Daily Words of the Buddha

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. https://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. https://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

Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā; manoseṭṭhā manomayā. Manasā ce pasannena bhāsati vā karoti vā, tato naṃ sukhamanveti chāyāva anapāyinī. Listen Mind precedes all things; mind is their chief, mind is their maker. If one speaks or does a deed with a mind that is pure within, happiness then follows along like a never departing shadow. Dhammapada 1.2 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. https://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. https://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

Yathāpi mūle anupaddave daḷhe, chinnopi rukkho punareva rūhati, evampi taṇhānusaye anūhate, nibbattatī dukkhamidaṃ punappunaṃ. Listen Just as a tree, though cut down, sprouts up again if its roots remain uncut and firm, even so, until the craving that lies dormant is rooted out, suffering springs up again and again. Dhammapada 24.338 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://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 Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://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 Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://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 Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://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. https://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 nānusocanti, nappajappanti nāgataṃ, paccuppannena yāpenti, tena vaṇṇo pasīdati. Listen They do not lament over the past, they yearn not for what is to come, they maintain themselves in the present, thus their complexion is serene. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.10 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. https://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 dhammamabhiññāya dhammamaññāya paṇḍito, rahadova nivāte ca anejo vūpasammati. Listen Thoroughly understanding the Dhamma and freed from longing through insight, the wise one rid of all desire is calm as a pool unstirred by wind. Itivuttaka 3.92 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. https://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

Sabbattha ve sappurisā cajanti. Na kāmakāmā lapayanti santo. Sukhena phuṭṭhā atha vā dukhena na uccāvacaṃ paṇḍitā dassayanti. Listen The good renounce (attachment for) everything. The virtuous do not prattle with a yearning for pleasures. The wise show no elation or depression when touched by happiness or sorrow. Dhammapada 6.83 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://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

Sabbhireva samāsetha, sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṃ. Sataṃ saddhammamaññāya paññā labbhati nāññato. Listen Consort only with the good, come together with the good. To learn the teaching of the good gives wisdom like nothing else can. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.31 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. https://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 You are your own master, you make your future. Therefore discipline yourself as a horse-dealer trains a thoroughbred. Dhammapada 25.380 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. https://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 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