Daily Words of the Buddha

Pabbatassa suvaṇṇassa, jātarūpassa kevalo dvittāva nālamekassa: iti vidvā samañcare. Listen Were there a mountain all made of gold, doubled that would not be enough to satisfy a single person: know this and live accordingly. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.156 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

Tasseva tena pāpiyo, yo kuddhaṃ paṭikujjhati. Kuddhaṃ appaṭikujjhanto, saṅgāmaṃ jeti dujjayaṃ. Listen The worse of the two is one, who, when abused, retaliates. One who does not retaliate, wins a battle hard to win. 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

Dunniggahassa lahuno, yatthakāmanipātino. Cittassa damatho sādhu, cittaṃ dantaṃ sukhāvahaṃ. Listen Wonderful it is to train the mind, so swiftly moving, seizing whatever it wants. Good is it to have a well-trained mind, for a well-trained mind brings happiness. Dhammapada 3.35 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

Atītaṃ nānvāgameyya, nappaṭikaṅkhe anāgataṃ; yadatītaṃ pahīnaṃ taṃ, appattañca anāgataṃ Listen The past should not be followed after, and the future not desired; what is past is dead and gone, and the future is yet to come. Majjhima Nikāya 3.272 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

Attānañce piyaṃ jaññā na naṃ pāpena saṃyuje, na hi taṃ sulabhaṃ hoti sukhaṃ dukkaṭakārinā. Listen If you hold yourself dear then don't fetter yourself with evil, for happiness isn't easily gained by one who commits a wrong-doing. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.115 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

Jayaṃ veraṃ pasavati. Dukkhaṃ seti parājito. Upasanto sukhaṃ seti, hitvā jayaparājayaṃ. Listen Winning gives birth to hostility. Losing, one lies down in pain. The calmed lie down with ease, having set winning & losing aside. Dhammapada 15.201 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

Na paro paraṃ nikubbetha nātimaññetha katthaci na kañci, byārosanā paṭighasaññā nāññamaññassa dukkhamiccheyya. Listen Let no one deceive another or despise anyone anywhere, or through anger or irritation wish for another to suffer. Sutta Nipāta 1.148 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

Yo na hanti na ghāteti, na jināti na jāpaye, mettaṃso sabbabhūtānaṃ, veraṃ tassa na kenacī. Listen One who does not strike nor makes others strike, who robs not nor makes others rob, sharing love with all that live, finds enmity with none. Itivuttaka 1.27 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

Anatthajanano doso, doso cittappakopano; bhayamantarato jātaṃ taṃ jano nāvabujjhati. Listen Hate brings great misfortune, hate churns up and harms the mind; this fearful danger deep within most people do not understand. Itivuttaka 3.88 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

Sabbe sattā, sabbe pāṇā, sabbe bhūtā ca kevalā, sabbe bhadrāni passantu. Mā kañci pāpamāgamā. Listen May all creatures, all living things, all beings one and all, experience good fortune only. May they not fall into harm. 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

Paṇḍito sīlasampanno, Saṇho ca paṭibhānavā, Nivātavutti atthaddho, Tādiso labhate yasaṃ. Listen Who is wise and virtuous, Gentle and keen-witted, Humble and amenable, 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

Maraṇenapi taṃ pahīyati yaṃ puriso mamidanti maññati. Etampi viditvā paṇḍito, na mamattāya nametha māmako. Listen At death a person abandons what one construes as mine. Realizing this, the wise shouldn't incline to be devoted to mine. Sutta Nipāta 4.812 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

Yo pāṇamatipāteti, musāvādañca bhāsati, loke adinnamādiyati, paradārañca gacchati, surāmerayapānañca yo naro anuyuñjati -- idhevameso lokasmiṃ, mūlaṃ khaṇati attano. Listen One who destroys life, utters lies, takes what is not given, goes to another man's wife, and is addicted to intoxicating drinks -- such a man digs up one's own root even in this world. Dhammapada 18.246, 18.247 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

Hirīmatā ca dujjīvaṃ niccaṃ sucigavesinā, alīnenāppagabbhena, suddhājīvena passatā. Listen Difficult is life for the modest one who always seeks purity, is detached and unassuming, clean in life, and discerning. Dhammapada 18.245 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

Sabbo ādīpito loko, sabbo loko padhūpito; Sabbo pajjalito loko, sabbo loko pakampito. Akampitaṃ apajjalitaṃ, aputhujjanasevitaṃ, agati yattha mārassa -- tattha me nirato mano. Listen The entire world is in flames, the entire world is going up in smoke; the entire world is burning, the entire world is vibrating. But that which does not vibrate or burn, which is experienced by the noble ones, where death has no entry-- in that my mind delights. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.168 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