Daily Words of the Buddha

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 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

Selo yathā ekaghano vātena na samīrati, evaṃ nindāpasaṃsāsu na samiñjanti paṇḍitā. Listen Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame. Dhammapada 6.81 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

Hitānukampī sambuddho yadaññamanusāsati, anurodhavirodhehi vippamutto tathāgato. Listen When the Buddha teaches others he does so out of compassion, because the Tathagata is wholly freed from both favour and aversion. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.150 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

Carañce nādhigaccheyya seyyaṃ sadisamattano, ekacariyaṃ daḷhaṃ kayirā; natthi bāle sahāyatā. Listen Should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let one resolutely pursue a solitary course; there is no fellowship with the fool. Dhammapada 5.61 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

Jayaṃ ve maññati bālo vācāya pharusaṃ bhaṇaṃ, jayañcevassa taṃ hoti yā titikkhā vijānato. Listen The fool thinks one has won a battle when one bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.189 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

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

Upanīyati jīvitamappamāyu. Jarūpanītassa na santi tāṇā. Etaṃ bhayaṃ maraṇe pekkhamāno, lokāmisaṃ pajahe santipekkho. Listen Life is swept along, next-to-nothing its span. For one swept to old age no shelters exist. Perceiving this danger in death, one should drop the world's bait and look for peace. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.100 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli 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

Icchāya bajjhatī loko. Icchāvinayāya muccati. Icchāya vippahānena sabbaṃ chindati bandhanaṃ. Listen With desire the world is tied down. With the subduing of desire it's freed. With the abandoning of desire all bonds are cut through. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.69 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli 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

Kodhaṃ chetvā sukhaṃ seti. Kodhaṃ chetvā na socati. Kodhassa visamūlassa, madhuraggassa devate vadhaṃ ariyā pasaṃsanti, tañhi chetvā na socatī. Listen Having killed anger you sleep in ease. Having killed anger you do not grieve. The noble ones praise the slaying of anger -- with its honeyed crest & poison root -- for having killed it you do not grieve. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.71 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli 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

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 Pāli 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 Pāli 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

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

Attānameva paṭhamaṃ patirūpe nivesaye athaññamanusāseyya na kilisseyya paṇḍito. Listen One should first establish oneself in what is proper and only then try to instruct others. Doing this, the wise one will not be criticized. Dhammapada 12.158 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

"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. 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