in Dhammapada which had the beginning words “Tesaṃ sampannasīlānaṃ.”

Lord Buddha came to live in the City of Rajagaha and stayed at Veruvan Monastery. He preached about the Nirvana of Venerable Godhika, and said in Dhammapada which had the beginning words “Tesaṃ sampannasīlānaṃ.”

The story is that once Venerable Godhika had committed to practice the meditation and introspection. He went near the cave of the Kalasila, beside the mountain of Isigiri in Bihar. 

When the Venerable was able to have `one-pointedness of mind' (ekodibhàva), he was ill with a chronic disease. This prevented  him from being able to continue to practice dharma effectively in order to attain Arahantaship.

But even though he was seriously ill, he was still determined to continue to attain Nirvana. But every time you make progress in practice, there is a need to interrupt every time. The event was like this for 6 times. 

When it was the last time, Venerable Godhika decided to overcome these obstacles to attain the Arahantaship, even if he died. He therefore continued to strive for dharma continuously.

Until finally he decided to give up his life by bringing a razor to cut his neck. During his death he had attained Arahantaship.

When the devil knew that Venerable Godhika was dead he tried to find the birth of him, but could not find it. The devil then transformed into a young man to see the Lord Buddha, and asked about the birth of Venerable Godhika.

The Lord Buddha spoke of the Law of Karma for those who were freed from their lusts as saints. "It is not useful for you to ask about the fate of Venerable Godhika.

“Because Venerable Godhika was freed from all passions and had attained Arahantaship, and before the devil, such people, even though there are hundreds of thousands was unable to find the place of birth of Venerable Godhika.”

Then the Lord Buddha spoke in the 57th Dhammapada as follows:

Tesaṃ sampannasīlānaṃ

Appamādaviharaṃ

Sammadannavimuttānaṃ

Maro maggaṃ a vindati.

Mara finds not the path of those who are virtuous,

careful in living, and freed by right knowledge.

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The Story of Mrs. Patipūjikā

The Law of Karma in the Dhammapada Commentary: The Story of Mrs. Patipujika prayed until he was born in the heaven of Tāvatiṃsa

The Law of Karma to be presented here was in the Dhammapada Commentary scripture of Venerable Buddha Kosā Cāriya.

The story was about the time when the Lord Buddha lived in the city of Savatthi . The Lord Buddha, in dealing with Mrs Patipūjikā, had spoken the Dhammapada which had the beginning of the words Pubbhāni heva.

Mrs Patipūjikā (meaning the woman who worshiped the husband) was in the city of Sāvatthi. She married at the age of 16 years and had 4 children.

She was a virtuous, and philanthropist woman. She liked offering food and other factors to the monks.

She went to the temple and helped clean the temple area, filled the water into the blister, and served many other things to the monks.

She had a special talent that was born with herself. She could remember that in the past she was a goddess; she was a wife of Mālābhāri, an angel in the heaven of Tāvatiṃsa.

She remembered that she came down from the heaven when all goddesses, who were the servants of Mālābhāri, visited the garden for entertainment, and for having fun with picking up of twigs and flowers.

One day, Mrs. Patipūjikā was sick and died on that same evening. Because she had established a desire to be born in the heaven. The Law of Karma therefore sent her to be born in the heaven of Tavatimsa and to be wife of Mālābhāri,.

But because the time dimension of the two worlds is different, that is, one hundred years in the human world was equal to one day of the celestial heavenly world. Therefore Malabhari and other goddesses were still having fun in the same garden. Mrs. Patipūjikā who had been born as a human for a long time according to the time of the human world, and therefore disappeared from the garden only for a moment.

This is because the 100 years of the human world equals one day, one night of the heavenly star. In the heaven of heaven, one month has 30 days and one year, there are 12 months like in the human world. But the life expectancy of the heavenly angel is equal to 100 years. when calculated, the life expectancy of these angels is as long as 3 million years of the human world.

Mālābhāri, an angel, asked her that where has she been since this morning? She told Malabheri that she was born from a heavenly star in the human world. She married a man and gave birth to 4 children and died from the human world back to the heaven.

When all the monks heard the news of the death of Mrs. Patipūjikā, they mourned  for her goodness. As some monk were  ordinary monks, they even shed tears , went to see Lord Buddha and said that Mrs. Patipūjikā, who had been offering food to them in the morning, died on this evening.

Lord Buddha said that Mrs Patipūjikā was born with her husband in the heaven as she desired and he also said as follows:

Life of all animals was too short (compared to the life of animals in the heavenly world). They were not full of their erotic objects and erotic desires and would fall into the power of the death. They were pulled away despite lamenting how he could not escape. But for those who are not obsessed with erotic passion and erotic object would not fall into the power of the death and they could escape from the cycle of rebirth.

After that, the Lord Buddha spoke in the 48th Dhammapada showing of the Law of Karma.

Pubbhāni heva pacinantaṃ

Byāsattamanasaṃ nanaṃ

Atittamyeva kāmesu

Antako kuruse vasaṃ.

The man who gathers flowers (of sensual pleasure), whose mind is distracted, and who is insatiate in desires, the Destroyer brings under his sway.