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1 Int | marked by long compounded words. In the Dhammapada, approximately
2 Int | not just an attribute of words, but of the person speaking [
3 Int | virtue espoused, his/her words are sweet. This point could
4 Int | three factors as well. The words of a teaching must be spoken
5 Int | must act in line with the words of a teaching if it is to
6 Int | the mental states that the words depict), the best translation
7 Int | freedom I have used in placing words on the page also allows
8 Int | will appreciate this point. Words in the original were chosen
9 Int | you to put the Buddha's words into practice, so that you
10 Int | the savor, not just of the words, but of the Deathless to
11 6 | clear,~ calm,~on hearing words of the Dhamma. ~ ~
12 8 | thousands~of meaningless words is~ one~ meaningful~
13 10 | harshly to no one,~or the words will be thrown~ right
14 17 | one~ who measures his words.~There's no one unfaulted
15 19(256)| interpret the meanings of words used in rules and principles
16 Notes | versions extant. In other words, where the current variants
17 Notes | speaker must choose his/her words with an eye both to how
18 Notes | immediate impact of the words and to memorize them for
19 Notes | Awakening while listening to his words. And, there is a delightful
20 Notes | immediately on hearing his words, whereas others would be
21 Notes | awaken only after taking his words, contemplating them, and
22 Notes | substituting equivalent words. The Mahavagga (V.13.9)
23 Notes | fabricated reports of his words, he warned that anyone who
24 Notes | warned that anyone who put words in his mouth was slandering
25 Notes | take careful note of his words and make them stand against
26 Notes | or inspired it by his/her words or actions, the question
27 Notes | Blessed One." ~In other words, Ven. Purana maintained --
28 Notes | exactly to the Buddha's words, or to any one text that
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