Daily Words of the Buddha

Uttiṭṭhe! Nappamajjeyya! Dhammaṃ sucaritaṃ care. Dhammacārī sukhaṃ seti asmiṃ loke paramhi ca. Listen Arise! Do not be heedless! Lead a righteous life. The righteous live happily both in this world and the next. Dhammapada 13.168 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

Kāyamuniṃ vācāmuniṃ, manomunimanāsavaṃ, muniṃ moneyyasampannaṃ. Āhu ninhātapāpakaṃ. Listen Silent in body, silent in speech, silent in mind, without defilement, blessed with silence is the sage. One is truly washed of evil. Itivuttaka 3.67 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

Manopakopaṃ rakkheyya; manasā saṃvuto siyā. Manoduccaritaṃ hitvā, manasā sucaritaṃ care. Listen Let one guard oneself against irritability in thought; let one be controlled in mind. Abandoning mental misconduct, let one practice good conduct in thought. Dhammapada 17.233 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

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 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

Yesaṃ dhammā asammuṭṭhā paravādesu na nīyare; te sambuddhā sammadaññā, caranti visame samaṃ. Listen Those to whom the Dhamma is clear are not led into other doctrines; perfectly enlightened with perfect knowledge, they walk evenly over the uneven. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.8 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

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

Diso disaṃ yaṃ taṃ kayirā, verī vā pana verinaṃ; micchāpaṇihitaṃ cittaṃ pāpiyo naṃ tato kare. Listen Whatever an enemy might do to an enemy, or a foe to a foe, the ill-directed mind can do to you even worse. Udāna 4.33 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

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 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

Na tena paṇḍito hoti yāvatā bahu bhāsati. Khemī, averī abhayo ‘‘paṇḍito’’ti pavuccati. Listen One is not wise because one speaks much. One who is peaceable, friendly and fearless is called "wise". Dhammapada 19.258 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

Sukho viveko tuṭṭhassa, sutadhammassa passato. Abyāpajjaṃ sukhaṃ loke -- pāṇabhūtesu saṃyamo. Listen Solitude is happiness for one who is content, who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees. Non-affliction is happiness in the world -- harmlessness towards all living beings. Udāna 2.11 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

Paradukkhūpadhānena, attano sukhamicchati verasaṃsaggasaṃsaṭṭho, verā so na parimuccati. Listen Entangled by the bonds of hate, one who seeks one's own happiness by inflicting pain on others, is never delivered from hatred. Dhammapada 21.291 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

Mattāsukhapariccāgā passe ce vipulaṃ sukhaṃ, caje mattāsukhaṃ dhīro, sampassaṃ vipulaṃ sukhaṃ. Listen If by renouncing a lesser happiness one may realize a greater happiness, let the wise one renounce the lesser, having regard for the greater. Dhammapada 21.290 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

Yogā ve jāyatī bhūri, ayogā bhūrisaṅkhayo. Etaṃ dvedhāpathaṃ ñatvā bhavāya vibhavāya ca, tathāttānaṃ niveseyya yathā bhūri pavaḍḍhati. Listen Wisdom springs from meditation; without meditation wisdom wanes. Having known these two paths of progress and decline, let one so conduct oneself that one's wisdom may increase. Dhammapada 20.282 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

Dosaggiṃ pana mettāya, nibbāpenti naruttamā. Mohaggiṃ pana paññāya yāyaṃ nibbedhagāminī. Listen By love they will quench the fire of hate, by wisdom the fire of delusion. Those supreme ones extinguish delusion with wisdom that breaks through to truth. Itivuttaka 3.93 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

Sabbadā sīlasampanno, paññavā susamāhito; ajjhattacintī satimā, oghaṃ tarati duttaraṃ. Listen In every virtue all-accomplished, with wisdom full and mind composed, looking within and ever mindful-- thus one crosses the raging flood. Sutta Nipāta 1.176 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