Let go of the past, let go of the future, let go of the present, and cross over to the farther shore of existence. With mind wholly liberated, you shall come no more to birth and death.
~Dhammapada 348

I haven''t yet mentioned that I've finished translating the #Dhammapada from Påli into Scots.

My excitement is muted to non-existent, since I'm very conscious that this is just the first step in a long process of checking and rechecking to make sure the translation is complete, accurate, and (mostly) consistent.

Nevertheless it's a significant step, so Yay!

I was pleased and surprised to see after a burst of work tonight that my Pāli to Scots translation of the #Dhammapada only has two incomplete chapters left to finish.

In other words, I have only 23 verses left to translate. Sādhu! Braw!

#Scotstober Day 25. The day's wird is daur: "v. to dare; n. boldness, daring."

It's no in the #Dhammapada, but there are vairses on the theme o courage:

320. Sae mony fowk are unvertuous, [but] as an elephant in battle tholes airras shot fae bowes, sae will A thole abuse.

#Scotstober, Day 23. The day's wird is jo: here in the sense, "dear ane." A've yaised it in the saicont o twa linkt vairses fae the #Dhammapada.

219. Whan a body cams hame safe eftir a lang while faur furth, kin, kith, an guid freens rejeyce at his return.

220. Whan a body at daes guid has gaen fae this warld tae the neist, the guid they’ve duin coories them in, like a faimlie walcomes hame their jo.

#Scotstober, Day 15. "Heize": tae lift, raise up.

A've yaised this wird in #Dhammapada vairse 126.

Some are born on earth. Ill-daers in hell. The guid are heized up tae heivin. Thaim athoot taints are fully emancipatit.

Morning #Meditation: The foolish and ignorant indulge in heedlessness, unlike the wise who protect their awareness like a treasure.
#Dhammapada

Morning #Meditation: Often reciting the sacred texts without putting them into practice is like a cowherd who only counts the cows of others.
#Dhammapada

Tipitaka (Sansktrit: Tripitaka), the Buddhist canon, consists of three pitaka (Tri means three and Pitaka refers to boxes), namely Vinaya or Monastic regimen, Sutta (Sanskrit: Sutra) or Discourses and Abhidhamma (Sanskrit: Abhidharma) or Abstract doctrine.https://www.worldhistory.org/Dhammapada/ #Buddhism #BuddhistLiterature #Dhammapada #History

Morning #meditation
Hatred is never overcome by hatred it can only be overcome by non-hatred. This is an eternal law.
The #Dhammapada
https://buddhismnow.com/2023/02/14/morning-meditation-this-is-an-eternal-law/

Morning meditation:
As rain does not break into a well-thatched house, so craving does not break into a well-trained mind.
The Dhammapada

https://buddhismnow.com/2023/01/05/morning-meditation-as-rain-does-not/

Morning meditation — Before Instructing Others.

Be skilled in what is proper before instructing others. Like the wise free from reproach.
The Dhammapada

https://buddhismnow.com/2023/01/04/morning-meditation-before-instructing-others/

[ Dhammapada] As rain does not break into a well-thatched house, so craving does not break into a well-trained mind.

Goodnight everyone, sleep tight.

There is no fire like lust;
there is no grip like hatred;
there is no net like delusion;
there is no river like craving.
~#Dhammapada 251

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Anither twa vairses fae ma ongaein translation o the Buddhist #Dhammapada fae Pāli into Scots.

221. Lea anger ahint ye. Gie up conceit. Escape aw bawns. Ane at disna cleek tae name-an-form* an owns naethin, unease disna befaw him.

222. The ane at restreens upwallin anger like a sweein chairiot, thon A cry a chairioteer. The lave are just haudin the reins.

One of the most popular translations of the #Dhammapada in the #Theravada #Buddhist world is the one by Achariya #Buddha-rakkhita.

https://readingfaithfully.org/dhammapada-translated-by-acharya-buddharakkhita-kindle-epub-pdf-mp3/

Here you will find a free #ebook version (#epub, #Kindle, and PDF) as well as #MP3 recordings. All #Free.

Has anyone read this translation before? Do you have a favorite Dhammapada #translation?

Also curious to hear if anyone started reading #suttas by working with the Dhammapada.

Continuing with translating the #Buddhist #Dhammapada from Pāli into #Scots (#Scotsleid #ScotsLanguage #Lallans).

Here are three verses I translated yesterday (the third in a following comment, due to lack of space).

176. Ane at disna conseeder the neist warld, an transgresses wi juist ane thing — speakin faus — there’s nae ill they winna dae.

177. The meesurly dinna gang tae heiven, an the fuilish dinna praise giein. But the wyce enjoy giein, an sae are happy in the neist warld.

"All conditioned things are impermanent" — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering. This is the path to purification.

"All conditioned things are unsatisfactory" — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering. This is the path to purification.

"All things are not-self" — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering. This is the path to purification.

http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhism/dp20.htm
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