Daily Words of the Buddha

Na taṃ mātā pitā kayirā aññe vāpi ca ñātakā sammāpaṇihitaṃ cittaṃ seyyaso naṃ tato kare. Listen No mother nor father nor any other kin can do greater good for oneself than a mind directed well. Dhammapada 3.43 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

Anabhijjhālu vihareyya, abyāpannena cetasā. Sato ekaggacittassa, ajjhattaṃ susamāhito. Listen Live without covetous greed, fill your mind with benevolence. Be mindful and one-pointed, inwardly stable and concentrated. Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.29 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

Karaṇīyamatthakusalena yanta santaṃ padaṃ abhisamecca: Sakko ujū ca suhujū ca, sūvaco cassa mudu anatimānī, santussako ca subharo ca, appakicco ca sallahukavutti, santindriyo ca nipako ca, appagabbho kulesvananugiddho. Na ca khuddamācare kiñci yena viññū pare upavadeyyuṃ. Listen This is to be done by one skilled in aims who wants to break through to the state of peace: Be capable, upright, & straightforward, easy to instruct, gentle, & not conceited, content & easy to support, with few duties, living lightly, with peaceful faculties, masterful, modest, & no greed for supporters. Do not do the slightest thing that the wise would later censure. Sutta Nipāta 1.143, 1.144, 1.145 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

Udakañhi nayanti nettikā, Usukārā namayanti tejanaṃ, Dāruṃ namayanti tacchakā, Attānaṃ damayanti paṇḍitā. Listen Irrigators direct the water, Fletchers fashion the shaft, Carpenters bend the wood, The wise control themselves. Dhammapada 6.80 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

Māvamaññetha puññassa, "Na mantaṃ āgamissati." Udabindunipātena udakumbhopi pūrati. Dhīro pūrati puññassa, thokaṃ thokampi ācinaṃ. Listen Think not lightly of good, saying, "It will not come to me." Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise one, gathering it little by little, fills oneself with good. Dhammapada 9.122 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

Yathāpi pabbato selo, acalo suppatiṭṭhito, evaṃ mohakkhayā bhikkhu, pabbatova na vedhatī. Listen Just as a mountain of rock, is unwavering, well-settled, so the monk whose delusion is ended, like a mountain, is undisturbed. Udāna 3.24 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

Attadīpā viharatha, attasaraṇā; anaññasaraṇā. Dhammadīpā, dhammasaraṇā; anaññasaraṇā. Listen Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make Dhamma your island, make Dhamma your refuge; there is no other refuge. Dīgha Nikāya 2.165 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

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. 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

Sahassamapi ce vācā anatthapadasaṃhitā ekaṃ atthapadaṃ seyyo, yaṃ sutvā upasammati. Listen Better than a thousand useless words is one useful word, hearing which one attains peace. Dhammapada 8.100 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

Sabbadānaṃ dhammadānaṃ jināti; sabbarasaṃ dhammaraso jināti; sabbaratiṃ dhammarati jināti; taṇhakkhayo sabbadukkhaṃ jināti. Listen The gift of Dhamma triumphs over all other gifts; the taste of Dhamma triumphs over all other tastes; the happiness of Dhamma triumphs over all other pleasures; the eradication of craving triumphs over all suffering. Dhammapada 24.354 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

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

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