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Dhamma 173 Dhamma
Pitaka). Thus bhikkhu suttantika vinaya-dhara
dhamma kathika, '*
i. e. the bhikkhus who know the
Suttantas, remember the Vinaya & preach the Word of
the Buddha" Vin 11.75 (ail. 169), cp. iv.67. Dhamma
& Vinaya comW : yo 'har) evag sv4kkhate Dh-vinaye
pabbajito S 1.119; bhikkhu na evarupii) kathai) katta
hoti : na tvag imai) Dh-v°r) ajanasi. ahar) imag Dh-v°r)
ajanami etc. S in. 12 ; imar) Dh-v°i) na sakkomi vittharena
acikkhitur) S 1.9 ; samara . . . imasmig Dh-v°e
g&dhanti S 111.59. — Thus in var. cpds. (see below), as
Dh-dhara (+V-dh.) one who knows both by heart;
Dh-vadin (+ V-v.) one who can recite both, etc. — See
e. g. the foil, passages : Vin 11.285 (dh. ca v. ca pari-
i-8, 176, 229; 11.124 (ayag
D yattay, 304; 111.19, 9° ;
Dh. ayai) V. idag Satthu-sasanag) ; 111.9, 12, 28,
S 1.9. 119, 157; 11.21, 50, (dh-vinaye assasa) ; A
1 18 sq. ;
111.297
(id.); S II. 120; III. 91 ; iv.43 sq., 260; A 1.34, 121, 185,
266; il.2, 26, 117, 168; III. 8, 168 sq. ; IV.36, 200 sq. ;
V.144, 163, 192; It 112; Sn p. 102; Ud 50.- -
2. Dhamma, Buddha, Sungha. On the principle expl''
in Note on B i a rests the separation of the personality
of the teacher from that which he taught (the " Doc-
trine," the " Word," the Wisdom or Truth, cp.
Dhamma-kiyo Tathagatassa adhivacanarj D 111.84).
A person becoming a follower of the B. would conform
to his teaching (Dh.) & to the community (" Church " ;
Sangha) by whom his teaching was handed down. The
formula of Initiation or membership is therefore three-
fold, viz. Buddhar) saraijag upemi (gacchSrai), Dh "t)
. . ., Sanghaij . . . i. e. I put myseliE into the shelter
of the B., the Dh. & the S. (see further ref. under
Sangha) S 1.34 (Buddhe pasanna Dhamme ca Sanghe
tibbagarava : ete sagge pakasenti yattha te upapajjare,
i. e. those who adore the B. & his Church will shine
in Heaven); D 11.152 sq., 202 sq., 352; S iv.270 sq.
(°sarapagamana) ; DhA 1.206 ; PvA i (vande tar)
uttamar) Dh "g, B °i), S °i)). Cp. Satthari, Dhamme,
Sanghe kanlihati, as 3 of the ceto-khila A iii.248ai.
—3. Character of the Dhamma in var. attributes, general
phraseology. — The praise of the Dh. is expressed in
many phrases, of which only a few of the more frequent
can be mentioned bere. Among the most famous is
that of " dhammai) deseti adi-kalyanat) majjhe-k°,
pariyosana-k°. etc. " beautiful in the beginning, beau-
tiful in the middle & beautiful in the end," e. g. D 1.62 ;
S 1. 105; IV. 315; A 11.147, 208; 111.113 sq., 135, 262;
D 111.96, 267 ; Nd' 316 ; It 79 ; VvA 87. It is welcome
as a friend, beautifully told, & its blessings are immediate
: sv' okkhdta, sandit^ika, akalika, ehipassika
etc. D 11.93 ; "i-S. 39. 45. '02 : S 1.9. 117; 11.199 : iv.271 ;
A III. 285 etc. It is maha-dh. S iv.128 ; ariya" S i.jo ;
A v. 241, 274 ; Sn 783 ; samma° S 1.129. It is likened
to a splendid palace on a mountain-top Vin 1.5 = It 33.
or to a quiet lake with sila as its banks S 1.169 = 183 ;
and it is above age & decay : satafl ca dharamo na jaram
upeti S 1.71. Whoever worships the Dh. finds in this
diyo loke sako putto
worship the highest gratification :
piyo loke sako pati, tato piyatara . . . dhammassa
maggana
upetl . .
S 1.2 lo ; ye keci ariyadhamme khantiya
. devakayat) paripuressanti S 1.30. Dh "r)
garukaroti D in. 84.
Opp. Dhamme agarava A 111.247,
340 ; IV. : 84 the slanderers of the Dh. receive the worst
punishment after death S 1.30 (upenti Koruvai) ghorag).
— Var. phrases : to find the truth (i. e. to realize intuitively
the Dh.) = dh°o anubodhati D 11. 1 13 ; S 1.137, c
vindati D i.iio, 148. To expound the Dh., teach the
truth, talk about problems of ethics & philosophy
dh°g deseti Vin iv.i34 ; S 1.210 etc. ; katheti PvA 41 ;
bhisati Vin i.ioi ; bhaiiati Vin 1.1O9 pakaseti ; S 11.28 ;
IV.I2I. To hear the Dh., to listen to such an exposition:
dh°gsuoatiS 1.114. 137, 196. 210 ; A 1.36; 111.163 ;
DhA 111.81, 113. To attain full knowledge of it : dh °g
pariyapuijati A 11. 103, 185 ; 111.86, cp. 177 & "pariyatti.
To remember the Dh. : dhareti A 111.176 (for details of
the 5 stages of the Dh.-accomplishment) ; to ponder
over the Dh., to study it: dh °g vicinati S 1.34=55. 214 ;
A IV. 3 sq. To enter a relation of discipleship with the
Dh. : dh °g sarai.iag gacchati (see above 2) Pv iv.3