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1 8, 100 | 100. Better than a thousand
2 8, 101 | 101. Better than a thousand
3 8, 102 | 102. Better than reciting a
4 8, 106 | 106. Though month after month
5 8, 107 | 107. Though for a hundred years
6 8, 108 | 108. Whatever gifts and oblations
7 8, 109 | 109. To one ever eager to revere
8 8, 110 | 110. Better it is to live one
9 8, 111 | 111. Better it is to live one
10 8, 112 | 112. Better it is to live one
11 8, 113 | 113. Better it is to live one
12 8, 114 | 114. Better it is to live one
13 8, 115 | 115. Better it is to live one
14 9, 116 | 116. Hasten to do good; restrain
15 9, 118 | 118. Should a person do good,
16 9, 121 | 121. Think not lightly of evil,
17 9, 123 | 123. Just as a trader with a
18 9, 124 | 124. If on the hand there is
19 9, 125 | 125. Like fine dust thrown against
20 9, 126 | 126. Some are born in the womb;
21 9, 128 | 128. Neither in the sky nor
22 10, 130 | 130. All tremble at violence;
23 10, 131 | 131. One who, while himself
24 10, 135 | 135. Just as a cowherd drives
25 10, 136 | 136. When the fool commits evil
26 10, 137 | 137. He who inflicts violence
27 10, 138-40 | 138-140 Sharp pain, or disaster,
28 10, 138-40 | 138-140 Sharp pain, or disaster,
29 10, 141 | 141. Neither going about naked,
30 10, 142 | 142. Even though he be well-attired,
31 10, 143 | 143. Only rarely is there a
32 10, 144 | 144. Like a thoroughbred horse
33 10, 145 | 145. Irrigators regulate the
34 11, 146 | 146. When this world is ever
35 11, 147 | 147. Behold this body -- a painted
36 11, 148 | 148. Fully worn out is this
37 11, 149 | 149. These dove-colored bones
38 11, 150 | 150. This city (body) is built
39 11, 151 | 151. Even gorgeous royal chariots
40 11, 152 | 152. The man of little learning
41 11, 155 | 155. Those who in youth have
42 11, 156 | 156. Those who in youth have
43 12, 157 | 157. If one holds oneself dear,
44 12, 158 | 158. One should first establish
45 12, 159 | 159. One should do what one
46 12, 161 | 161. The evil a witless man
47 12, 162 | 162. Just as a single creeper
48 12, 163 | 163. Easy to do are things that
49 12, 166 | 166. Let one not neglect one'
50 13, 167 | 167. Follow not the vulgar way;
51 13, 168 | 168. Arise! Do not be heedless!
52 13, 169 | 169. Lead a righteous life;
53 13, 170 | 170. One who looks upon the
54 13, 171 | 171. Come! Behold this world,
55 13, 172 | 172. He who having been heedless
56 13, 174 | 174. Blind is the world; here
57 13, 175 | 175. Swans fly on the path of
58 13, 176 | 176. For a liar who has violated
59 13, 177 | 177. Truly, misers fare not
60 14, 181 | 181. Those wise ones who are
61 14, 184 | 184. Enduring patience is the
62 14, 186-87 | 186-187. There is no satisfying
63 14, 188 | 188. Driven only by fear, do
64 14, 189 | 189. Such, indeed, is no safe
65 14, 193 | 193. Hard to find is the thoroughbred
66 14, 195-96 | 195-196. He who reveres those
67 Pre | originally written in the late 1950's. Some years earlier, while
68 Pre | translation was published in 1959 and a second in 1966, both
69 14, 195-96 | 195-196. He who reveres those worthy
70 Pre | in 1959 and a second in 1966, both by the Maha Bodhi
71 15, 197 | 197. Happy indeed we live, friendly
72 15, 198 | 198. Happy indeed we live, friendly
73 15, 199 | 199. Happy indeed we live, free
74 15, 200 | 200. Happy indeed we live, we
75 15, 201 | 201. Victory begets enmity;
76 15, 204 | 204. Health is the most precious
77 15, 205 | 205. Having savored the taste
78 15, 206 | 206. Good is it to see the Noble
79 15, 207 | 207. Indeed, he who moves in
80 15, 208 | 208. Therefore, follow the Noble
81 16, 209 | 209. Giving himself to things
82 16, 210 | 210. Seek no intimacy with the
83 16, 211 | 211. Therefore hold nothing
84 16, 213 | 213. From affection springs
85 16, 214 | 214. From attachment springs
86 16, 215 | 215. From lust springs grief,
87 16, 217 | 217. People hold dear him who
88 16, 219 | 219. When, after a long absence,
89 16, 220 | 220. As kinsmen welcome a dear
90 17, 221 | 221. One should give up anger,
91 17, 224 | 224. Speak the truth; yield
92 17, 225 | 225. Those sages who are inoffensive
93 17, 226 | 226. Those who are ever vigilant,
94 17, 227 | 227. O Atula! Indeed, this is
95 17, 228 | 228. There never was, there
96 17, 229 | 229. But the man whom the wise
97 17, 230 | 230. Who can blame such a one,
98 17, 232 | 232. Let a man guard himself
99 17, 233 | 233. Let a man guard himself
100 18, 235 | 235. Like a withered leaf are
101 18, 236 | 236. Make an island for yourself!
102 18, 237 | 237. Your life has come to an
103 18, 238 | 238. Make an island unto yourself!
104 18, 240 | 240. Just as rust arising from
105 18, 241 | 241. Non-repetition is the bane
106 18, 242 | 242. Unchastity is the taint
107 18, 243 | 243. A worse taint than these
108 18, 244 | 244. Easy for life is the shameless
109 18, 245 | 245. Difficult is life for the
110 18, 248 | 248. Know this, O good man:
111 18, 249 | 249. People give according to
112 18, 250 | 250. But he in who this (discontent)
113 18, 251 | 251. There is no fire like lust;
114 18, 252 | 252. Easily seen is the fault
115 18, 253 | 253. He who seeks another's
116 19, 256 | 256. Not by passing arbitrary
117 19, 257 | 257. He who does not judge others
118 19, 258 | 258. One is not wise because
119 19, 259 | 259. A man is not versed in
120 19, 260 | 260. A monk is not Elder because
121 19, 261 | 261. One in whom there is truthfulness,
122 19, 262 | 262. Not by mere eloquence nor
123 19, 263 | 263. But he in whom these are
124 19, 264 | 264. Not by shaven head does
125 19, 265 | 265. He who wholly subdues evil
126 19, 266 | 266. He is not a monk just because
127 19, 267 | 267. Whoever here (in the Dispensation)
128 19, 268 | 268. Not by observing silence
129 19, 269 | 269. The sage (thus) rejecting
130 2, 30 | 27. Do not give way to heedlessness.
131 19, 270 | 270. He is not noble who injures
132 19, 271-72 | 271-272. Not by rules and observances,
133 19, 271-72 | 271-272. Not by rules and observances,
134 20, 274 | 274. This is the only path;
135 20, 275 | 275. Walking upon this path
136 20, 276 | 276. You yourselves must strive;
137 20, 278 | 278. "All conditioned things
138 2, 31 | 28. Just as one upon the summit
139 20, 280 | 280. The idler who does not
140 20, 281 | 281. Let a man be watchful of
141 20, 282 | 282. Wisdom springs from meditation;
142 20, 284 | 284. For so long as the underbrush
143 20, 285 | 285. Cut off your affection
144 20, 286 | 286. "Here shall I live during
145 20, 287 | 287. As a great flood carries
146 20, 288 | 288. For him who is assailed
147 20, 289 | 289. Realizing this fact, let
148 2, 32 | 29. Heedful among the heedless,
149 21, 290 | 290. If by renouncing a lesser
150 21, 291 | 291. Entangled by the bonds
151 21, 292 | 292. The cankers only increase
152 21, 293 | 293. The cankers cease for those
153 21, 294 | 294. Having slain mother (craving),
154 21, 295 | 295. Having slain mother, father,
155 21, 296 | 296. Those disciples of Gotama
156 21, 297 | 297. Those disciples of Gotama
157 21, 298 | 298. Those disciples of Gotama
158 21, 299 | 299. Those disciples of Gotama
159 21, 300 | 300. Those disciples of Gotama
160 21, 301 | 301. Those disciples of Gotama
161 21, 302 | 302. Difficult is life as a
162 21, 305 | 305. He who sits alone, sleeps
163 22, 306 | 306. The liar goes to the state
164 22, 307 | 307. There are many evil characters
165 22, 308 | 308. It would be better to swallow
166 22, 309 | 309. Four misfortunes befall
167 2, 34 | 31. The monk who delights in
168 22, 310 | 310. Such a man acquires demerit
169 22, 311 | 311. Just as kusa grass wrongly
170 22, 312 | 312. Any loose act, any corrupt
171 22, 313 | 313. If anything is to be done,
172 22, 314 | 314. An evil deed is better
173 22, 315 | 315. Just as a border city is
174 22, 316 | 316. Those who are ashamed of
175 22, 317 | 317. Those who see something
176 22, 318 | 318. Those who imagine evil
177 22, 319 | 319. Those who discern the wrong
178 2, 35 | 32. The monk who delights in
179 23, 320 | 320. As an elephant in the battlefield
180 23, 321 | 321. A tamed elephant is led
181 23, 322 | 322. Excellent are well-trained
182 23, 323 | 323. Not by these mounts, however,
183 23, 324 | 324. Musty during rut, the tusker
184 23, 325 | 325. When a man is sluggish
185 23, 326 | 326. Formerly this mind wandered
186 23, 327 | 327. Delight in heedfulness!
187 23, 328 | 328. If for company you find
188 23, 329 | 329. If for company you cannot
189 3, 36 | 33. Just as a fletcher straightens
190 23, 330 | 330. Better it is to live alone;
191 23, 331 | 331. Good are friends when need
192 24, 334 | 334. The craving of one given
193 24, 335 | 335. Whoever is overcome by
194 24, 336 | 336. But whoever overcomes this
195 24, 337 | 337. This I say to you: Good
196 24, 338 | 338. Just as a tree, though
197 3, 37 | 34. As a fish when pulled out
198 24, 340 | 340. Everywhere these currents
199 24, 341 | 341. Flowing in (from all objects)
200 24, 342 | 342. Beset by craving, people
201 24, 343 | 343. Beset by craving, people
202 24, 345-6 | 345-346. That is not a strong
203 24, 345-6 | 345-346. That is not a strong fetter,
204 24, 347 | 347. Those who are lust-infatuated
205 24, 348 | 348. Let go of the past, let
206 24, 349 | 349. For a person tormented
207 3, 38 | 35. Wonderful, indeed, it is
208 24, 350 | 350. He who delights in subduing
209 24, 351 | 351. He who has reached the
210 24, 352 | 352. He who is free from craving
211 24, 354 | 354. The gift of Dhamma excels
212 24, 355 | 355. Riches ruin only the foolish,
213 24, 356 | 356. Weeds are the bane of fields,
214 24, 357 | 357. Weeds are the bane of fields,
215 24, 358 | 358. Weeds are the bane of fields,
216 24, 359 | 359. Weeds are the bane of fields,
217 3, 39 | 36. Let the discerning man
218 25, 360 | 360. Good is restraint over
219 25, 361 | 361. Good is restraint in the
220 25, 362 | 362. He who has control over
221 25, 363 | 363. That monk who has control
222 25, 364 | 364. The monk who abides in
223 25, 365 | 365. One should not despise
224 25, 366 | 366. A monk who does not despise
225 25, 367 | 367. He who has no attachment
226 25, 368 | 368. The monk who abides in
227 25, 369 | 369. Empty this boat, O monk!
228 3, 40 | 37. Dwelling in the cave (of
229 25, 371 | 371. Meditate, O monk! Do not
230 25, 372 | 372. There is no meditative
231 25, 376 | 376. Let him associate with
232 25, 377 | 377. Just as the jasmine creeper
233 25, 378 | 378. The monk who is calm in
234 25, 379 | 379. By oneself one must censure
235 3, 41 | 38. Wisdom never becomes perfect
236 25, 381 | 381. Full of joy, full of faith
237 25, 382 | 382. That monk who while young
238 26, 384 | 384. When a holy man has reached
239 26, 386 | 386. He who is meditative, stainless
240 26, 387 | 387. The sun shines by day,
241 26, 391 | 391. He who does no evil in
242 26, 392 | 392. Just as a brahman priest
243 26, 395 | 395. The person who wears a
244 26, 397 | 397. He who, having cut off
245 26, 398 | 398. He who has cut off the
246 26, 399 | 399. He who without resentment
247 3, 43 | 40. Realizing that this body
248 26, 400 | 400. He who is free from anger,
249 26, 401 | 401. Like water on a lotus leaf,
250 26, 402 | 402. He who in this very life
251 26, 403 | 403. He who has profound knowledge,
252 26, 404 | 404. He who holds aloof from
253 26, 405 | 405. He who has renounced violence
254 26, 406 | 406. He who is friendly amidst
255 26, 407 | 407. He whose lust and hatred,
256 26, 408 | 408. He who utters gentle, instructive
257 26, 409 | 409. He who in this world takes
258 3, 44 | 41. Ere long, alas! this body
259 26, 410 | 410. He who wants nothing of
260 26, 411 | 411. He who has no attachment,
261 26, 413 | 413. He, who, like the moon,
262 26, 414 | 414. He who, having traversed
263 26, 415 | 415. He who, having abandoned
264 26, 416 | 416. He who, having abandoned
265 26, 418 | 418. He who, having cast off
266 26, 419 | 419. He who in every way knows
267 26, 420 | 420. He whose track no gods,
268 26, 421 | 421. He who clings to nothing
269 26, 422 | 422. He, the Noble, the Excellent,
270 4, 47 | 44. Who shall overcome this
271 4, 49 | 46. Realizing that this body
272 4, 50 | 47. As a mighty flood sweeps
273 4, 51 | 48. The Destroyer brings under
274 4, 54 | 51. Like a beautiful flower
275 4, 55 | 52. Like a beautiful flower
276 4, 56 | 53. As from a great heap of
277 4, 60 | 57. Mara never finds the path
278 4, 61 | 58. Upon a heap of rubbish
279 4, 62 | 59. Even so, on the rubbish
280 5, 63 | 60. Long is the night to the
281 5, 64 | 61. Should a seeker not find
282 5, 65 | 62. The fool worries, thinking, "
283 5, 66 | 63. A fool who knows his foolishness
284 5, 67 | 64. Though all his life a fool
285 5, 68 | 65. Though only for a moment
286 5, 69 | 66. Fools of little wit are
287 5, 70 | 67. Ill done is that action
288 5, 71 | 68. Well done is that action
289 5, 72 | 69. So long as an evil deed
290 5, 73 | 70. Month after month a fool
291 5, 74 | 71. Truly, an evil deed committed
292 5, 75 | 72. To his own ruin the fool
293 5, 76 | 73. The fool seeks undeserved
294 5, 77 | 74. "Let both laymen and monks
295 5, 78 | 75. One is the quest for worldly
296 6, 79 | 76. Should one find a man who
297 6, 80 | 77. Let him admonish, instruct
298 6, 81 | 78. Do not associate with evil
299 6, 82 | 79. He who drinks deep the
300 6, 83 | 80. Irrigators regulate the
301 6, 84 | 81. Just as a solid rock is
302 6, 85 | 82. On hearing the Teachings,
303 6, 87 | 84. He is indeed virtuous,
304 6, 88 | 85. Few among men are those
305 6, 89 | 86. But those who act according
306 6, 87-88 | 87-88. Abandoning the dark way,
307 7, 90 | 90. The fever of passion exists
308 7, 92 | 92. Those who do not accumulate
309 7, 93 | 93. He whose cankers are destroyed
310 7, 94 | 94. Even the gods hold dear
311 7, 95 | 95. There is no more worldly
312 7, 96 | 96. Calm is his thought, calm
313 7, 98 | 98. Inspiring, indeed, is that
314 7, 99 | 99. Inspiring are the forests
315 Int, 1 | radically changed, and one who abandons the evil for the good illuminates
316 11, 146 | When this world is ever ablaze, why this laughter, why
317 Int, 3 | even the loftiest celestial abodes, are lacking in genuine
318 16, 219 | 219. When, after a long absence, a man safely returns from
319 25, 362 | in inward development, is absorbed in meditation, keeps to
320 Int, 2 | ethical injunctions for abstaining from evil and for cultivating
321 Int, 1 | of Buddhism, which teach abstinence from destroying life, from
322 4, 52(8) | door with his alms bowls, accepting whatever is offered. ~
323 19, 268 | holding a balance-scale accepts only the good. ~
324 5, 78 | carried away by worldly acclaim, but develop detachment
325 Int, 3 | doctrine or practice, but an acclamation and exaltation of those
326 1, 22 | sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless man is like
327 Pre | to a particular episode. Accounts of these, along with exegesis
328 8, 109 | elders, these four blessing accrue: long life and beauty, happiness
329 7, 92 | 92. Those who do not accumulate and are wise regarding food,
330 Int, 2 | the effective means to achieve their objectives. The content
331 Int, 3 | seven lives at most. This achievement alone, the Dhammapada declares,
332 Int, 3 | victor over his own mind, achieves a conquest which can never
333 Int, 3 | itself. ~The pivotal role in achieving progress in all spheres,
334 Pre | Poona, India; To them I acknowledge my debt. A few verses contain
335 22, 310 | 310. Such a man acquires demerit and an unhappy birth
336 6, 89 | enlightenment, who, having renounced acquisitiveness, rejoice in not clinging
337 Int, 3 | to craving and orders all activities around the aim of liberation.
338 Int, 3 | as the defining mark of actuality. The universe is in flux,
339 Pre | considerable revision. The newly added subtitle, "The Buddha's
340 18, 246-47 | another man's wife, and is addicted to intoxicating drinks --
341 Int | diverse persons to whom it is addressed, as well as from the diversity
342 Int, 1 | self-control (231-234). One should adhere to the five precepts, the
343 Int | material possessions. Yet the admiration the Dhammapada has elicited
344 Int | literary embellishment and the admixture of legend, but the historical
345 6, 80 | 77. Let him admonish, instruct and shield one
346 Int, 1 | others, the disciple is admonished to examine his own faults,
347 19, 266 | on others' alms. Not by adopting outward form does one become
348 Int, 3 | unfold without impediments, adoption of a different style of
349 Int, 1 | stealing, from committing adultery, from speaking lies and
350 6, 84 | even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame. ~
351 15, 198 | afflicted men we dwell free from affliction. ~
352 Int, 2 | beset with hardships and afflictions and thoroughly bad people
353 Int, 3 | turn. Seeking happiness, afraid of pain, loss and death,
354 | afterwards
355 Pre | reaching out through the ages to various types of people
356 Int, 3 | there is no more birth, aging and death, and no more suffering. ~
357 3, 37 | quivers, even so is this mind agitated. Hence should one abandon
358 Int, 3 | Buddha who. without any aid or guidance, rediscovered
359 21, 302 | samsara. Therefore, be not an aimless wanderer, be not a pursuer
360 Int | designed to meet three primary aims: human welfare here and
361 3, 44 | 41. Ere long, alas! this body will lie upon
362 Int, 2 | tied to an invisible but all-embracing law which binds together
363 Int, 3 | deviating due to the seductive allurements of sense pleasures or the
364 4, 52 | so the sage goes on his alms-round in the village. 8 ~
365 26, 404 | 404. He who holds aloof from householders and ascetics
366 Int, 2 | ethics than mere appeals to altruism can provide. On the one
367 2, 24(3) | v. 21) The Deathless (amata): Nibbana, so called because
368 26, 383(26) | intended to reproduce the ambiguity of the Indian word. Originally
369 5, 77 | follow me" -- such is the ambition of the fool; thus his desire
370 | amongst
371 Pre | contain riddles, references or analogies that may not be evident
372 15, 202(17) | factors into which the Buddha analyzes the living being -- material
373 8, 104-05 | others. Not even a god, an angel, Mara or Brahma can turn
374 26, 420 | whose track no gods, no angels, no humans trace, the Arahat
375 23, 326 | mahout controls with his ankus [sic] an elephant in rut. ~
376 Int, 2 | of misery. This theme is announced already by the pair of verses
377 24, 353(23) | his teacher. The Buddha's answer shows that Supreme Enlightenment
378 26, 394 | What of your garment of antelope's hide? Within you is the
379 Int, 3 | a joy and happiness that anticipates the bliss of the Deathless (
380 1, 11(2) | recommended especially as powerful antidotes to lust. ~
381 Int, 3 | out between these moral antipodes, and because he cannot evade
382 Int, 3 | existence to include the antithetical poles of the conditioned
383 Int, 3 | bringing in its trail sorrow, anxiety, and despair (212-216, Chapter
384 Int | understanding of human life, aphoristic wisdom and stirring message
385 Int, 3 | quality called heedfulness (appamada). Heedfulness combines critical
386 Int, 2 | context for ethics than mere appeals to altruism can provide.
387 Int | viewed side by side will appear incompatible and may even
388 18, 241 | is the bane of personal appearance, and heedlessness is the
389 Int, 3 | far shore." The Buddha appears in the world as the Great
390 Int, 3 | relevance to his life, and apply it as a guide to conduct.
391 10, 134 | silence yourself, you have approached Nibbana, for vindictiveness
392 Int, 1 | a whole. The guidelines appropriate to this level are largely
393 Int, 3 | schools of Buddhism have appropriated them as their common foundation.
394 26, 398 | views), together with the appurtenances (latent evil tendencies),
395 19, 257 | who does not judge others arbitrarily, but passes judgment impartially
396 19, 256 | 256. Not by passing arbitrary judgments does a man become
397 26, 387 | night. The warrior shines in armor, the holy man shines in
398 Int, 3 | factors of the path are arranged into three major groups
399 Int, 3 | early Buddhism. The most arresting feature of this view is
400 Int | good. The four levels are arrived at by distinguishing the
401 6, 89(10) | chapter. The "cankers" (asava) are the four basic defilements
402 2, 31 | heedlessness by heedfulness and ascends the high tower of wisdom,
403 Int | four levels to be used for ascertaining the intention behind any
404 26, 404 | aloof from householders and ascetics alike, and wanders about
405 Int, 3 | factor for ensuring that the aspirant keeps to the straight path
406 Int | discourages disciples from aspiring for heaven and extols the
407 20, 288 | 288. For him who is assailed by death there is no protection
408 24, 337 | to you: Good luck to all assembled here! Dig up the root of
409 Int, 3 | begins with an unequivocal assertion that mind is the forerunner
410 Int, 3 | the Buddha speaks words of assurance confirming that it can be
411 Pre | indicated in the text by an asterisk at the end of the verse. ~
412 1, 11(2) | v. 8) The impurities (asubha): subjects of meditation
413 Pre | presented here, is a humble attempt by a practicing follower
414 26, 383(26) | inner sanctity. The Buddha attempted to restore to the word brahmana
415 Int, 3 | the concentrated beam of attention is focused upon the constituent
416 Int, 3 | cultivation of wholesome attitudes as a means to higher rebirths.
417 17, 227 | 227. O Atula! Indeed, this is an ancient
418 Int | subjected himself to severe austerities, but found that these practices
419 14, 184 | patience is the highest austerity. "Nibbana is supreme," say
420 Pre | several translations are available, including editions by such
421 23, 333 | wisdom, and good is the avoidance of evil. ~
422 Int, 1 | hostility. Quarrels are to be avoided by patience and forgiveness,
423 Pre | felt that a new translation avoiding these two extremes would
424 Int | has not been confined to avowed followers of Buddhism. Wherever
425 18, 235 | now; death's messengers await you. You stand on the eve
426 Int, 3 | Heedfulness combines critical self awareness and unremitting energy in
427 Int | born in the sixth century B.C., the son of a king ruling
428 18, 244 | is impudent as a crow, is backbiting and forward, arrogant and
429 Int, 3 | man walks the delicate balance between good and evil, purity
430 19, 268 | wise who, as if holding a balance-scale accepts only the good. ~
431 26, 398 | the thong (of hatred), the band (of craving), and the rope (
432 Pre | the Maha Bodhi Society in Bangalore, India. For this third edition,
433 6, 88 | run up and down the hither bank. ~
434 Int, 3 | s power to overcome all barriers and to triumph even over
435 Int, 3 | iii) The ethical counsel based on the desire for higher
436 8, 103 | times a thousand men in battle, yet he indeed is the noblest
437 23, 320 | 320. As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from
438 Int, 3 | wisdom the concentrated beam of attention is focused
439 24, 352 | sequence -- he, indeed, is the bearer of his final body. He is
440 26, 399 | resentment endures abuse, beating and punishment; whose power,
441 | became
442 23, 325 | sleeping and rolling around in bed like a fat domestic pig,
443 Int | founded solidly upon the bedrock of the Buddha's own clear
444 4, 52 | 49. As a bee gathers honey from the flower
445 22, 309 | 309. Four misfortunes befall the reckless man who consorts
446 17, 221 | fetters. Suffering never befalls him who clings not to mind
447 15, 201 | 201. Victory begets enmity; the defeated dwell
448 Int, 3 | glorious end. The cosmos is beginningless, and in its movement from
449 25, 370(24) | self-illusion, doubt, belief in rites and rituals, lust
450 | below
451 Int | sitting in deep meditation beneath a tree at Gaya, he attained
452 12, 163 | things that are good and beneficial. ~
453 Pre | and Nepali. I particularly benefited from the excellent translations
454 Pre | including Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, Sinhala, Burmese and Nepali.
455 24, 341 | pleasure arise in beings. Bent on pleasures and seeking
456 20, 274 | this path, and you will bewilder Mara. ~
457 Pre | Sri Lanka, and Professor Bhagwat of Poona, India; To them
458 Int, 3 | mind. In contrast to the Bible, which opens with an account
459 26, 409 | long or short, small or big, good or bad -- him do I
460 Int, 2 | all-embracing law which binds together all life and holds
461 24, 337 | the fragrant root of the birana grass. Let not Mara crush
462 Int, 1 | responsibilities, and to restrain the bitterness, conflict and violence which
463 5, 73 | his food with the tip of a blade of grass, but he still is
464 22, 308 | swallow a red-hot iron ball, blazing like fire, than as an immoral
465 8, 109 | serve the elders, these four blessing accrue: long life and beauty,
466 4, 62 | on the rubbish heap of blinded mortals the disciple of
467 11, 150 | plastered with flesh and blood; within are decay and death,
468 4, 61 | rubbish in the road-side ditch blooms a lotus, fragrant and pleasing. ~
469 4, 58 | fragrances -- sandal, tagara, blue lotus and jasmine -- the
470 25, 369 | 369. Empty this boat, O monk! Emptied, it will
471 23, 327 | Draw yourself out of this bog of evil, even as an elephant
472 26, 417 | wholly delivered of all bondages -- him do I call a holy
473 Int | expected to count a copy of the book among his few material possessions.
474 22, 315 | 315. Just as a border city is closely guarded
475 Int, 3 | The universe is in flux, a boundless river of incessant becoming
476 11, 156 | out arrows (shot from) a bow. ~ ~
477 4, 52(8) | door to door with his alms bowls, accepting whatever is offered. ~
478 23, 320 | withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall
479 Int, 3 | living the "holy life" (brahmacariya). For conduct to be completely
480 Int, 3 | paths to all destinations branch out from the present, from
481 18, 252 | fowler hides behind sham branches. ~
482 22, 310 | unhappy birth in the future. Brief is the pleasure of the frightened
483 6, 87-88 | the wise man cultivate the bright path. Having gone from home
484 Int, 2 | morality are shown now in their broader cosmic connections, as tied
485 13, 170 | looks upon the world as a bubble and a mirage, him the King
486 11, 154 | you are seen! You will not build this house again. For your
487 11, 153 | in vain, seeking in the builder of this house (of life).
488 11, 150 | 150. This city (body) is built of bones, plastered with
489 11, 152 | learning grows old like a bull. He grows only in bulk,
490 26, 402 | who has laid aside the burden and become emancipated --
491 7, 97(11) | faithless, ungrateful, a burglar, who destroys opportunities
492 Int | Buddhism, such as Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand, the influence
493 Pre | Hindi, Bengali, Sinhala, Burmese and Nepali. I particularly
494 10, 136 | his own deeds, like one burnt by fire. ~
495 Pre | Buddhaghosa in the fifth century C.E. on the basis or material
496 20, 284 | bondage, like the sucking calf to its mother. ~
497 23, 324 | morsel, but only longingly calls to mind the elephant forest. ~
498 25, 373 | to a solitary abode and calmed his mind, who comprehends
499 Int | attainment of which man is capable -- perfect wisdom, full
500 Int | with their very different capacities for understanding. Thence,
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