THE STORY OF PATACARA THERI (Arising & Passing Away) - Dhammapada Verses 113, 288-289

<p>Welcome back to the <strong>Sutta Meditation Series Podcast</strong>.</p> <p>In today's session, we look at <strong>Dhammapada Verses 113, 288-289 and the STORY OF PATACARA THERI, who suffered a great tragedy and through meeting the Buddha, was able to come out of the sorrow, grief and despair and realise stream entry, then after ordaining and practising as a bhikkhuni, she realised final liberation. &nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>She was declared by the Buddha as the foremost nun disciple in memorizing the monastic discipline (vinayadharānaṁ) i.e. an expert in the Vinaya – Pañcamavagga (AN 1.238). <strong>She is certainly one of our role models on the Noble Eightfold Path. &nbsp;</strong></p> <p>What's very interesting is t<strong>he teaching the Buddha specifically gave to her, which was to contemplate the arising and passing away of the five aggregates. This coincides with our recent study of the Samādhi-bhāvanā Sutta (SN 22.5).&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>The Buddha's words:&nbsp;</p> <p><em><strong>“Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve,<br> apassaṁ udayabbayaṁ;<br> Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo,<br> passato udayabbayaṁ.” &nbsp;</strong></em></p> <p><em>“Better than living one hundred years<br> without seeing arising and dissipation,<br> is living one day,<br> seeing arising and dissipation.” </em>– (Dhp 113) &nbsp;</p> <p>Other suttas that are mentioned directly or indirectly in this talk:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>– Paṭācārātherīgāthā (Thig 5.1)&nbsp;</li> <li>– Candātherīgāthā (This 5.12)&nbsp;</li> <li>– Pañcasatamattātherīgāthā (Thig 6.1)&nbsp;</li> <li>– Uttarātherīgāthā&nbsp;</li> <li>– Pañcamavagga (AN 1.238)&nbsp;</li> <li>– Paṭācārātheriapadāna (Thi Ap 20)</li> </ul> <p>To read the full chapter (Sahassa Vagga) of the Dhammapada - https://suttacentral.net/dhp90-99/en/feldmeierOR the &nbsp;full chapter (Magga Vagga) of the Dhammapada - https://suttacentral.net/dhp273-289/en/feldmeier&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The video of this talk has been published to the Sutta Meditation YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLWx1jZwkA