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Lesson 2.1.14 Yo ca vassasataṃ jive – And One Who Lives a Hundred Years
Six delightful verses from the Dhammapada rouse a person to make best and perfect use of one’s short life. Making best and perfect use means to implement the Buddha’s teaching in all daily activities by rectifying sīla (sīlavantassa), becoming established in wisdom (paññavantassa), putting forth energy (vīriyamārabhato), understanding anicca (passato udayabbayaṃ) and realizing the path and Dhamma (passato dhammamuttamaṃ) by applying the practice of meditation (jhāyino). Based on the historical accounts related in this chapter, the Introduction presents how Bhante Nāgasena could resolve King Milinda’s dilemma with the duration of the Sāsana being five-hundred years versus five-thousand years.