बारहवीं सदी के तीसरे दशक में, सन् 1130 के आसपास कभी उनका जन्म हुआ था, दक्षिण भारत, कर्नाटक के शिवमोगा जिले के एक गाँव उदूतड़ी में। शिव-भक्त माता-पिता के घर में।परम्परा कहती है, वह अनन्य सुन्दरी थीं।मनुष्य सुन्दरता सहन करने के लिए नहीं बने। सुन्दरता उनमें सदा से हिंसा जगाती आई है। तिस पर एक स्त्री की सुन्दरता, भक्त मन वाला उसका आलोक, उसकी आभा, उसकी तन्मयता!सुन्दरी महादेवी को कभी न कभी वेध्य होना ही था।लेकिन उन्हें किसी दूसरे ने नहीं वेधा। यह उपक्रम उन्होंने स्...

This is Volume 2 of Dharma Audiobooks’ ground-breaking overview of Principal Texts of the Khuddaka Nikaya, the fifth section of the Sutta Pitaka in the Theravada Pali Canon. Far less known than the first four (Digha Nikaya, Majjhima Nikaya, Sa?yutta Nikaya, A?guttara Nikaya) perhaps because of its character as an anthology rather than a self-contained work, it nevertheless contains gems which are only too easily overlooked or even underappreciated!As with Volume 1, Volume 2 follows...

The Theragatha is one of the most striking texts in the Pali Canon. It is a collection of 264 poems or verses - some short, some long - by monks who, traditionally, lived at the time of the Buddha, and which expressed their experience of insight, the culmination of their spiritual path.In fact, it is generally recognised now that this collection was added to over the years, so that some of the verses date from a later time. But this does not diminish this collection, as the verses ...