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The wisdom of The Dhammapada

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B y effort and heedfulness, discipline and self-mastery, let the wise one make for himself an island which no ?ood can overwhelm.

quote 7865 | The Dhammapada
v.25, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

V ictory begets enmity; the defeated dwell in pain. Happily the peaceful live, discarding both victory and defeat.

quote 7861 | The Dhammapada
v.201, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

N ot 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.

quote 7847 | The Dhammapada
v.185, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

T he wise are controlled in bodily action, controlled in speech and controlled in thought. They are truly well-controlled.

quote 7845 | The Dhammapada
v.234, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

P eople 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.

quote 7844 | The Dhammapada
v.217, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

M ara³⁶ never finds the path of the truly virtuous, who abide in heedfulness and are freed by perfect knowledge.

quote 7843 | The Dhammapada
v.57, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

36 Mara : The demon that tempted Sakyamuni Buddha by trying to seduce him with the vision of beautiful women, etc. (? : ??????????????????)

B ut whoever is purged of depravity, well-established in virtues and filled with self-control and truthfulness, he indeed is worthy of the yellow robe.

quote 7842 | The Dhammapada
v.10, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

F ields are spoiled by weeds; people, by passion. So what’s given to those free of passion bears great fruit.

quote 7828 | The Dhammapada
v.356, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

O vercome the angry by nonanger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth.

quote 7823 | The Dhammapada
v.223, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

T hose 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.

quote 7801 | The Dhammapada
v.88, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

F ew among men are those who cross to the farther shore. The rest, the bulk of men, only run up and down the hither bank. But those who act according to the perfectly taught Dhamma³⁰ will cross the realm of Death, so difficult to cross.

quote 7800 | The Dhammapada
vv.85, 86, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

30 Dhamma: Or Dharma, the truth taught by the Buddha.(?:???????)

E asy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difcult to do are things that are good and benefcial.

quote 7799 | The Dhammapada
v.163, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

H e 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.

quote 7798 | The Dhammapada
v.84, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

G ood is restraint over the eye; good is restraint over the ear; good is restraint over the nose; good is restraint over the tongue. Good is restraint in the body; good is restraint in speech; good is restraint in thought. Restraint everywhere is good. The monk restrained in every way is freed from all suffering.

quote 7795 | The Dhammapada
vv.360, 361, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

H e who seeks another’s faults, who is ever censorious — his cankers grow. He is far from destruction of the cankers.

quote 7793 | The Dhammapada
v.253, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

L et 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.

quote 7792 | The Dhammapada
v.50, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

quote 7785 | The Dhammapada
v.89, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

28 Nibbana: Nirvana; a state of perfect quietude, freedom, highest happiness along with it being the liberation from samsara, the repeating cycle of rebirth( ??:?????????????,??????????)

J ust as a brahmin priest reveres his sacrificial fire, even so should one devoutly revere the person from whom one has learned the Dhamma taught by the Buddha.

quote 7784 | The Dhammapada
v.392, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

H e who has gone for refuge to the Buddha , the Teaching and his Order²⁶, 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. This indeed is the safe refuge, this the refuge supreme. Having gone to such a refuge, one is released from all suffering.

quote 7781 | The Dhammapada
vv. 190-192, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

26 The Teaching refers to the Dhamma, or Dharma; the Order refers to the Sangha.

T hose disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily who day and night constantly practice the Recollection of the Qualities of the Sangha.

quote 7780 | The Dhammapada
v.298, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

T hose disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily who day and night constantly practice the Recollection of the Qualities of the Dharma.

quote 7779 | The Dhammapada
v.297, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

T hose disciples of Gotama²⁵ ever awaken happily who day and night constantly practice the Recollection of the Qualities of the Buddha.

quote 7778 | The Dhammapada
v.296, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

25 Gotama: Sakyamuni Buddha’s clan name.(???:????,?????????)

D o not associate with evil companions; do not seek the fellowship of the vile. Associate with the good friends; seek the fellowship of noble men.

quote 7777 | The Dhammapada
v.78, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

L et him admonish, instruct and shield one from wrong; he, indeed, is dear to the good and detestable to the evil.

quote 7775 | The Dhammapada
v.77, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

S hould one see an intelligent person, who speaks rebukingly, who can see faults as if showing treasures, one should associate with such a wise one. Associating with such people is better, not worse.

quote 7774 | The Dhammapada
v.76, Translation: http:// ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/BDLM/lesson/ pali/reading/gatha76.htm

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