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| The Dhammapada | ||||||
| ~Do not be concerned with what others have or have not done. Observe your own actions and inactions. ~Should a traveler fail to find a companion equal or better, Rather than suffer the company of a fool, He should resolutely walk alone. ~conditioned things are the worst calamity. ~Health is the highest prize. contentment is the greatest wealth. A loyal friend is the best relative. ~Having tasted the sweetness of solitude and tranquility, one becomes free of sorrow and sin, ~Losing the pleasant causes grief. Dwelling on the unpleasant also causes grief. Do not cling to the pleasant. Let it pass. ~THINK GOOD THOUGHTS. ~Just as rust produced by iron corrodes the iron, So is the violator of moral law destroyed by his own wrong action. ~Whoever finds fault with the food or drink given by others will have no peace, day or night. ~There is no fire like lust, No vise like hatred, No trap like delusion, And no galloping river like craving. ~It is easy to see the flaws of others, hard to see one's own. ~Far from removal and constantly growing are the blemishes of the man who clearly sees and points out the faults of others, But is ever resistant to corrections in himself. ~People love their obstacles. Only the enlightened ones transcend them. ~A man is not considered wise because he talks a lot. ~A man cannot be called wise simply because he is silent. |
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