Posted by: Dhammañāṇa
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Everything all right, Nyom Kong Sokdina ?
Everything all right, Nyom Kong Sokdina ?
Another day, another possibility. We don't know what tomorrow might be. _()_
Ein neuer Tag, wieder eine Möglichkeit. Wir wissen nicht was morgen sein wird. _()_
ថ្ងៃ ថ្មី មួូយ ជា ឳកាស ថ្មី មួយ ទៀត។ យើង មិន អាច ដឹង មុន នូវ អ្វី ដែល នឹង កើតឡើង ថ្ងៃ ស្អែក
"Dhammo have rakkhati dammacāriṁ"
"N'atthi santi param sukham"
Quote from: from An 7.63, quoted from Mangala Sutta Uannana - Ven. K. Gunaratana Thera(draft)Sujata, the sister of Visakha Maha Upasika, married the son of Anata Pindika. She was not only wealthy but was also charming. In the home of Anata Pindika she became disagreeable to almost every member of the family and to the servants as well. She was very quarrelsome and had her own say mostly because of her conceit.
One day Anata Pindika offered food to the Lord Buddha and his Bhikkhus and during the meal, she made a commotion in the household. The Lord Buddha,knowing the nature of the woman enquired about her dispute, which disrupted the peace of the home.
The Lord Buddha then asked her,
“There are seven classes of wives; have you any knowledge to which class you belong?”
She replied that she did not know.
The Lord Buddha said, “A wife not in any way agreeable but finding every chance to quarrel with her husband or members of his family, is a quarrelsome wife.
A wife whose outlook in life is bent on squandering away the fortune of her husband in gambling or drinking, is a thievish wife,
a wife who takes good advantage of the kindness of her husband, adopts a superior outlook in a manner so as to gain control over him in any matter concerning his family or his outside activities, is a domineering wife;
but when a wife looks after her husband’s interest with tender care and devotion like a mother over her child, this kind of wife is a motherly one;
again a wife who by nature is obedient and shy like a sister to a brothers belongs to a sisterly type;
and a wife who shares in like manner the happiness of misfortune of her husband is at once a friendly one;
finally a wife who lives in tolerance of the whims and dislikes of her husband and serves him faithfully throughout, is a servantly type.
(The asked of the Buddha which kind of wife she is, she replayed that from this day on she will be the servantly type.)
In the light of the truth Sujata gained the realization of the fruits of the First Path (Sotapatti).
Continuing the sermon, the Lord Buddha remarked that among the first three classes of wives, their existence after death would be in a hellish state, suffering untold pain in the unconsuming fire or tortment. The remaining four classes of wives would enjoy even in their present lives, the store of happiness and after death, their existence would be in a continued state of bliss in the realm of heaven.
- Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammā-sambuddhassa -
...but when a wife (person) looks after her husband’s (elders, his instructor, teacher, Uppajja...) interest with tender care and devotion like a mother over her child, this kind of wife is a motherly (fatherly) one;
again a wife who by nature is obedient and shy like a sister to a brothers belongs to a sisterly type;
and a wife who shares in like manner the happiness of misfortune of her husband is at once a friendly one;
finally a wife who lives in tolerance of the whims and dislikes of her husband and serves him faithfully throughout, is a servantly type.