{"id":221598,"date":"2022-10-10T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=221598"},"modified":"2022-10-07T05:10:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T04:10:19","slug":"fallen-on-hard-times-duggata-sutta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/10\/fallen-on-hard-times-duggata-sutta\/","title":{"rendered":"Fallen on Hard Times &#8211;> Duggata Sutta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_162522\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Buddhist_monk_meditation.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162522\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-162522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Buddhist_monk_meditation-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Buddhist_monk_meditation-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Buddhist_monk_meditation-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Buddhist_monk_meditation-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Buddhist_monk_meditation-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Buddhist_monk_meditation.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-162522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At Savatthi. There the Blessed One said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;From an inconstruable beginning comes transmigration. A beginning point is not evident, though beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving are transmigrating and wandering on. When you see someone who has fallen on hard times, overwhelmed with hard times, you should conclude: &#8216;We, too, have experienced just this sort of thing in the course of that long, long time.&#8217;\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Why is that? From an inconstruable beginning comes transmigration. A beginning point is not evident, though beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving are transmigrating and wandering on. Long have you thus experienced stress, experienced pain, experienced loss, swelling the cemeteries &#8212; enough to become disenchanted with all fabricated things, enough to become dispassionate, enough to be released.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_157417\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/buddhism-tibet-culture.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157417\" class=\"wp-image-157417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/buddhism-tibet-culture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/buddhism-tibet-culture.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/buddhism-tibet-culture-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-157417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tibetan Buddhist Culture &#8211; Transcending the civilized-barbarian-savage Classification. PxHere.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>______________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The purpose of this website is to propagate Buddha Dharma to the whole world. As we all know that this is the Dharma-Ending age, Buddhism is getting weaker whereas our worldly desires grow stronger. As said before by Shakyamuni Buddha (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/buddhasutra.com\/files\/scripture_preached_by_the_buddha.htm\" >Scripture Preached by the Buddha on the Total Extinction of the Dharma<\/a>), in this Dharma-Ending age all Buddhist-Sutras will disappear slowly one by one, starting with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/buddhasutra.com\/files\/shurangama_sutra.htm\" >Shurangama Sutra<\/a> and the last one to be <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/buddhasutra.com\/files\/infinite_life_sutra.htm\" >Amitabha Infinite Life Sutra<\/a>. After the first sutra is gone, the world will start to enter a chaotic time where evil deeds will become daily routines. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/buddhasutra.com\/files\/duggata_sutta.htm\" >Go to Original \u2013 buddhasutra.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;From an inconstruable beginning comes transmigration. 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