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. 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

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. 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 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. 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

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. 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

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. 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

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. 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

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. 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

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. 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

Na paro paraṃ nikubbetha nātimaññetha katthaci na kañci, byārosanā paṭighasaññā nāññamaññassa dukkhamiccheyya. Listen Let no one deceive another or despise anyone anywhere, or through anger or irritation wish for another to suffer. Sutta Nipāta 1.148 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

Yo na hanti na ghāteti, na jināti na jāpaye, mettaṃso sabbabhūtānaṃ, veraṃ tassa na kenacī. Listen One who does not strike nor makes others strike, who robs not nor makes others rob, sharing love with all that live, finds enmity with none. Itivuttaka 1.27 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