..續本文上一頁rohibited for a bhikkhu to preach Dhamma with a long-drawn intonation. To preach Dhamma or recite Dhamma in an artificial long-drawn way of chanting until it brings about mispronunciation, should not be done."

　　18.See the author”s "Buddhist Texts for Recitation" (Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy; Vesak 1974.

　　19.See Wheels: 14, Everyman”s Ethics; 55, The Five Precepts; 50, Knowledge and Conduct; 104, Early Buddhism and the Taking of Life; 175/176, Ethics in Buddhist Perspective.

　　20.See Wheel 73, The Blessings of Pindapata.

　　21.See the Appendix for the Pali.

　　22.This should not be called "Buddhist Lent"! There is no basis for comparing Christian Lent with Buddhist Rains-residence, as they do not spring from the same religious ideas, nor have the same purpose, nor apply to the same people.

　　23.See Wheel 83-84, With Robes and Bowl.

　　24.Visakha: a very generous woman lay-disciple who, by listening frequently to Dhamma, became a Streamwinner and who was, perhaps, already a noble disciple (ariya) when this discourse was spoken.

　　25.Anga: lit. part, component, practice; here meaning practices composing the Uposatha.

　　26."Here": meaning "in the Buddhasasana," the Buddha”s instructions or religion.

　　27.Lajji: one who has shame (hiri) of doing evil, and fear of doing evil (ottappa), the two qualities which are called "the world guardians."

　　28.Saccasandha: "they join the truth" (Comm.).

　　29.Theta: lit. "firm, established," that is, in the experience of ultimate truth.

　　30.Paccayika: truth that has been seen by perceiving its conditional arising.

　　31.Bhikkhus do not eat after midday until the following dawn.

　　32.High beds means luxurious beds which are soft and well-sprung.

　　33.Large beds means those in which two people can sleep.

　　34.Rajjam: lit., "kingship," but meaning generally great authority.

　　35.The seven treasures: gold, silver, pearls, crystal, turquoise, diamond, coral.

　　36.If calculated in human years, the devas of the Four Great Kings live 9,000,000 years; of the Thirty-three 36,000,000 years; of the Yama 144,000,000 years; of the Tusita 576,000,000 years; of the Nimmanarati 2,304,000,000 years; of the Paranimminitavasavatti devas the life is 9,216,000,000 years. Man can live at most one day in the life of the Thirty-three. It is worth reading the story in the Dhammapada Commentary (trans. "Buddhist Legends," Harvard Oriental Series Vol. 29, reissued by the Pali Text Society, London, 1969), called Husband-honorer, which brings to life this comparative time scale.

　　37.Merit (puñña): good kamma which purifies and cleanses the mind of the doer, such as the practice of the three ways of merit-making: giving, moral conduct (or precepts), and meditation.

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