Daily Words of the Buddha

Pāpañce puriso kayirā, na naṃ kayirā punappunaṃ. Na tamhi chandaṃ kayirātha, dukkho pāpassa uccayo. Listen Should a person commit evil, let one not do it again and again. Let one not find pleasure therein, for painful is the accumulation of evil. Dhammapada 9.117 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita 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

Yo ca vassasataṃ jīve apassaṃ udayabbayaṃ ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ seyyo passato udayabbayaṃ. Listen Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things. Dhammapada 8.113 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita 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

Yo ca vassasataṃ jīve dussīlo asamāhito ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ seyyo sīlavantassa jhāyino. Listen Better it is to live one day virtuous and meditative than to live a hundred years immoral and uncontrolled. Dhammapada 8.110 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita 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

Apādakehi me mettaṃ, mettaṃ dvipādakehi me; catuppadehi me mettaṃ, mettaṃ bahuppadehi me. Listen I have love for the footless, for the bipeds too I have love; I have love for those with four feet, for the many-footed I have love. Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.67 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

Māvamaññetha pāpassa, "Na mantaṃ āgamissati." Udabindunipātena, udakumbhopi pūrati. Bālo pūrati pāpassa, thokaṃ thokampi ācinaṃ. Listen Think not lightly of evil, saying, "It will not come to me." Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the fool, gathering it little by little, fills oneself with evil. Dhammapada 9.121 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita 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

Kāyena saṃvutā dhīrā, atho vācāya saṃvutā manasā saṃvutā dhīrā. Te ve suparisaṃvutā. Listen The wise are controlled in bodily action, controlled in speech and controlled in thought. They are truly well-controlled. Dhammapada 17.234 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita 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

Kāyamuniṃ vācāmuniṃ, manomunimanāsavaṃ, muniṃ moneyyasampannaṃ. Āhu ninhātapāpakaṃ. Listen Silent in body, silent in speech, silent in mind, without defilement, blessed with silence is the sage. One is truly washed of evil. Itivuttaka 3.67 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

Manopakopaṃ rakkheyya; manasā saṃvuto siyā. Manoduccaritaṃ hitvā, manasā sucaritaṃ care. Listen Let one guard oneself against irritability in thought; let one be controlled in mind. Abandoning mental misconduct, let one practice good conduct in thought. Dhammapada 17.233 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita 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

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 the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita 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

Yesaṃ dhammā asammuṭṭhā paravādesu na nīyare; te sambuddhā sammadaññā, caranti visame samaṃ. Listen Those to whom the Dhamma is clear are not led into other doctrines; perfectly enlightened with perfect knowledge, they walk evenly over the uneven. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.8 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

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 the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita 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

Diso disaṃ yaṃ taṃ kayirā, verī vā pana verinaṃ; micchāpaṇihitaṃ cittaṃ pāpiyo naṃ tato kare. Listen Whatever an enemy might do to an enemy, or a foe to a foe, the ill-directed mind can do to you even worse. Udāna 4.33 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from the Pali 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

Anupubbena medhāvī, thokaṃ thokaṃ, khaṇe khaṇe, Kammāro rajatasseva, niddhame malamattano. Listen One by one, little by little, moment by moment, a wise one should remove one's own impurities, as a smith removes dross from silver. Dhammapada 18.239 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita 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

Na tena paṇḍito hoti yāvatā bahu bhāsati. Khemī, averī abhayo ‘‘paṇḍito’’ti pavuccati. Listen One is not wise because one speaks much. One who is peaceable, friendly and fearless is called "wise". Dhammapada 19.258 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita 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

Sukho viveko tuṭṭhassa, sutadhammassa passato. Abyāpajjaṃ sukhaṃ loke -- pāṇabhūtesu saṃyamo. Listen Solitude is happiness for one who is content, who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees. Non-affliction is happiness in the world -- harmlessness towards all living beings. Udāna 2.11 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