Bahumpi ce saṃhita bhāsamāno, na takkaro hoti naro pamatto, gopova gāvo gaṇayaṃ paresaṃ, na bhāgavā sāmaññassa hoti. Listen Much though one recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless one is like a cowherd who only counts the cows of others -- one does not partake of the blessings of the holy life. Dhammapada 1.19 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://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

Idha modati pecca modati; katapuñño ubhayattha modati. So modati so pamodati, disvā kammavisuddhimattano. Listen The doer of good rejoices here and hereafter; one rejoices in both the worlds. One rejoices and exults, recollecting one's own pure deeds. Dhammapada 1.16 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://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

Idha socati pecca socati; pāpakārī ubhayattha socati. So socati so vihaññati, disvā kammakiliṭṭhamattano. Listen The evil-doer grieves here and hereafter; one grieves in both the worlds. One laments and is afflicted, recollecting one's own impure deeds. Dhammapada 1.15 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://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

Yadā have pātubhavanti dhammā Ātāpino jhāyato brāhmaṇassa, Athassa kaṅkhā vapayanti sabbā Yato pajānāti sahetudhammaṃ. Listen When things become manifest To the ardent meditating brahmin, All one's doubts then vanish since one understands Each thing along with its cause. Udāna 1.1 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. https://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

Yathā agāraṃ ducchannaṃ vuṭṭhī samativijjhati, evaṃ abhāvitaṃ cittaṃ rāgo samativijjhati. Listen Just as rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, so passion penetrates an undeveloped mind. Dhammapada 1.13 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://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

Asāre sāramatino sāre cāsāradassino, te sāraṃ nādhigacchanti, micchāsaṅkappagocarā. Listen Those who mistake the unessential to be essential and the essential to be unessential, dwelling in wrong thoughts, never arrive at the essential. Dhammapada 1.11 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://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 nānusocanti, nappajappanti nāgataṃ, paccuppannena yāpenti, tena vaṇṇo pasīdati. Listen They do not lament over the past, they yearn not for what is to come, they maintain themselves in the present, thus their complexion is serene. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.10 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. https://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

Yo ca mettaṃ bhāvayati Appamāṇaṃ paṭissato Tanū saṃyojanā honti, Passato upadhikkhayaṃ. Listen For one who mindfully develops Boundless loving-kindness Seeing the destruction of clinging, The fetters are worn away. Itivuttaka 1.27 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. https://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

Kāyena saṃvaro sādhu; sādhu vācāya saṃvaro; manasā saṃvaro sādhu. Sādhu sabbattha saṃvaro. Sabbattha saṃvuto bhikkhu sabbadukkhā pamuccati. Listen Good is restraint in the body; good is restraint in speech; good is restraint in thought. Restraint everywhere is good. The monk restrained in every way is freed from all suffering. Dhammapada 25.361 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://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

Cakkhumā, visamānīva, vijjamāne parakkame. Paṇḍito jīvalokasmiṃ, pāpāni parivajjaye. Listen A person with good eyes, encountering a treacherous, uneven place, would try hard to avoid it. A wise person, in the world of life, should avoid evil deeds. Udāna 5.43 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://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