Daily Words of the Buddha

Uṭṭhānenappamādena, saṃyamena damena ca, dīpaṃ kayirātha medhāvī yaṃ ogho nābhikīrati. Listen By effort and heedfulness, discipline and self-mastery, let the wise one make for oneself an island which no flood can overwhelm. Dhammapada 2.25 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

Sabhaggato vā parisaggato vā ekassa veko na musā bhaṇeyya. Na bhāṇaye bhaṇataṃ nānujaññā. Sabbaṃ abhūtaṃ parivajjayeyya. Listen Having entered a royal court or a company of people one should not speak lies. One should not speak lies (oneself) nor incite others to do so. One should completely avoid falsehood. Sutta Nipāta 2.399 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Discourse Collection: Selected Texts from the Sutta Nipāta, translated by John D. Ireland Book Details 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

Saddhīdha vittaṃ purisassa seṭṭhaṃ Dhammo suciṇṇo sukhamāvahāti. Saccaṃ have sādutaraṃ rasānaṃ. Paññājīviṃ jīvitamāhu seṭṭhaṃ. Listen Conviction is a person's highest wealth. Dhamma, when well-practiced, brings bliss. Truth is the highest of tastes. Living with discernment, one's life is called best. Sutta Nipāta 1.184 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

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. 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

Uṭṭhānavato satīmato sucikammassa nisammakārino, saññatassa dhammajīvino, appamattassa yasobhivaḍḍhati. Listen Ever grows the glory of one who is energetic, mindful and pure in conduct, discerning and self-controlled, righteous and heedful. Dhammapada 2.24 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

Te jhāyino sātatikā, niccaṃ daḷhaparakkamā, phusanti dhīrā nibbānaṃ, yogakkhemaṃ anuttaraṃ. Listen The wise ones, ever meditative and steadfastly persevering, alone experience Nibbana, the incomparable freedom from bondage. Dhammapada 2.23 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

Attā hi attano nātho, attā hi attano gati. Tasmā saṃyamamattānaṃ assaṃ bhadraṃva vāṇijo. Listen One is one's own protector, one is one's own refuge. Therefore, one should control oneself, even as a trader controls a noble steed. Dhammapada 25.380 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

Vacīpakopaṃ rakkheyya; vācāya saṃvuto siyā. Vacīduccaritaṃ hitvā, vācāya sucaritaṃ care. Listen Let one guard oneself against irritability in speech; let one be controlled in speech. Abandoning verbal misconduct, let one practice good conduct in speech. Dhammapada 17.232 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

Attānameva paṭhamaṃ patirūpe nivesaye athaññamanusāseyya na kilisseyya paṇḍito. Listen One should first establish oneself in what is proper and only then try to instruct others. Doing this, the wise one will not be criticized. Dhammapada 12.158 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. 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

"Yathā ahaṃ tathā ete; yathā ete tathā ahaṃ." Attānaṃ upamaṃ katvā, na haneyya na ghātaye. Listen "As I am, so are others; as others are, so am I." Having thus identified self and others, harm no one nor have them harmed. Sutta Nipāta 3.710 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. 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

Pāṇaṃ na hane na ca ghātayeyya, na cānujaññā hanataṃ paresaṃ, sabbesu bhūtesu nidhāya daṇḍaṃ. Ye thāvarā ye ca tasā santi loke. Listen One should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should one incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak, in the world. Sutta Nipāta 2.396 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Discourse Collection: Selected Texts from the Sutta Nipāta, translated by John D. Ireland Book Details 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

Idha socati pecca socati; pāpakārī ubhayattha socati. So socati so vihaññati, disvā kammakiliṭṭhamattano. Listen The evil-doer grieves here and hereafter; one grieves in both the worlds. One laments and is afflicted, recollecting one's own impure deeds. Dhammapada 1.15 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

Yadā have pātubhavanti dhammā Ātāpino jhāyato brāhmaṇassa, Athassa kaṅkhā vapayanti sabbā Yato pajānāti sahetudhammaṃ. Listen When things become manifest To the ardent meditating brahmin, All one's doubts then vanish since one understands Each thing along with its cause. Udāna 1.1 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Udāna and the Itivuttaka, trans. John D. Ireland Book Details 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

Yathā agāraṃ ducchannaṃ vuṭṭhī samativijjhati, evaṃ abhāvitaṃ cittaṃ rāgo samativijjhati. Listen Just as rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, so passion penetrates an undeveloped mind. Dhammapada 1.13 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

Asāre sāramatino sāre cāsāradassino, te sāraṃ nādhigacchanti, micchāsaṅkappagocarā. Listen Those who mistake the unessential to be essential and the essential to be unessential, dwelling in wrong thoughts, never arrive at the essential. Dhammapada 1.11 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