Mettavalokanaya_Buddhist_Magazine_May_2018

Victory….
During the sacrificial ceremony, as
Khandahala was getting ready to cut off
Candakumara’s head, Queen Candadevi
entreated the Celestial Beings to help
her son. This caused King Sakka of the
Tavatimsa Realm to appear in midair
holding a fiery iron hammer in one
hand and a diamond dagger in another.
He commanded the king to let all the
people and animals go and the king did
as commanded. Later, Khandahala was
beaten to death by the people. King
Ekaraja was banished from the kingdom
and Prince Candakumara was asked to
ascend the throne.
“What is
well-spoken
is best; that
one should
say what is
right, not
unrighteous;
what’s
pleasing, not
displeasing;
what is true,
not false”….
- The Buddha
08 th Jataka
Story....
Narada and
the Pursuit of
Equanimity
Perfection….
In this existence, our Bodhisatta
was reborn in the Brahma Realm
as the Brahma Being, Narada, who
pursued Equanimity Perfection to
the greatest extent. The pursuit of
Equanimity Perfection requires that one
remain imperturbable whatever the
circumstances. One is not perturbed
by happiness, unhappiness, gladness,
sadness, etc. One is as calm as the ground
which does not react to anything, clean
or dirty, that is being dumped on it.
“The root of
suffering is
attachment”….
- The Buddha
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