Daily Words of the Buddha

Daily Words of the Buddha episodes:

• 05.14.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for May 15, 2024

  Uṭṭhānako analaso, Āpadāsu na vedhati, Acchinnavutti medhāvī, Tādiso labhate yasaṃ. Listen Who is energetic and not indolent, In misfortune unshaken, Flawless in manner and intelligent, Such a one to honour may attain. Dīgha Nikāya 3.273 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Everyman's...

  
• 05.13.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for May 14, 2024

  Yo imasmiṃ dhammavinaye Appamatto vihassati! Pahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ dukkhassantaṃ karissatī. Listen Who so untiringly pursues the Dhamma and the Discipline Shall go beyond the round of births and make an end of suffering. Dīgha Nikāya 2.185 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Last...

  
• 05.12.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for May 13, 2024

  Dadato puññaṃ pavaḍḍhati; Saṃyamato veraṃ na cīyati; Kusalo ca jahāti pāpakaṃ, Rāgadosamohakkhayā sanibbuto. Listen Who gives, one's virtues shall increase; Who is self-curbed, no hatred bears; Who so is skilled in virtue, evil shuns, And by the rooting out of...

  
• 05.11.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for May 12, 2024

  Chandā dosā bhayā mohā, Yo dhammaṃ ativattati, Nihīyati yaso tassa Kāḷapakkheva candimā. Chandā dosā bhayā mohā, Yo dhammaṃ nātivattati, Āpūrati yaso tassa Sukkapakkheva candimā. Listen Whoever through desire, hate or fear, Or ignorance should transgress the Dhamma, All one's glory...

  
• 05.10.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for May 11, 2024

  Upakāro ca yo mitto, sukhe dukkhe ca yo sakhā, atthakkhāyī ca yo mitto, yo ca mittānukampako -- etepi mitte cattāro iti viññāya paṇḍito sakkaccaṃ payirupāseyya mātā puttaṃ va orasaṃ. Listen The friend who is a helpmate, the friend in happiness...

  
• 05.09.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for May 10, 2024

  Saṅgāhako mittakaro, Vadaññū vītamaccharo, Netā vinetā anunetā, Tādiso labhate yasaṃ. Listen Who is hospitable, and friendly, Liberal and unselfish, A guide, an instructor, a leader, Such a one to honour may attain. Dīgha Nikāya 3.273 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Everyman's...

  
• 05.08.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for May 09, 2024

  Pahūtavitto puriso sahirañño sabhojano, eko bhuñjati sādūni -- taṃ parābhavato mukhaṃ. Listen To have much wealth and ample gold and food, but to enjoy one's luxuries alone -- this is a cause of one's downfall. Sutta Nipāta 1.102 View Pāli...

  
• 05.07.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for May 08, 2024

  Paṇḍito sīlasampanno, Saṇho ca paṭibhānavā, Nivātavutti atthaddho, Tādiso labhate yasaṃ. Listen Who is wise and virtuous, Gentle and keen-witted, Humble and amenable, Such a one to honour may attain. Dīgha Nikāya 3.273 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses...

  
• 05.06.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for May 07, 2024

  Maraṇenapi taṃ pahīyati yaṃ puriso mamidanti maññati. Etampi viditvā paṇḍito, na mamattāya nametha māmako. Listen At death a person abandons what one construes as mine. Realizing this, the wise shouldn't incline to be devoted to mine. Sutta Nipāta 4.812 View...

  
• 05.05.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for May 06, 2024

  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...

  
• 05.04.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for May 05, 2024

  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:...

  
• 05.03.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for May 04, 2024

  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...

  
• 05.02.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for May 03, 2024

  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...

  
• 05.01.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for May 02, 2024

  Yo pāṇamatipāteti, musāvādañca bhāsati, loke adinnamādiyati, paradārañca gacchati, surāmerayapānañca yo naro anuyuñjati -- idhevameso lokasmiṃ, mūlaṃ khaṇati attano. Listen One who destroys life, utters lies, takes what is not given, goes to another man's wife, and is addicted to intoxicating...

  
• 04.30.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for May 01, 2024

  Hirīmatā ca dujjīvaṃ niccaṃ sucigavesinā, alīnenāppagabbhena, suddhājīvena passatā. Listen Difficult is life for the modest one who always seeks purity, is detached and unassuming, clean in life, and discerning. Dhammapada 18.245 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path...

  
• 04.29.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 30, 2024

  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...

  
• 04.28.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 29, 2024

  Acchecchi vaṭṭaṃ, byagā nirāsaṃ. Visukkhā saritā na sandati. Chinnaṃ vaṭṭaṃ na vattati. Esevanto dukkhassā. Listen One has broken the cycle, attained freedom from desire. The dried-up stream no longer flows. The cycle, broken, no longer turns. This, just this, is...

  
• 04.27.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 28, 2024

  So karohi dīpamattano! Khippaṃ vāyama paṇḍito bhava! Niddhantamalo anaṅgaṇo, na punaṃ jātijaraṃ upehisi. Listen Make an island unto yourself! Strive hard and become wise! Rid of impurities and cleansed of stain, you shall not come again to birth and decay....

  
• 04.26.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 27, 2024

  Akkodhena jine kodhaṃ; asādhuṃ sādhunā jine; jine kadariyaṃ dānena; saccenālikavādinaṃ. Listen Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth. Dhammapada 17.223 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The...

  
• 04.25.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 26, 2024

  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...

  
• 04.24.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 25, 2024

  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...

  
• 04.23.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 24, 2024

  Susukhaṃ vata jīvāma, verinesu averino. Verinesu manussesu, viharāma averino. Listen Happy indeed we live, friendly amidst the hostility. 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...

  
• 04.22.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 23, 2024

  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...

  
• 04.21.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 22, 2024

  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...

  
• 04.20.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 21, 2024

  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...

  
• 04.19.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 20, 2024

  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...

  
• 04.18.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 19, 2024

  Attānaṃ ce tathā kayirā; yathāññamanusāsati, sudanto vata dametha. Attā hi kira duddamo. Listen One should do what one teaches others to do; if one would train others, one should be well controlled oneself. Difficult, indeed, is self-control. Dhammapada 12.159 View...

  
• 04.17.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 18, 2024

  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...

  
• 04.16.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 17, 2024

  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....

  
• 04.15.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 16, 2024

  Phuṭṭhassa lokadhammehi, cittaṃ yassa na kampati, asokaṃ virajaṃ khemaṃ; etaṃ maṅgalamuttamaṃ. Listen When faced with the vicissitudes of life, one's mind remains unshaken, sorrowless, stainless, secure; this is the greatest welfare. Sutta Nipāta 2.271 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Discourse...

  
• 04.14.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 15, 2024

  Aniccā vata saṅkhārā, uppādavayadhammino. Uppajjitvā nirujjhanti, tesaṃ vūpasamo sukho. Listen Impermanent truly are compound things, by nature arising and passing away. If they arise and are extinguished, their eradication brings happiness. Dīgha Nikāya 2.221 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Discourse...

  
• 04.13.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 14, 2024

  Yato yato sammasati khandhānaṃ udayabbayaṃ, labhatī pītipāmojjaṃ, amataṃ taṃ vijānataṃ. Listen Whenever and wherever one encounters the arising and passing away of the mental-physical structure, one enjoys bliss and delight, [which lead on to] the deathless stage experienced by the...

  
• 04.12.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 13, 2024

  Khīṇaṃ purāṇaṃ nava natthi sambhavaṃ, virattacittāyatike bhavasmiṃ. Te khīṇabījā, avirūḷhichandā. Nibbanti dhīrā yathāyaṃ padīpo. Listen When past conditioning is released and no fresh one produced, the mind no longer seeks for future birth. The seed consumed, cravings no more arise....

  
• 04.11.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 12, 2024

  Anekajātisaṃsāraṃ sandhāvissaṃ, anibbisaṃ gahakāraṃ gavesanto; dukkhā jāti punappunaṃ. Gahakāraka! Diṭṭhosi. Puna gehaṃ na kāhasi. Sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā, gahakūṭaṃ visaṅkhataṃ. Visaṅkhāragataṃ cittaṃ: taṇhānaṃ khayamajjhagā. Listen Through countless births in the cycle of existence I have run, not finding although seeking...

  
• 04.10.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 11, 2024

  Idha tappati, pecca tappati, pāpakārī ubhayattha tappati. "Pāpaṃ me katan"ti tappati, bhiyyo tappati, duggatiṃ gato. Idha nandati, pecca nandati, katapuñño ubhayattha nandati. "Puññaṃ me katan"ti nandati, bhiyyo nandati, suggatiṃ gato. Listen Agony now, agony hereafter, the wrong-doer suffers agony in...

  
• 04.09.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 10, 2024

  Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā. Manasā ce paduṭṭhena bhāsati vā karoti vā, tato naṃ dukkhamanveti cakkaṃva vahato padaṃ. Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā. Manasā ce pasannena bhāsati vā karoti vā, tato naṃ sukhamanveti chāyāva anapāyinī. Listen Mind precedes all phenomena, mind matters...

  
• 04.08.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 09, 2024

  Sabbo ādīpito loko, sabbo loko padhūpito; Sabbo pajjalito loko, sabbo loko pakampito. Akampitaṃ apajjalitaṃ, aputhujjanasevitaṃ, agati yattha mārassa -- tattha me nirato mano. Listen The entire world is in flames, the entire world is going up in smoke; the entire...

  
• 04.07.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 08, 2024

  Tumhehi kiccamātappaṃ; Akkhātāro Tathāgatā. Paṭipannā pamokkhanti jhāyino mārabandhanā. Listen You have to do your own work; Enlightened Ones will only show the way. Those who practise meditation will free themselves from the chains of death. Dhammapada 20.276 View Pāli on...

  
• 04.06.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 07, 2024

  Sace bhāyatha dukkhassa, sace vo dukkhamappiyaṃ, mākattha pāpakaṃ kammaṃ, āvi vā yadi vā raho. Sace ca pāpakaṃ kammaṃ, karissatha karotha vā, Na vo dukkhā pamutyatthi: upeccapi palāyataṃ. Listen If you fear pain, if you dislike pain, don't do an evil...

  
• 04.05.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 06, 2024

  Gahakāraka, diṭṭhosi! Puna gehaṃ na kāhasi. Sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā gahakūṭaṃ visaṅkhataṃ. Visaṅkhāragataṃ cittaṃ; taṇhānaṃ khayamajjhagā. Listen O house-builder, you are seen! You will not build this house again. For your rafters are broken and your ridgepole shattered. My mind...

  
• 04.04.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 05, 2024

  Māvoca pharusaṃ kañci, vuttā paṭivadeyyu taṃ. Dukkhā hi sārambhakathā, paṭidaṇḍā phuseyyu taṃ. Listen Speak not harshly to anyone, for those thus spoken to might retort. Indeed, angry speech hurts, and retaliation may overtake you. Dhammapada 10.133 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org...

  
• 04.03.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 04, 2024

  Mātā yathā niyaṃ puttamāyusā ekaputtamanurakkhe, evampi sabbabhūtesu mānasaṃ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṃ. Listen As a mother would risk her life to protect her child, her only child, even so should one cultivate a limitless heart with regard to all beings. Sutta Nipāta...

  
• 04.02.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 03, 2024

  Adhicetaso appamajjato, munino monapathesu sikkhato: Sokā na bhavanti tādino, upasantassa sadā satīmato. Listen Exalted in mind & heedful, the sage trained in sagacity's ways: One has no sorrows, one who is Such, calmed & ever mindful. Udāna 4.37 View Pāli...

  
• 04.01.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 02, 2024

  Abhittharetha kalyāṇe; pāpā cittaṃ nivāraye. Dandhañhi karoto puññaṃ, pāpasmiṃ ramatī mano. Listen Hasten to do good; restrain your mind from evil. One who is slow in doing good, that one's mind delights in evil. Dhammapada 9.116 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org...

  
• 03.31.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for April 01, 2024

  Pathavisamo no virujjhati, indakhilupamo tādi subbato, rahadova apetakaddamo saṃsārā na bhavanti tādino. Listen There is no more worldly existence for the wise one who, like the earth, resents nothing, who is firm as a high pillar and as pure as...

  
• 03.30.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for March 31, 2024

  Gataddhino visokassa vippamuttassa sabbadhi, sabbaganthappahīnassa, pariḷāho na vijjati. Listen The fever of passion exists not for one who has completed the journey, who is sorrowless and wholly set free, and has broken all ties. Dhammapada 7.90 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org...

  
• 03.29.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for March 30, 2024

  Yathā naro āpagamotaritvā, mahodakaṃ salilaṃ sīghasotaṃ, so vuyhamāno anusotagāmī -- kiṃ so pare sakkhati tārayetuṃ? Listen If one going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current -- how can one help others across?...

  
• 03.28.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for March 29, 2024

  Appakā te manussesu, ye janā pāragāmino. Athāyaṃ itarā pajā, tīramevānudhāvati. Ye ca kho sammadakkhāte dhamme dhammānuvattino te janā pāramessanti, maccudheyyaṃ suduttaraṃ. Listen Few among people are those who cross to the farther shore. The rest, the bulk of people, only...

  
• 03.27.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for March 28, 2024

  Udakañhi nayanti nettikā; usukārā namayanti tejanaṃ; dāruṃ namayanti tacchakā; attānaṃ damayanti paṇḍitā. Listen Irrigators regulate the rivers; fletchers straighten the arrow shaft; carpenters shape the wood; the wise control themselves. Dhammapada 6.80 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's...

  
• 03.20.2024

  Daily Words of the Buddha for March 21, 2024

  Uṭṭhānenappamādena, saṃyamena damena ca, dīpaṃ kayirātha medhāvī yaṃ ogho nābhikīrati. Listen By effort and heedfulness, discipline and self-mastery, let the wise one make for oneself an island which no flood can overwhelm. Dhammapada 2.25 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada:...