Daily Words of the Buddha

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

Na jaccā vasalo hoti na jaccā hoti brāhmaṇo. Kammunā vasalo hoti, kammunā hoti brāhmaṇo Listen One is not low because of birth nor does birth make one holy. Deeds alone make one low, deeds alone make one holy. Sutta Nipāta 1.136 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

Uddhaṃ, tiriyaṃ apācinaṃ, yāvatā jagato gati samavekkhitā va dhammānaṃ khandhānaṃ udayabbayaṃ. Listen Above, across or back again, wherever one goes in the world let one carefully scrutinise the rise and fall of compounded things. Itivuttaka 4.111 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 tasanti daṇḍassa. Sabbesaṃ jīvitaṃ piyaṃ. Attānaṃ upamaṃ katvā; na haneyya na ghātaye. Listen All tremble at punishment. Life is dear to all. Put yourself in the place of others; kill none nor have another killed. Dhammapada 10.130 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

Kāmaṃ kāmayamānassa, tassa ce taṃ samijjhati, addhā pītimano hoti. Laddhā macco yadicchati. Tassa ce -- kāmayānassa, chandajātassa -- jantuno te kāmā parihāyanti, sallaviddhova ruppati. Listen If one, longing for sensual pleasure, achieves it, yes, one's enraptured at heart. The mortal gets what one wants. But if for that person -- longing, desiring -- the pleasures diminish, one's shattered, as if shot with an arrow. Sutta Nipāta 4.772, 4.773 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

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

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