Daily Words of the Buddha

Yadūnakaṃ taṃ saṇati, yaṃ pūraṃ santameva taṃ. Aḍḍhakumbhūpamo bālo, rahado pūrova paṇḍito. Listen Things that are empty make a noise, the full is always quiet. The fool is like a half-filled pot, the wise one is like a deep still pool. Sutta Nipāta 3.726 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

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

Sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā. Yadā paññāya passati, atha nibbindati dukkhe; esa maggo visuddhiyā. Listen Impermanent are all compounded things. When one perceives this with true insight, then one becomes detached from suffering; this is the path of purification. Dhammapada 20.277 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Discourse Summaries by S.N. Goenka 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 paresaṃ vilomāni, na paresaṃ katākataṃ. Attanova avekkheyya, katāni akatāni ca. Listen Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone. Dhammapada 4.50 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

Puññameva so sikkheyya āyataggaṃ sukhudrayaṃ. Dānañca samacariyañca, mettacittañca bhāvaye. Listen Train yourself in doing good that lasts and brings happiness. Cultivate generosity, the life of peace, and a mind of boundless love. Itivuttaka 1.22 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

Ubhinnamatthaṃ carati, attano ca parassa ca; paraṃ saṅkupitaṃ ñatvā, yo sato upasammati. Listen Knowing that the other person is angry, one who remains mindful and calm acts for one's own best interest and for the other's interest, too. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.188 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

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. 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

Dānañca, peyyavajjañca, atthacariyā ca yā idha, samānattatā ca dhammesu, tattha tattha yathārahaṃ; ete kho saṅgahā loke rathassāṇīva yāyato. Listen Generosity, kind words, doing a good turn for others, and treating all people alike: these bonds of sympathy are to the world what the linchpin is to the chariot wheel. Jātaka 20 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

Dhammena saṃharitvāna, uṭṭhānādhigataṃ dhanaṃ, tappeti annapānena sammā satte vanibbake. Listen With one's wealth collected justly, won through one's own efforts, one shares both food and drink with beings who are in need. Itivuttaka 3.75 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

Na jaccā vasalo hoti na jaccā hoti brāhmaṇo. Kammunā vasalo hoti, kammunā hoti brāhmaṇo Listen One is not low because of birth nor does birth make one holy. Deeds alone make one low, deeds alone make one holy. Sutta Nipāta 1.136 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

Uddhaṃ, tiriyaṃ apācinaṃ, yāvatā jagato gati samavekkhitā va dhammānaṃ khandhānaṃ udayabbayaṃ. Listen Above, across or back again, wherever one goes in the world let one carefully scrutinise the rise and fall of compounded things. Itivuttaka 4.111 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

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. 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

Sambādhe vāpi vindanti, dhammaṃ nibbānapattiyā ye satiṃ paccalatthaṃsu sammā te susamāhitā. Listen Even when obstacles crowd in, the path to Nibbana can be won by those who establish mindfulness and bring to perfection equipoise. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.88 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

Kāmaṃ kāmayamānassa, tassa ce taṃ samijjhati, addhā pītimano hoti. Laddhā macco yadicchati. Tassa ce -- kāmayānassa, chandajātassa -- jantuno te kāmā parihāyanti, sallaviddhova ruppati. Listen If one, longing for sensual pleasure, achieves it, yes, one's enraptured at heart. The mortal gets what one wants. But if for that person -- longing, desiring -- the pleasures diminish, one's shattered, as if shot with an arrow. Sutta Nipāta 4.772, 4.773 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