Daily Words of the Buddha

Uṭṭhānako analaso, Āpadāsu na vedhati, Acchinnavutti medhāvī, Tādiso labhate yasaṃ. Listen Who is energetic and not indolent, In misfortune unshaken, Flawless in manner and intelligent, Such a one to honour may attain. Dīgha Nikāya 3.273 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses by the Buddha (WH 14), translated by Narada Thera 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 imasmiṃ dhammavinaye Appamatto vihassati! Pahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ dukkhassantaṃ karissatī. Listen With firm resolve, guard your own mind! Who so untiringly pursues the Dhamma and the Discipline Shall go beyond the round of births and make an end of suffering. Dīgha Nikāya 2.185 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Last Days of the Buddha: The Maha-parinibbana Sutta (revised edition), translated from the Pali by Sister Vajira & Francis Story 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

Dadato puññaṃ pavaḍḍhati; Saṃyamato veraṃ na cīyati; Kusalo ca jahāti pāpakaṃ, Rāgadosamohakkhayā sanibbuto. Listen Who gives, one's virtues shall increase; Who is self-curbed, no hatred bears; Who so is skilled in virtue, evil shuns, And by the rooting out of lust and hate And all delusion, comes to be at peace. Dīgha Nikāya 2.197 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Last Days of the Buddha: The Maha-parinibbana Sutta (revised edition), translated from the Pali by Sister Vajira & Francis Story 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

Chandā dosā bhayā mohā, Yo dhammaṃ ativattati, Nihīyati yaso tassa Kāḷapakkheva candimā. Chandā dosā bhayā mohā, Yo dhammaṃ nātivattati, Āpūrati yaso tassa Sukkapakkheva candimā. Listen Whoever through desire, hate or fear, Or ignorance should transgress the Dhamma, All one's glory fades away Like the moon during the waning half. Whoever through desire, hate or fear, Or ignorance never transgresses the Dhamma, All one's glory ever increases Like the moon during the waxing half. Dīgha Nikāya 3.246 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses by the Buddha (WH 14), translated by Narada Thera 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

Upakāro ca yo mitto, sukhe dukkhe ca yo sakhā, atthakkhāyī ca yo mitto, yo ca mittānukampako -- etepi mitte cattāro iti viññāya paṇḍito sakkaccaṃ payirupāseyya mātā puttaṃ va orasaṃ. Listen The friend who is a helpmate, the friend in happiness and woe, the friend who gives good counsel, the friend who sympathises too -- these four as friends the wise behold and cherish them devotedly as does a mother her own child. Dīgha Nikāya 3.265 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses by the Buddha (WH 14), translated by Narada Thera 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

Saṅgāhako mittakaro, Vadaññū vītamaccharo, Netā vinetā anunetā, Tādiso labhate yasaṃ. Listen Who is hospitable, and friendly, Liberal and unselfish, A guide, an instructor, a leader, Such a one to honour may attain. Dīgha Nikāya 3.273 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses by the Buddha (WH 14), translated by Narada Thera 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

Pahūtavitto puriso sahirañño sabhojano, eko bhuñjati sādūni -- taṃ parābhavato mukhaṃ. Listen To have much wealth and ample gold and food, but to enjoy one's luxuries alone -- this is a cause of one's downfall. Sutta Nipāta 1.102 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses by the Buddha (WH 14), translated by Narada Thera 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

Acchecchi vaṭṭaṃ, byagā nirāsaṃ. Visukkhā saritā na sandati. Chinnaṃ vaṭṭaṃ na vattati. Esevanto dukkhassā. Listen One has broken the cycle, attained freedom from desire. The dried-up stream no longer flows. The cycle, broken, no longer turns. This, just this, is the end of misery. Udāna 7.62 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org 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

So karohi dīpamattano! Khippaṃ vāyama paṇḍito bhava! Niddhantamalo anaṅgaṇo, na punaṃ jātijaraṃ upehisi. Listen Make an island unto yourself! Strive hard and become wise! Rid of impurities and cleansed of stain, you shall not come again to birth and decay. Dhammapada 18.238 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

Akkodhena jine kodhaṃ; asādhuṃ sādhunā jine; jine kadariyaṃ dānena; saccenālikavādinaṃ. Listen Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth. Dhammapada 17.223 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

Tañca kammaṃ kataṃ sādhu, yaṃ katvā nānutappati, yassa patīto sumano, vipākaṃ paṭisevati. Listen Well done is that action of doing which one repents not later, and the fruit of which, one reaps with delight and happiness. Dhammapada 5.68 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

Yāvajīvampi ce bālo, paṇḍitaṃ payirupāsati, Na so dhammaṃ vijānāti dabbī sūparasaṃ yathā. Listen Though all one's life a fool associates with a wise person, one no more comprehends the Truth than a spoon tastes the flavor of the soup. Dhammapada 5.64 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

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 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

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 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

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 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