Daily Words of the Buddha

Karaṇīyamatthakusalena yanta santaṃ padaṃ abhisamecca: Sakko ujū ca suhujū ca, sūvaco cassa mudu anatimānī, santussako ca subharo ca, appakicco ca sallahukavutti, santindriyo ca nipako ca, appagabbho kulesvananugiddho. Na ca khuddamācare kiñci yena viññū pare upavadeyyuṃ. Listen This is to be done by one skilled in aims who wants to break through to the state of peace: Be capable, upright, & straightforward, easy to instruct, gentle, & not conceited, content & easy to support, with few duties, living lightly, with peaceful faculties, masterful, modest, & no greed for supporters. Do not do the slightest thing that the wise would later censure. Sutta Nipāta 1.143, 1.144, 1.145 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://store.pariyatti.org/donate.html -- Our monthly e-newsletter includes specials from time to time. You can subscribe at: www.pariyatti.org/ResourcesProjects/News/tabid/125/Default.aspx

Attā hi attano nātho; ko hi nātho paro siyā? Attanā hi sudantena, nāthaṃ labhati dullabhaṃ. Listen 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. Dhammapada 12.160 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://store.pariyatti.org/donate.html -- Our monthly e-newsletter includes specials from time to time. You can subscribe at: www.pariyatti.org/ResourcesProjects/News/tabid/125/Default.aspx

Abhittharetha kalyāṇe; pāpā cittaṃ nivāraye. Dandhañhi karoto puññaṃ, pāpasmiṃ ramatī mano. Listen Hasten to do good; restrain your mind from evil. One who is slow in doing good, that one's mind delights in evil. Dhammapada 9.116 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://store.pariyatti.org/donate.html -- Our monthly e-newsletter includes specials from time to time. You can subscribe at: www.pariyatti.org/ResourcesProjects/News/tabid/125/Default.aspx

Sukhakāmāni bhūtāni yo daṇḍena vihiṃsati, attano sukhamesāno, pecca so na labhate sukhaṃ. Sukhakāmāni bhūtāni yo daṇḍena na hiṃsati, attano sukhamesāno, pecca so labhate sukhaṃ. Listen Whoever takes a stick to beings desiring ease, when one is looking for ease, will meet with no ease after death. Whoever doesn't take a stick to beings desiring ease, when one is looking for ease, will meet with ease after death. Udāna 2.13 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://store.pariyatti.org/donate.html -- Our monthly e-newsletter includes specials from time to time. You can subscribe at: www.pariyatti.org/ResourcesProjects/News/tabid/125/Default.aspx

Paradukkhūpadhānena, attano sukhamicchati verasaṃsaggasaṃsaṭṭho, verā so na parimuccati. Listen Entangled by the bonds of hate, one who seeks one's own happiness by inflicting pain on others, is never delivered from hatred. Dhammapada 21.291 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://store.pariyatti.org/donate.html -- Our monthly e-newsletter includes specials from time to time. You can subscribe at: www.pariyatti.org/ResourcesProjects/News/tabid/125/Default.aspx

Yassa nittiṇṇo paṅko, maddito kāmakaṇṭako, mohakkhayaṃ anuppatto, sukhadukkhesu na vedhatī sa bhikkhū. Listen One who has crossed over the mire, crushed the thorn of sensuality, reached the ending of delusion, is a monk undisturbed by bliss & pain. Udāna 3.22 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://store.pariyatti.org/donate.html -- Our monthly e-newsletter includes specials from time to time. You can subscribe at: www.pariyatti.org/ResourcesProjects/News/tabid/125/Default.aspx

Attanā hi kataṃ pāpaṃ, attanā saṃkilissati; attanā akataṃ pāpaṃ, attanāva visujjhati. Suddhī asuddhi paccattaṃ: nāñño aññaṃ visodhaye. Listen By doing evil, one defiles oneself; by avoiding evil, one purifies oneself. Purity and impurity depend upon oneself: no one can purify another. Dhammapada 12.165 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Gemstones of the Good Dhamma, compiled and translated by Ven. S. Dhammika Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://store.pariyatti.org/donate.html -- Our monthly e-newsletter includes specials from time to time. You can subscribe at: www.pariyatti.org/ResourcesProjects/News/tabid/125/Default.aspx

Sabbe tasanti daṇḍassa. Sabbesaṃ jīvitaṃ piyaṃ. Attānaṃ upamaṃ katvā; na haneyya na ghātaye. Listen All tremble at punishment. Life is dear to all. Put yourself in the place of others; kill none nor have another killed. Dhammapada 10.130 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Gemstones of the Good Dhamma, compiled and translated by Ven. S. Dhammika Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://store.pariyatti.org/donate.html -- Our monthly e-newsletter includes specials from time to time. You can subscribe at: www.pariyatti.org/ResourcesProjects/News/tabid/125/Default.aspx

Kodhaṃ chetvā sukhaṃ seti. Kodhaṃ chetvā na socati. Kodhassa visamūlassa, madhuraggassa devate vadhaṃ ariyā pasaṃsanti, tañhi chetvā na socatī. Listen Having killed anger you sleep in ease. Having killed anger you do not grieve. The noble ones praise the slaying of anger -- with its honeyed crest & poison root -- for having killed it you do not grieve. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.71 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://store.pariyatti.org/donate.html -- Our monthly e-newsletter includes specials from time to time. You can subscribe at: www.pariyatti.org/ResourcesProjects/News/tabid/125/Default.aspx

Cakkhumā, visamānīva, vijjamāne parakkame. Paṇḍito jīvalokasmiṃ, pāpāni parivajjaye. Listen A person with good eyes, encountering a treacherous, uneven place, would try hard to avoid it. A wise person, in the world of life, should avoid evil deeds. Udāna 5.43 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://store.pariyatti.org/donate.html -- Our monthly e-newsletter includes specials from time to time. You can subscribe at: www.pariyatti.org/ResourcesProjects/News/tabid/125/Default.aspx

Kāyappakopaṃ rakkheyya; kāyena saṃvuto siyā. Kāyaduccaritaṃ hitvā, kāyena sucaritaṃ care. Listen Let one guard oneself against irritability in bodily action; let one be controlled in deed. Abandoning bodily misconduct, let one practice good conduct in deed. Dhammapada 17.231 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita https://store.pariyatti.org/Dhammapada-The-BP203ME-Pocket-Version_p_2513.html Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. http://store.pariyatti.org/donate.html -- Our monthly e-newsletter includes specials from time to time. You can subscribe at: www.pariyatti.org/ResourcesProjects/News/tabid/125/Default.aspx

Yathāpi pabbato selo, acalo suppatiṭṭhito, evaṃ mohakkhayā bhikkhu, pabbatova na vedhatī. Listen Just as a mountain of rock, is unwavering, well-settled, so the monk whose delusion is ended, like a mountain, is undisturbed. Udāna 3.24 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. http://store.pariyatti.org/donate.html -- Our monthly e-newsletter includes specials from time to time. You can subscribe at: www.pariyatti.org/ResourcesProjects/News/tabid/125/Default.aspx