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Dhamrma
MustHave!
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PARABHAVA SUTTAThe Buddha’s Discourse on
DOWNFALL
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Dharma
Easily known is the progressive
one, easily known he who declines.
He who loves Dharma
progresses; he who is averse to
it, declines.
The 1st Cause of Downfall
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The 2nd Cause of Downfall
The wicked are dear to him, with the virtuous he
finds no delight, he prefers the creed of the
wicked.
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The 3rd Cause of Downfall
Being fond of sleep, fond of
company, indolent, lazy and irritable
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The 4th Cause of Downfall
Though being well-to-do, not to support father and mother who are old and past their youth
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The 5th Cause of Downfall
To deceive by falsehood a brahmin or
ascetic or any other
mendicant
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The 6th Cause of Downfall
To have much wealth and ample gold and food, but to enjoy
one's luxuries alone
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The 7th Cause of Downfall
To be proud of birth, of wealth or clan, and to despise one's own
kinsmen
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The 8th Cause of Downfall
To be a rake, a drunkard, a gambler, and to squander all one earns
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The 9th Cause of Downfall
Not to be contented with one's own wife, and to be seen with
harlots and the wives of others
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The 10th Cause of Downfall
Being past one's youth, to take a young wife and to be unable to sleep
for jealousy of her
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The 11th Cause of Downfall
To place in authority a woman given to drink and squandering,
or a man of a like behaviour
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The 12th Cause of Downfall
To be of noble birth,
with vast ambition and
of slender means, and to crave for rulership
Must be in
Charge
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The End
Unskillful speech, action and mindwill cause a person to decline.
With Metta,Bro. Oh Teik Bin