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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 treads the Path in earnest sees not the mistakes of the world; If we find fault with others we ourselves are also in the wrong. When other people are in the wrong, we should ignore it, for it is wrong for us to find fault. By getting rid of the habit of faultfinding we cut off a source of deflement.

quote 7794 | The Platform Sutra
The Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra,ch.2, translated by A. F. Price and Wong Mou-Lam.

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.

T he Buddha asked a Shramana, “How long is the human life span?” He replied, “few days.” The Buddha said, “You have not yet understood th e Way.” He asked another Shramana, “How long is the human life span?” The reply was, “the space of a meal.” The Buddha said, “You have not yet understood the Way.”He asked another Shramana, “ How long is the human life span?” He replied, “the length of a single breath.” The Buddha said, “Excellent. You have understood the Way.”

quote 7791 | The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

D eep learning and a love of the Way make the Way difficult to attain. When you guard your mind and revere the Way, the Way is truly great!

quote 7790 | The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

O ne who practices the Way is like an ox pulling a heavy load through deep mud. The ox is so extremely exhausted that it dares not glance to the left or right. Only when it gets out of the mud can it rest. The Shramana should regard emotion and desire as being worse than deep mud; and with an undeviating mind, he should be mindful of the Way. Then he can avoid suffering.

quote 7789 | The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

S tudents of the Buddha Way should believe in and accord with everything that the Buddha teaches. When you eat honey, it is sweet on the surface and sweet in the center; it is the same with my sutras.

quote 7788 | The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

S hramanas who study the Way must make their minds resolute and be vigorous, courageous, and valiant. Not fearing what lies ahead, they should defeat the hordes of demons and obtain the fruition of the Way.

quote 7787 | The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

A Shramana²⁹ asked the Buddha, “What is goodness? What is the foremost greatness?” The Buddha said, “To practice the Way and uphold the truth is goodness. To unite your will with the Way is greatness.”

quote 7786 | The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

29 Shramana: Renunciate ascetic; here it means Buddhist monk.( ??:?????,????????)

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 Nibbana²⁸ in this very life.

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.

T hose who adore and revere a Buddha attain great merit. Buddhas very rarely appear in the world.

quote 7783 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

H e revered the Three Treasures²⁷, respected his teachers and elders, and thus adorned his practices with a great store of merits. By so doing, he enabled sentient beings to partake of it.

quote 7782 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki.

27 Also referred to as Three Jewels.

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.

T here are, young householder, these six evil consequences in associating with evil companions, namely: any gambler, any libertine, any drunkard, any swindler, any cheat, any rowdy is his friend and companion.

quote 7776 | The Sigalovada Sutta: The Discourse to Sigala The Layperson’s Code of Discipline
Translated from the Pali by Narada Thera © 1996

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

T hese four, young householder, should be understood as warmhearted friends:
(1) he who is a helpmate,
(2) he who is the same in happiness and sorrow,
(3) he who gives good counsel,
(4) he who sympathises.

quote 7773 | The Sigalovada Sutta: The Discourse to Sigala The Layperson’s Code of Discipline
Translated from the Pali by Narada Thera © 1996

T he friends and associates thus ministered to as the North by a clansman show compassion to him in five ways:
(i) they protect him when he is heedless,
(ii) they protect his property when he is heedless,
(iii) they become a refuge when he is in danger,
(iv) they do not forsake him in his troubles,
(v) they show consideration for his family.

quote 7772 | The Sigalovada Sutta: The Discourse to Sigala The Layperson’s Code of Discipline
Translated from the Pali by Narada Thera © 1996

I n five ways, young householder, should a clansman minister to his friends and associates as the North:
(i) by liberality,
(ii) by courteous speech,
(iii) by being helpful,
(iv) by being impartial,
(v) by sincerity.

quote 7771 | The Sigalovada Sutta: The Discourse to Sigala The Layperson’s Code of Discipline
Translated from the Pali by Narada Thera © 1996

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