Dhammapada Part I: Recent Episodes
Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu
A series on the Dhammapada, a set of 423 verse teachings given by the Buddha, including explanation of the Pali verse, a synopsis of the background story and application of the teaching to our practice by Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu. This Dhammapada Part I podcast includes Chapters 1-17 (Verses 1-234). Please subscribe to Dhammapada Part II for the verses in the rest of the chapters. New episodes are published each week in the Dhammapada Part II podcast. Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu is a Canadian-born Theravada Buddhist monk, ordained in 2001 under the guidance of Venerable Ajaan Tong Sirimangalo. He has taught meditation courses in the Mahasi Sayadaw tradition since 2003 and gives online teachings via YouTube, as well as Dhamma talks to both intensive meditators and by invitation to the general public.
Verse 231
Let a man guard himself against irritability in bodily action; let him be controlled in deed. Abandoning bodily misconduct, let him practice good conduct in deed.
Verse 232
Let a man guard himself against irritability in speech; let him be controlled in speech. Abandoning verbal misconduct, let him practice good conduct in speech.
Verse 233
Let a man guard himself against irritability in thought; let him be controlled in mind. Abandoning mental misconduct, let him practice good conduct in thought.
Verse 234
The wise are controlled in bodily action, controlled in speech and controlled in thought. They are truly well-controlled.
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp221-234/en/buddharakkhita#231
Verse 227
O Atula! Indeed, this is an ancient practice, not one only of today: they blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed.
Verse 228
There never was, there never will be, nor is there now, a person who is wholly blamed or wholly praised.
Verse 229
But the man whom the wise praise, after observing him day after day, is one of flawless character, wise, and endowed with knowledge and virtue.
Verse 230
Who can blame such a one, as worthy as a coin of refined gold? Even the gods praise him; by Brahma, too, is he praised.
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp221-234/en/buddharakkhita#227
Verse 226
Those who are ever vigilant, who discipline themselves day and night, and are ever intent upon Nibbana—their defilements fade away.
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp221-234/en/buddharakkhita#226
Verse 225
Those sages who are inoffensive and ever restrained in body, go to the Deathless State, where, having gone, they grieve no more.
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp221-234/en/buddharakkhita#225
Verse 224
Speak the truth; yield not to anger; when asked, give even if you only have a little. By these three means can one reach the presence of the gods.
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp221-234/en/buddharakkhita#224
Verse 223
Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth.
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp221-234/en/buddharakkhita#223
Verse 222
He who checks rising anger as a charioteer checks a rolling chariot, him I call a true charioteer. Others only hold the reins.
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp221-234/en/buddharakkhita#222
Verse 221
One should give up anger, renounce pride, and overcome all fetters. Suffering never befalls him who clings not to mind and body and is detached.
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp221-234/en/buddharakkhita#221
Verse 219
When, after a long absence, a man safely returns from afar, his relatives, friends and well-wishers welcome him home on arrival.
Verse 220
As kinsmen welcome a dear one on arrival, even so his own good deeds will welcome the doer of good who has gone from this world to the next.
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp209-220/en/buddharakkhita#219
Verse 218
One who is intent upon the Ineffable (Nibbana), dwells with mind inspired (by supramundane wisdom), and is no more bound by sense pleasures—such a man is called “One Bound Upstream.”
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp209-220/en/buddharakkhita#218
Verse 217
People hold dear him who embodies virtue and insight, who is principled, has realized the truth, and who himself does what he ought to be doing.
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp209-220/en/buddharakkhita#217
Verse 216
From craving springs grief, from craving springs fear. For one who is wholly free from craving there is no grief; whence then fear?
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp209-220/en/buddharakkhita#216
Verse 215
From lust springs grief, from lust springs fear. For one who is wholly free from craving there is no grief; whence then fear?
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Verse 214
From attachment springs grief, from attachment springs fear. For one who is wholly free from attachment there is no grief, whence then fear?
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp209-220/en/buddharakkhita#214
Verse 213
From affection springs grief, from affection springs fear. For one who is wholly free from affection there is no grief, whence then fear?
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp209-220/en/buddharakkhita#213
Verse 212
From endearment springs grief, from endearment springs fear. For one who is wholly free from endearment there is no grief, whence then fear?
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Verse 209
Giving himself to things to be shunned and not exerting where exertion is needed, a seeker after pleasures, having given up his true welfare, envies those intent upon theirs.
Verse 210
Seek no intimacy with the beloved and also not with the unloved, for not to see the beloved and to see the unloved, both are painful.
Verse 211
Therefore hold nothing dear, for separation from the dear is painful. There are no bonds for those who have nothing beloved or unloved.
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp209-220/en/buddharakkhita#209
Verse 206
Good is it to see the Noble Ones; to live with them is ever blissful. One will always be happy by not encountering fools.
Verse 207
Indeed, he who moves in the company of fools grieves for longing. Association with fools is ever painful, like partnership with an enemy. But association with the wise is happy, like meeting one’s own kinsmen.
Verse 208
Therefore, follow the Noble One, who is steadfast, wise, learned, dutiful and devout. One should follow only such a man, who is truly good and discerning, even as the moon follows the path of the stars.
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp197-208/en/buddharakkhita#206
Verse 205
Having savored the taste of solitude and peace (of Nibbana), pain-free and stainless he becomes, drinking deep the taste of the bliss of the Truth.
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Verse 204
Health is the most precious gain and contentment the greatest wealth. A trustworthy person is the best kinsman, Nibbana the highest bliss.
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Verse 203
Hunger is the worst disease, conditioned things the worst suffering. Knowing this as it really is, the wise realize Nibbana, the highest bliss.
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Verse 202
There is no fire like lust and no crime like hatred. There is no ill like the aggregates (of existence) and no bliss higher than the peace (of Nibbana).
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Verse 201
Victory begets enmity; the defeated dwell in pain. Happily the peaceful live, discarding both victory and defeat.
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Verse 200
Happy indeed we live, we who possess nothing. Feeders on joy we shall be, like the Radiant Gods.
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Verse 197
Happy indeed we live, friendly amidst the hostile. Amidst hostile men we dwell free from hatred.
Verse 198
Happy indeed we live, friendly amidst the afflicted (by craving). Amidst afflicted men we dwell free from affliction.
Verse 199
Happy indeed we live, free from avarice amidst the avaricious. Amidst the avaricious men we dwell free from avarice.
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp197-208/en/buddharakkhita#197
Verse 195
He who reveres those worthy of reverence, the Buddhas and their disciples, who have transcended all obstacles and passed beyond the reach of sorrow and lamentation—he who reveres such peaceful and fearless ones, his merit none can compute by any measure.
Verse 196
He who reveres those worthy of reverence, the Buddhas and their disciples, who have transcended all obstacles and passed beyond the reach of sorrow and lamentation—he who reveres such peaceful and fearless ones, his merit none can compute by any measure.
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp179-196/en/buddharakkhita#195
Verse 194
Blessed is the birth of the Buddhas; blessed is the enunciation of the sacred Teaching; blessed is the harmony in the Order, and blessed is the spiritual pursuit of the united truth-seeker.
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Verse 193
Hard to find is the thoroughbred man (the Buddha); he is not born everywhere. Where such a wise man is born, that clan thrives happily.
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Verse 188
Driven only by fear, do men go for refuge to many places—to hills, woods, groves, trees and shrines.
Verse 189
Such, indeed, is no safe refuge; such is not the refuge supreme. Not by resorting to such a refuge is one released from all suffering.
Verse 190
He who has gone for refuge to the Buddha, the Teaching and his Order, penetrates with transcendental wisdom the Four Noble Truths—suffering, the cause of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the Noble Eightfold Path leading to the cessation of suffering.
Verse 191
He who has gone for refuge to the Buddha, the Teaching and his Order, penetrates with transcendental wisdom the Four Noble Truths—suffering, the cause of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the Noble Eightfold Path leading to the cessation of suffering.
Verse 192
This indeed is the safe refuge, this the refuge supreme. Having gone to such a refuge, one is released from all suffering.
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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp179-196/en/buddharakkhita#188
Verse 186
There is no satisfying sensual desires, even with the rain of gold coins. For sensual pleasures give little satisfaction and much pain. Having understood this, the wise man finds no delight even in heavenly pleasures. The disciple of the Supreme Buddha delights in the destruction of craving.
Verse 187
There is no satisfying sensual desires, even with the rain of gold coins. For sensual pleasures give little satisfaction and much pain. Having understood this, the wise man finds no delight even in heavenly pleasures. The disciple of the Supreme Buddha delights in the destruction of craving.
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Verse 183
To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one’s mind—this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
Verse 184
Enduring patience is the highest austerity. “Nibbana is supreme,” say the Buddhas. He is not a true monk who harms another, nor a true renunciate who oppresses others.
Verse 185
Not despising, not harming, restraint according to the code of monastic discipline, moderation in food, dwelling in solitude, devotion to meditation—this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
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Verse 182
Hard is it to be born a man; hard is the life of mortals. Hard is it to gain the opportunity of hearing the Sublime Truth, and hard to encounter is the arising of the Buddhas.
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Verse 181
Those wise ones who are devoted to meditation and who delight in the calm of renunciation—such mindful ones, Supreme Buddhas, even the gods hold dear.
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Verse 179
By what track can you trace that trackless Buddha of limitless range, whose victory nothing can undo, whom none of the vanquished defilements can ever pursue?
Verse 180
By what track can you trace that trackless Buddha of limitless range, in whom exists no longer, the entangling and embroiling craving that perpetuates becoming?
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Verse 178
Better than sole sovereignty over the earth, better than going to heaven, better even than lordship over all the worlds is the supramundane Fruition of Stream Entrance.
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Verse 177
Truly, misers fare not to heavenly realms; nor, indeed, do fools praise generosity. But the wise man rejoices in giving, and by that alone does he become happy hereafter.
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Verse 176
For a liar who has violated the one law (of truthfulness) who holds in scorn the hereafter, there is no evil that he cannot do.
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Verse 175
Swans fly on the path of the sun; men pass through the air by psychic powers; the wise are led away from the world after vanquishing Mara and his host.
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Verse 174
Blind is the world; here only a few possess insight. Only a few, like birds escaping from the net, go to realms of bliss.
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Verse 173
He, who by good deeds covers the evil he has done, illuminates this world like the moon freed from clouds.
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Verse 172
He who having been heedless is heedless no more, illuminates this world like the moon freed from clouds.
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Verse 171
Come! Behold this world, which is like a decorated royal chariot. Here fools flounder, but the wise have no attachment to it.
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Verse 170
One who looks upon the world as a bubble and a mirage, him the King of Death sees not.
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Verse 168
Arise! Do not be heedless! Lead a righteous life. The righteous live happily both in this world and the next.
Verse 169
Lead a righteous life; lead not a base life. The righteous live happily both in this world and the next.
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Verse 167
Follow not the vulgar way; live not in heedlessness; hold not false views; linger not long in worldly existence.
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Verse 166
Let one not neglect one’s own welfare for the sake of another, however great. Clearly understanding one’s own welfare, let one be intent upon the good.
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Verse 165
By oneself is evil done; by oneself is one defiled. By oneself is evil left undone; by oneself is one made pure. Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.
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Verse 164
Whoever, on account of perverted views, scorns the Teaching of the Perfected Ones, the Noble and Righteous Ones—that fool, like the bamboo, produces fruits only for self destruction.
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Verse 163
Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial.
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Verse 162
Just as a single creeper strangles the tree on which it grows, even so, a man who is exceedingly depraved harms himself as only an enemy might wish.
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Verse 161
The evil a witless man does by himself, born of himself and produced by himself, grinds him as a diamond grinds a hard gem.
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Verse 160
One truly is the protector of oneself; who else could the protector be? With oneself fully controlled, one gains a mastery that is hard to gain.
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Verse 159
One should do what one teaches others to do; if one would train others, one should be well controlled oneself. Difficult, indeed, is self-control.
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Verse 158
One should first establish oneself in what is proper; then only should one instruct others. Thus the wise man will not be reproached.
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Verse 157
If one holds oneself dear, one should diligently watch oneself. Let the wise man keep vigil during any of the three watches of the night.
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Verse 155
Those who in youth have not led the holy life, or have failed to acquire wealth, languish like old cranes in the pond without fish.
Verse 156
Those who in youth have not lead the holy life, or have failed to acquire wealth, lie sighing over the past, like worn out arrows (shot from) a bow.
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Verse 153
Through many a birth in samsara have I wandered in vain, seeking the builder of this house (of life). Repeated birth is indeed suffering!
Verse 154
O house-builder, you are seen! You will not build this house again. For your rafters are broken and your ridgepole shattered. My mind has reached the Unconditioned; I have attained the destruction of craving.
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Verse 152
The man of little learning grows old like a bull. He grows only in bulk, but, his wisdom does not grow.
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Verse 151
Even gorgeous royal chariots wear out, and indeed this body too wears out. But the Dhamma of the Good does not age; thus the Good make it known to the good.
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Verse 150
This city (body) is built of bones, plastered with flesh and blood; within are decay and death, pride and jealousy.
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Verse 149
These dove-colored bones are like gourds that lie scattered about in autumn. Having seen them, how can one seek delight?
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Verse 148
Fully worn out is this body, a nest of disease, and fragile. This foul mass breaks up, for death is the end of life.
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Verse 147
Behold this body—a painted image, a mass of heaped up sores, infirm, full of hankering—of which nothing is lasting or stable!
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Verse 146
When this world is ever ablaze, why this laughter, why this jubilation? Shrouded in darkness, will you not see the light?
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Verse 145
Irrigators regulate the waters, fletchers straighten arrow shafts, carpenters shape wood, and the good control themselves.
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Verse 143
Only rarely is there a man in this world who, restrained by modesty, avoids reproach, as a thoroughbred horse avoids the whip.
Verse 144
Like a thoroughbred horse touched by the whip, be strenuous, be filled with spiritual yearning. By faith and moral purity, by effort and meditation, by investigation of the truth, by being rich in knowledge and virtue, and by being mindful, destroy this unlimited suffering.
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Verse 142
Even though he be well-attired, yet if he is poised, calm, controlled and established in the holy life, having set aside violence towards all beings—he, truly, is a holy man, a renunciate, a monk.
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Verse 141
Neither going about naked, nor matted locks, nor filth, nor fasting, nor lying on the ground, nor smearing oneself with ashes and dust, nor sitting on the heels (in penance) can purify a mortal who has not overcome doubt.
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Verse 137
He who inflicts violence on those who are unarmed, and offends those who are inoffensive, will soon come upon one of these ten states:
Verse 138
Sharp pain, or disaster, bodily injury, serious illness, or derangement of mind, trouble from the government, or grave charges, loss of relatives, or loss of wealth, or houses destroyed by ravaging fire; upon dissolution of the body that ignorant man is born in hell.
Verse 139
Sharp pain, or disaster, bodily injury, serious illness, or derangement of mind, trouble from the government, or grave charges, loss of relatives, or loss of wealth, or houses destroyed by ravaging fire; upon dissolution of the body that ignorant man is born in hell.
Verse 140
Sharp pain, or disaster, bodily injury, serious illness, or derangement of mind, trouble from the government, or grave charges, loss of relatives, or loss of wealth, or houses destroyed by ravaging fire; upon dissolution of the body that ignorant man is born in hell.
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Verse 136
When the fool commits evil deeds, he does not realize (their evil nature). The witless man is tormented by his own deeds, like one burnt by fire.
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Verse 135
Just as a cowherd drives the cattle to pasture with a staff, so do old age and death drive the life force of beings (from existence to existence).
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Verse 133
Speak not harshly to anyone, for those thus spoken to might retort. Indeed, angry speech hurts, and retaliation may overtake you.
Verse 134
If, like a broken gong, you silence yourself, you have approached Nibbana, for vindictiveness is no longer in you.
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Verse 131
One who, while himself seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other beings who also desire happiness, will not attain happiness hereafter.
Verse 132
One who, while himself seeking happiness, does not oppress with violence other beings who also desire happiness, will find happiness hereafter.
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Verse 130
All tremble at violence; life is dear to all. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.
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Verse 129
All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.
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Verse 128
Neither in the sky nor in mid-ocean, nor by entering into mountain clefts, nowhere in the world is there a place where one will not be overcome by death.
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Verse 127
Neither in the sky nor in mid-ocean, nor by entering into mountain clefts, nowhere in the world is there a place where one may escape from the results of evil deeds.
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Verse 126
Some are born in the womb; the wicked are born in hell; the devout go to heaven; the stainless pass into Nibbana.
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Verse 125
Like fine dust thrown against the wind, evil falls back upon that fool who offends an inoffensive, pure and guiltless man.
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Verse 124
If on the hand there is no wound, one may carry even poison in it. Poison does not affect one who is free from wounds. For him who does no evil, there is no ill.
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Verse 123
Just as a trader with a small escort and great wealth would avoid a perilous route, or just as one desiring to live avoids poison, even so should one shun evil.
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Verse 122
Think not lightly of good, saying, “It will not come to me.” Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.
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Verse 121
Think not lightly of evil, saying, “It will not come to me.” Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the fool, gathering it little by little, fills himself with evil.
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Verse 119
It may be well with the evil-doer as long as the evil ripens not. But when it does ripen, then the evil-doer sees (the painful results of) his evil deeds.
Verse 120
It may be ill with the doer of good as long as the good ripens not. But when it does ripen, then the doer of good sees (the pleasant results of) his good deeds.
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Verse 118
Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.
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Verse 117
Should a person commit evil, let him not do it again and again. Let him not find pleasure therein, for painful is the accumulation of evil.
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Verse 116
Hasten to do good; restrain your mind from evil. He who is slow in doing good, his mind delights in evil.
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Verse 115
Better it is to live one day seeing the Supreme Truth than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the Supreme Truth.
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Verse 114
Better it is to live one day seeing the Deathless than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the Deathless.
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Verse 113
Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.
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Verse 112
Better it is to live one day strenuous and resolute than to live a hundred years sluggish and dissipated.
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Verse 111
Better it is to live one day wise and meditative than to live a hundred years foolish and uncontrolled.
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Verse 110
Better it is to live one day virtuous and meditative than to live a hundred years immoral and uncontrolled.
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Verse 109
To one ever eager to revere and serve the elders, these four blessing accrue: long life and beauty, happiness and power.
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Verse 108
Whatever gifts and oblations one seeking merit might offer in this world for a whole year, all that is not worth one fourth of the merit gained by revering the Upright Ones, which is truly excellent.
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Verse 107
Though for a hundred years one should tend the sacrificial fire in the forest, yet if only for a moment one should worship those of perfected minds, that worship is indeed better than a century of sacrifice.
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Verse 106
Though month after month for a hundred years one should offer sacrifices by the thousands, yet if only for a moment one should worship those of perfected minds that honor is indeed better than a century of sacrifice.
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Verse 104
Self-conquest is far better than the conquest of others. Not even a god, an angel, Mara or Brahma can turn into defeat the victory of a person who is self-subdued and ever restrained in conduct.
Verse 105
Self-conquest is far better than the conquest of others. Not even a god, an angel, Mara or Brahma can turn into defeat the victory of a person who is self-subdued and ever restrained in conduct.
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Verse 102
Better than reciting a hundred meaningless verses is the reciting of one verse of Dhamma, hearing which one attains peace.
Verse 103
Though one may conquer a thousand times a thousand men in battle, yet he indeed is the noblest victor who conquers himself.
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Verse 101
Better than a thousand useless verses is one useful verse, hearing which one attains peace.
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Verse 100
Better than a thousand useless words is one useful word, hearing which one attains peace.
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Verse 99
Inspiring are the forests in which worldlings find no pleasure. There the passionless will rejoice, for they seek no sensual pleasures.
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Verse 98
Inspiring, indeed, is that place where Arahants dwell, be it a village, a forest, a vale, or a hill.
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Verse 97
The man who is without blind faith, who knows the Uncreated, who has severed all links, destroyed all causes (for karma, good and evil), and thrown out all desires—he, truly, is the most excellent of men.
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Verse 96
Calm is his thought, calm his speech, and calm his deed, who, truly knowing, is wholly freed, perfectly tranquil and wise.
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Verse 95
There is no more worldly existence for the wise one who, like the earth, resents nothing, who is firm as a high pillar and as pure as a deep pool free from mud.
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Verse 94
Even the gods hold dear the wise one, whose senses are subdued like horses well trained by a charioteer, whose pride is destroyed and who is free from the cankers.
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Verse 93
He whose cankers are destroyed and who is not attached to food, whose object is the Void, the Unconditioned Freedom—his path cannot be traced, like that of birds in the air.
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Verse 92
Those who do not accumulate and are wise regarding food, whose object is the Void, the Unconditioned Freedom—their track cannot be traced, like that of birds in the air.
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Verse 91
The mindful ones exert themselves. They are not attached to any home; like swans that abandon the lake, they leave home after home behind.
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Verse 90
The fever of passion exists not for him who has completed the journey, who is sorrowless and wholly set free, and has broken all ties.
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Verse 87
Abandoning the dark way, let the wise man cultivate the bright path. Having gone from home to homelessness, let him yearn for that delight in detachment, so difficult to enjoy. Giving up sensual pleasures, with no attachment, let the wise man cleanse himself of defilements of the mind.
Verse 88
Abandoning the dark way, let the wise man cultivate the bright path. Having gone from home to homelessness, let him yearn for that delight in detachment, so difficult to enjoy. Giving up sensual pleasures, with no attachment, let the wise man cleanse himself of defilements of the mind.
Verse 89
Those whose minds have reached full excellence in the factors of enlightenment, who, having renounced acquisitiveness, rejoice in not clinging to things—rid of cankers, glowing with wisdom, they have attained Nibbana in this very life.
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Verse 85
Few among men are those who cross to the farther shore. The rest, the bulk of men, only run up and down the hither bank.
Verse 86
But those who act according to the perfectly taught Dhamma will cross the realm of Death, so difficult to cross.
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Verse 84
He is indeed virtuous, wise, and righteous who neither for his own sake nor for the sake of another (does any wrong), who does not crave for sons, wealth, or kingdom, and does not desire success by unjust means.
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Verse 83
The good renounce (attachment for) everything. The virtuous do not prattle with a yearning for pleasures. The wise show no elation or depression when touched by happiness or sorrow.
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Verse 82
On hearing the Teachings, the wise become perfectly purified, like a lake deep, clear and still.
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Verse 81
Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.
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Verse 80
Irrigators regulate the rivers; fletchers straighten the arrow shaft; carpenters shape the wood; the wise control themselves.
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Verse 79
He who drinks deep the Dhamma lives happily with a tranquil mind. The wise man ever delights in the Dhamma made known by the Noble One (the Buddha).
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Verse 78
Do not associate with evil companions; do not seek the fellowship of the vile. Associate with the good friends; seek the fellowship of noble men.
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Verse 77
Let him admonish, instruct and shield one from wrong; he, indeed, is dear to the good and detestable to the evil.
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Verse 76
Should one find a man who points out faults and who reproves, let him follow such a wise and sagacious person as one would a guide to hidden treasure. It is always better, and never worse, to cultivate such an association.
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Verse 75
One is the quest for worldly gain, and quite another is the path to Nibbana. Clearly understanding this, let not the monk, the disciple of the Buddha, be carried away by worldly acclaim, but develop detachment instead.
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Verse 73
The fool seeks undeserved reputation, precedence among monks, authority over monasteries, and honor among householders.
Verse 74
“Let both laymen and monks think that it was done by me. In every work, great and small, let them follow me”—such is the ambition of the fool; thus his desire and pride increase.
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Verse 72
To his own ruin the fool gains knowledge, for it cleaves his head and destroys his innate goodness.
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Verse 71
Truly, an evil deed committed does not immediately bear fruit, like milk that does not turn sour all at once. But smoldering, it follows the fool like fire covered by ashes.
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Verse 70
Month after month a fool may eat his food with the tip of a blade of grass, but he still is not worth a sixteenth part of the those who have comprehended the Truth.
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Verse 69
So long as an evil deed has not ripened, the fool thinks it as sweet as honey. But when the evil deed ripens, the fool comes to grief.
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Verse 68
Well done is that action of doing which one repents not later, and the fruit of which one reaps with delight and happiness.
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Verse 67
Ill done is that action of doing which one repents later, and the fruit of which one, weeping, reaps with tears.
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Verse 66
Fools of little wit are enemies unto themselves as they move about doing evil deeds, the fruits of which are bitter.
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Verse 65
Though only for a moment a discerning person associates with a wise man, quickly he comprehends the Truth, just as the tongue tastes the flavor of the soup.
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Verse 64
Though all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he no more comprehends the Truth than a spoon tastes the flavor of the soup.
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Verse 63
A fool who knows his foolishness is wise at least to that extent, but a fool who thinks himself wise is a fool indeed.
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Verse 62
The fool worries, thinking, “I have sons, I have wealth.” Indeed, when he himself is not his own, whence are sons, whence is wealth?
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Verse 61
Should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let him resolutely pursue a solitary course; there is no fellowship with the fool.
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Verse 60
Long is the night to the sleepless; long is the league to the weary. Long is worldly existence to fools who know not the Sublime Truth.
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Verse 58
Upon a heap of rubbish in the road-side ditch blooms a lotus, fragrant and pleasing.
Verse 59
Even so, on the rubbish heap of blinded mortals the disciple of the Supremely Enlightened One shines resplendent in wisdom.
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Verse 57
Mara never finds the path of the truly virtuous, who abide in heedfulness and are freed by perfect knowledge.
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Verse 56
Faint is the fragrance of tagara and sandal, but excellent is the fragrance of the virtuous, wafting even amongst the gods.
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Verse 54
Not the sweet smell of flowers, not even the fragrance of sandal, tagara, or jasmine blows against the wind. But the fragrance of the virtuous blows against the wind. Truly the virtuous man pervades all directions with the fragrance of his virtue.
Verse 55
Of all the fragrances—sandal, tagara, blue lotus and jasmine—the fragrance of virtue is the sweetest.
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Verse 53
As from a great heap of flowers many garlands can be made, even so should many good deeds be done by one born a mortal.
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Verse 51
Like a beautiful flower full of color but without fragrance, even so, fruitless are the fair words of one who does not practice them.
Verse 52
Like a beautiful flower full of color and also fragrant, even so, fruitful are the fair words of one who practices them.
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Verse 50
Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone.
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Verse 49
As a bee gathers honey from the flower without injuring its color or fragrance, even so the sage goes on his alms-round in the village.
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Verse 48
The Destroyer brings under his sway the person of distracted mind who, insatiate in sense desires, only plucks the flowers (of pleasure).
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Verse 47
As a mighty flood sweeps away the sleeping village, so death carries away the person of distracted mind who only plucks the flowers (of pleasure).
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Verse 46
Realizing that this body is like froth, penetrating its mirage-like nature, and plucking out Mara’s flower-tipped arrows of sensuality, go beyond sight of the King of Death!
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Verse 44
Who shall overcome this earth, this realm of Yama and this sphere of men and gods? Who shall bring to perfection the well-taught path of wisdom as an expert garland-maker would his floral design?
Verse 45
A striver-on-the path shall overcome this earth, this realm of Yama and this sphere of men and gods. The striver-on-the-path shall bring to perfection the well-taught path of wisdom, as an expert garland-maker would his floral design.
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Verse 43
Neither mother, father, nor any other relative can do one greater good than one’s own well-directed mind.
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Verse 42
Whatever harm an enemy may do to an enemy, or a hater to a hater, an ill-directed mind inflicts on oneself a greater harm.
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Verse 41
Ere long, alas! This body will lie upon the earth, unheeded and lifeless, like a useless log.
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Verse 40
Realizing that this body is as fragile as a clay pot, and fortifying this mind like a well-fortified city, fight out Mara with the sword of wisdom. Then, guarding the conquest, remain unattached.
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Verse 38
Wisdom never becomes perfect in one whose mind is not steadfast, who knows not the Good Teaching and whose faith wavers.
Verse 39
There is no fear for an awakened one, whose mind is not sodden (by lust) nor afflicted (by hate), and who has gone beyond both merit and demerit.
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Verse 37
Dwelling in the cave (of the heart), the mind, without form, wanders far and alone. Those who subdue this mind are liberated from the bonds of Mara.
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Verse 36
Let the discerning man guard the mind, so difficult to detect and extremely subtle, seizing whatever it desires. A guarded mind brings happiness.
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Verse 35
Wonderful, indeed, it is to subdue the mind, so difficult to subdue, ever swift, and seizing whatever it desires. A tamed mind brings happiness.
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Verse 33
Just as a fletcher straightens an arrow shaft, even so the discerning man straightens his mind—so fickle and unsteady, so difficult to guard.
Verse 34
As a fish when pulled out of water and cast on land throbs and quivers, even so is this mind agitated. Hence should one abandon the realm of Mara.
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Verse 31
The monk who delights in heedfulness and looks with fear at heedlessness advances like fire, burning all fetters, small and large.
Verse 32
The monk who delights in heedfulness and looks with fear at heedlessness will not fall. He is close to Nibbana.
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Verse 30
By Heedfulness did Indra become the overlord of the gods. Heedfulness is ever praised, and heedlessness ever despised.
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Verse 29
Heedful among the heedless, wide-awake among the sleepy, the wise man advances like a swift horse leaving behind a weak jade.
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Verse 28
Just as one upon the summit of a mountain beholds the groundlings, even so when the wise man casts away heedlessness by heedfulness and ascends the high tower of wisdom, this sorrowless sage beholds the sorrowing and foolish multitude.
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Verse 26
The foolish and ignorant indulge in heedlessness, but the wise one keeps his heedfulness as his best treasure.
Verse 27
Do not give way to heedlessness. Do not indulge in sensual pleasures. Only the heedful and meditative attain great happiness.
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Verse 25
By effort and heedfulness, discipline and self-mastery, let the wise one make for himself an island which no flood can overwhelm.
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Verse 24
Ever grows the glory of him who is energetic, mindful and pure in conduct, discerning and self-controlled, righteous and heedful.
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Verse 21
Heedfulness is the path to the Deathless. Heedlessness is the path to death. The heedful die not. The heedless are as if dead already.
Verse 22
Clearly understanding this excellence of heedfulness, the wise exult therein and enjoy the resort of the Noble Ones.
Verse 23
The wise ones, ever meditative and steadfastly persevering, alone experience Nibbana, the incomparable freedom from bondage.
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Verse 19
Much though he recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless man is like a cowherd who only counts the cows of others—he does not partake of the blessings of the holy life.
Verse 20
Little though he recites the sacred texts, but puts the Teaching into practice, forsaking lust, hatred, and delusion, with true wisdom and emancipated mind, clinging to nothing of this or any other world—he indeed partakes of the blessings of a holy life.
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Verse 18
The doer of good delights here and hereafter; he delights in both the worlds. The thought, “Good have I done,” delights him, and he delights even more when gone to realms of bliss.
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Verse 17
The evil-doer suffers here and hereafter; he suffers in both the worlds. The thought, “Evil have I done,” torments him, and he suffers even more when gone to realms of woe.
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Verse 16
The doer of good rejoices here and hereafter; he rejoices in both the worlds. He rejoices and exults, recollecting his own pure deeds.
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Verse 15
The evil-doer grieves here and hereafter; he grieves in both the worlds. He laments and is afflicted, recollecting his own impure deeds.
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Verse 13
Just as rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, so passion penetrates an undeveloped mind.
Verse 14
Just as rain does not break through a well-thatched house, so passion never penetrates a well-developed mind.
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Verse 11
Those who mistake the unessential to be essential and the essential to be unessential, dwelling in wrong thoughts, never arrive at the essential.
Verse 12
Those who know the essential to be essential and the unessential to be unessential, dwelling in right thoughts, do arrive at the essential.
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Verse 9
Whoever being depraved, devoid of self-control and truthfulness, should don the monk’s yellow robe, he surely is not worthy of the robe.
Verse 10
But whoever is purged of depravity, well-established in virtues and filled with self-control and truthfulness, he indeed is worthy of the yellow robe.
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Verse 7
Just as a storm throws down a weak tree, so does Mara overpower the man who lives for the pursuit of pleasures, who is uncontrolled in his senses, immoderate in eating, indolent, and dissipated.
Verse 8
Just as a storm cannot prevail against a rocky mountain, so Mara can never overpower the man who lives meditating on the impurities, who is controlled in his senses, moderate in eating, and filled with faith and earnest effort.
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Verse 6
There are those who do not realize that one day we all must die. But those who do realize this settle their quarrels.
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Verse 5
Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
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Verse 3
“He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me.” Those who harbor such thoughts do not still their hatred.
Verse 4
“He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me.” Those who do not harbor such thoughts still their hatred.
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Verse 2
Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow.
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Verse 1
Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
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