Daily Words of the Buddha

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 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

Pare ca na vijānanti mayamettha yamāmase. Ye ca tattha vijānanti tato sammanti medhagā. Listen There are those who do not realize that one day we all must die. But those who do realize this settle their quarrels. Dhammapada 1.6 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

Na tena ariyo hoti yena pāṇāni hiṃsati. Ahiṃsā sabbapāṇānaṃ "ariyo"ti pavuccati. Listen One is not noble who injures living beings. One is called "noble" because one is harmless towards all living beings. Dhammapada 19.270 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

Na tāvatā dhammadharo yāvatā bahu bhāsati. Yo ca appampi sutvāna, dhammaṃ kāyena passati sa ve dhammadharo hoti, yo dhammaṃ nappamajjati. Listen One is not versed in Dhamma because one speaks much. One who, after hearing a little Dhamma, realizes its truth directly and is not heedless of it, is truly versed in the Dhamma. Dhammapada 19.259 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

Evaṃ bho purisa jānāhi: pāpadhammā asaññatā. Mā taṃ lobho adhammo ca ciraṃ dukkhāya randhayuṃ. Listen Know this, O good one: evil things are difficult to control. Let not greed and wickedness drag you to protracted misery. Dhammapada 18.248 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

Ayasāva malaṃ samuṭṭhitaṃ tatuṭṭhāya tameva khādati, evaṃ atidhonacārinaṃ sāni kammāni nayanti duggatiṃ. Listen Just as rust arising from iron eats away the base from which it arises, even so, their own deeds lead transgressors to states of woe. Dhammapada 18.240 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

Kodhaṃ jahe vippajaheyya mānaṃ, saṃyojanaṃ sabbamatikkameyya. Taṃ nāmarūpasmimasajjamānaṃ akiñcanaṃ nānupatanti dukkhā. Listen One should give up anger, renounce pride, and overcome all fetters. Suffering never befalls one who clings not to mind and body and is detached. Dhammapada 17.221 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

Dhamme ca ye ariyapavedite ratā anuttarā te vacasā, manasā kammunā ca. Te santisoraccasamādhisaṇṭhitā, sutassa paññāya ca sāramajjhagū. Listen Those who are devoted to the Dhamma made known by the Noble Ones are unsurpassed in speech, thought and action. They are established in peace, gentleness and concentration, and have reached the essence of learning and wisdom. Sutta Nipāta 3.332 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Discourse Collection: Selected Texts from the Sutta Nipāta, translated by John D. Ireland 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

Susukhaṃ vata jīvāma, verinesu averino. Verinesu manussesu, viharāma averino. Listen Happy indeed we live, friendly amidst the hostile. Amidst hostile people we dwell free from hatred. Dhammapada 15.197 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

Imesu kira sajjanti, Eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā; Viggayha naṃ vivadanti Janā ekaṅgadassino. Listen Some recluses and brahmins, so called, Are deeply attached to their own views; People who only see one side of things Engage in quarrels and disputes. Udāna 6.54 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Udāna and the Itivuttaka, trans. John D. Ireland 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

Sukarāni asādhūni, attano ahitāni ca. Yaṃ ve hitañca sādhuñca, taṃ ve paramadukkaraṃ. Listen Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial. Dhammapada 12.163 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

Attā hi attano nātho; ko hi nātho paro siyā? Attanā hi sudantena, nāthaṃ labhati dullabhaṃ. Listen One truly is the protector of oneself; who else could the protector be? With oneself fully controlled, one gains a mastery that is hard to gain. Dhammapada 12.160 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

Mettañca sabbalokasmi, mānasaṃ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṃ: Uddhaṃ adho ca tiriyañca, asambādhaṃ averamasapattaṃ. Listen With good will for the entire cosmos, cultivate a limitless heart: Above, below, & all around, unobstructed, without hostility or hate. Sutta Nipāta 1.150 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

Kalyāṇamitto yo bhikkhu, sappatisso sagāravo; Karaṃ mittānaṃ vacanaṃ, sampajāno patissato; Pāpuṇe anupubbena, sabbasaṃyojanakkhayaṃ. Listen When a bhikkhu has good friends, and is reverential and respectful; Doing what one's friends advise, clearly comprehending and mindful; One may progressively attain the destruction of all fetters. Itivuttaka 1.17 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Udāna and the Itivuttaka, trans. John D. Ireland 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

Ye dhammā hetuppabhavā, tesaṃ hetuṃ Tathāgato āha tesañca yo nirodho; evaṃvādī Mahāsamaṇo. Listen Those phenomena arising from a cause, of these the Enlightened One has told the cause and also their cessation; this is the "doctrine" of the Great Recluse. Vinaya 3.60 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