Daily Words of the Buddha
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Daily Words of the Buddha for April 25, 2024
April 25, 2024 04:07 - 17 KB application/xmlDhamme 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 established in peace, gentleness and concentration, and have reached the essence of learning and wisdom. Sutta Nipāta 3.332 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Discourse Collection: Selected Texts from the Sutta Nipāta, transl...
Daily Words of the Buddha for April 24, 2024
April 24, 2024 04:07 - 1.41 KB application/xmlSusukhaṃ 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 from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://store.pariyatti.org/don...
Daily Words of the Buddha for April 08, 2024
April 08, 2024 04:07 - 1.81 KB application/xmlTumhehi 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 Tipitaka.org The Discourse Summaries by S.N. Goenka Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://store.pariyatti.org/d...
Daily Words of the Buddha for April 07, 2024
April 07, 2024 04:07 - 9.93 KB application/xmlSace 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 deed in open or secret. If you're doing or will do an evil deed, you won't escape pain: it will catch you even as you run away. Udāna 5.44 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Pariya...
Daily Words of the Buddha for April 06, 2024
April 06, 2024 04:07 - 1.41 KB application/xmlGahakāraka, 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 has reached the Unconditioned; I have attained the destruction of craving. Dhammapada 11.154 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddha...
Daily Words of the Buddha for April 05, 2024
April 05, 2024 04:07 - 1.87 KB application/xmlMāvoca 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 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. ...
Daily Words of the Buddha for April 04, 2024
April 04, 2024 04:07 - 18.3 KB application/xmlMātā 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 1.149 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/donat...
Daily Words of the Buddha for April 03, 2024
April 03, 2024 04:07 - 8.83 KB application/xmlAdhicetaso 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 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 ...
Daily Words of the Buddha for April 02, 2024
April 02, 2024 04:07 - 1.47 KB application/xmlAbhittharetha 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 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:/...
Daily Words of the Buddha for April 01, 2024
April 01, 2024 04:07 - 1.27 KB application/xmlPathavisamo 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 a deep pool free from mud. Dhammapada 7.95 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 support...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 31, 2024
March 31, 2024 04:07 - 1.27 KB application/xmlGataddhino 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 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. ...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 30, 2024
March 30, 2024 04:07 - 17 KB application/xmlYathā 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? Sutta Nipāta 2.321 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Discourse Collection: Selected Texts from the Sutta Nipāta, translated by John D. Ireland Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases a...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 29, 2024
March 29, 2024 04:07 - 1.61 KB application/xmlAppakā 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 run up and down the hither bank. But those who act according to the perfectly taught Dhamma will cross the realm of Death, so difficult to cross. Dhammapada 6.85, 6.86 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada:...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 28, 2024
March 28, 2024 04:07 - 1.61 KB application/xmlUdakañhi 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 Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions....
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 27, 2024
March 27, 2024 04:07Dhammapīti sukhaṃ seti vippasannena cetasā. Ariyappavedite dhamme sadā ramati paṇḍito. Listen One who drinks deep the Dhamma lives happily with a tranquil mind. The wise one ever delights in the Dhamma made known by the Noble One (the Buddha). Dhammapada 6.79 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 contribut...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 26, 2024
March 26, 2024 04:07Saddhā tarati oghaṃ, appamādena aṇṇavaṃ. Vīriyena dukkhamacceti. Paññāya parisujjhati. Listen Through conviction one crosses over the flood. Through heedfulness, the sea. Through persistence one overcomes suffering & stress. Through discernment a person is purified. Sutta Nipāta 1.186 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://store....
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 25, 2024
March 25, 2024 04:07Aññā hi lābhūpanisā, aññā nibbānagāminī. Evametaṃ abhiññāya, bhikkhu buddhassa sāvako, sakkāraṃ nābhinandeyya, vivekamanubrūhaye. Listen One is the quest for worldly gain, and quite another is the path to Nibbana. Clearly understanding this, let not the monk, the disciple of the Buddha, be carried away by worldly acclaim, but develop detachment instead. Dhammapada 5.75 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddh...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 24, 2024
March 24, 2024 04:07Yassa nittiṇṇo paṅko, Maddito kāmakaṇṭako, Mohakkhayaṃ anuppatto Sukhadukkhesu na vedhatī sa bhikkhū. Listen That bhikkhu who has crossed the mire, Crushed the thorn of sensual desire, And reached the destruction of delusion Is not perturbed by pleasures and pains. Udāna 3.22 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. ...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 23, 2024
March 23, 2024 04:07Tañca kammaṃ kataṃ sādhu, yaṃ katvā nānutappati, yassa patīto sumano, vipākaṃ paṭisevati. Listen Well done is that action of doing which one repents not later, and the fruit of which, one reaps with delight and happiness. Dhammapada 5.68 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. ...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 22, 2024
March 22, 2024 04:07Yāvajīvampi ce bālo, paṇḍitaṃ payirupāsati, Na so dhammaṃ vijānāti dabbī sūparasaṃ yathā. Listen Though all one's life a fool associates with a wise person, one no more comprehends the Truth than a spoon tastes the flavor of the soup. Dhammapada 5.64 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. ...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 21, 2024
March 21, 2024 04:07 - 1.36 KB application/xmlUṭṭhānenappamādena, 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: 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. ...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 20, 2024
March 20, 2024 04:07 - 17 KB application/xmlSabhaggato vā parisaggato vā ekassa veko na musā bhaṇeyya. Na bhāṇaye bhaṇataṃ nānujaññā. Sabbaṃ abhūtaṃ parivajjayeyya. Listen Having entered a royal court or a company of people one should not speak lies. One should not speak lies (oneself) nor incite others to do so. One should completely avoid falsehood. Sutta Nipāta 2.399 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Discourse Collection: Selected Texts from the Sutta Nipāta, translated by John D. Ireland Book Details Pari...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 19, 2024
March 19, 2024 04:07 - 18.3 KB application/xmlSaddhīdha vittaṃ purisassa seṭṭhaṃ Dhammo suciṇṇo sukhamāvahāti. Saccaṃ have sādutaraṃ rasānaṃ. Paññājīviṃ jīvitamāhu seṭṭhaṃ. Listen Conviction is a person's highest wealth. Dhamma, when well-practiced, brings bliss. Truth is the highest of tastes. Living with discernment, one's life is called best. Sutta Nipāta 1.184 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributio...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 18, 2024
March 18, 2024 04:07 - 6.92 KB application/xmlSukhakāmāni bhūtāni yo daṇḍena vihiṃsati, attano sukhamesāno, pecca so na labhate sukhaṃ. Sukhakāmāni bhūtāni yo daṇḍena na hiṃsati, attano sukhamesāno, pecca so labhate sukhaṃ. Listen Whoever takes a stick to beings desiring ease, when one is looking for ease, will meet with no ease after death. Whoever doesn't take a stick to beings desiring ease, when one is looking for ease, will meet with ease after death. Udāna 2.13 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli by ...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 17, 2024
March 17, 2024 04:07 - 1.36 KB application/xmlUṭṭhānavato satīmato sucikammassa nisammakārino, saññatassa dhammajīvino, appamattassa yasobhivaḍḍhati. Listen Ever grows the glory of one who is energetic, mindful and pure in conduct, discerning and self-controlled, righteous and heedful. Dhammapada 2.24 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....
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 16, 2024
March 16, 2024 04:07 - 1.36 KB application/xmlTe jhāyino sātatikā, niccaṃ daḷhaparakkamā, phusanti dhīrā nibbānaṃ, yogakkhemaṃ anuttaraṃ. Listen The wise ones, ever meditative and steadfastly persevering, alone experience Nibbana, the incomparable freedom from bondage. Dhammapada 2.23 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. h...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 15, 2024
March 15, 2024 04:07 - 1.36 KB application/xmlAppamādo amatapadaṃ. Pamādo maccuno padaṃ. Appamattā na mīyanti. Ye pamattā yathā matā. Listen Heedfulness is the path to the Deathless. Heedlessness is the path to death. The heedful die not. The heedless are as if dead already. Dhammapada 2.21 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. ...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 14, 2024
March 14, 2024 04:07 - 17 KB application/xmlUṭṭhahatha! nisīdatha! Daḷhaṃ sikkhatha santiyā. Mā vo pamatte viññāya, maccurājā amohayittha vasānuge. Listen Rouse yourself! Sit up! Resolutely train yourself to attain peace. Do not let the king of death, seeing you are careless, lead you astray and dominate you. Sutta Nipāta 2.334 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Discourse Collection: Selected Texts from the Sutta Nipāta, translated by John D. Ireland Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supporte...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 13, 2024
March 13, 2024 04:07 - 1.94 KB application/xmlAppampi ce saṃhita bhāsamāno, dhammassa hoti anudhammacārī, rāgañca, dosañca, pahāya mohaṃ, sammappajāno suvimuttacitto, anupādiyāno idha vā huraṃ vā, sa bhāgavā sāmaññassa hoti. Listen Little though one recites the sacred texts, but puts the Teaching into practice, forsaking lust, hatred, and delusion, with true wisdom and emancipated mind, clinging to nothing of this or any other world -- one indeed partakes of the blessings of a holy life. Dhammapada 1.20 View Pāli on Tipit...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 12, 2024
March 12, 2024 04:07 - 6.92 KB application/xmlSukhā virāgatā loke, Kāmānaṃ samatikkamo; Asmimānassa yo vinayo -- etaṃ ve paramaṃ sukhaṃ. Listen Blissful is passionlessness in the world, The overcoming of sensual desires; But the abolition of the conceit I am -- That is truly the supreme bliss. Udāna 2.11 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.pa...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 11, 2024
March 11, 2024 04:07 - 1.94 KB application/xmlBahumpi 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 ...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 10, 2024
March 10, 2024 05:07 - 1.94 KB application/xmlIdha 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 c...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 09, 2024
March 09, 2024 05:07 - 17 KB application/xmlTato adinnaṃ parivajjayeyya kiñci kvaci sāvako bujjhamāno. Na hāraye harataṃ nānujaññā. Sabbaṃ adinnaṃ parivajjayeyya. Listen A disciple should avoid taking anything from anywhere knowing it (to belong to another). One should not steal nor incite another to steal. One should completely avoid theft. Sutta Nipāta 2.397 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Discourse Collection: Selected Texts from the Sutta Nipāta, translated by John D. Ireland Book Details Pariyatti is a...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 08, 2024
March 08, 2024 05:07 - 17 KB application/xmlPāṇaṃ na hane na ca ghātayeyya, na cānujaññā hanataṃ paresaṃ, sabbesu bhūtesu nidhāya daṇḍaṃ. Ye thāvarā ye ca tasā santi loke. Listen One should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should one incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak, in the world. Sutta Nipāta 2.396 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Discourse Collection: Selected Texts from the Sutta Nipāta, translated by John D. Ireland Book Details Pariyatti is a ...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 07, 2024
March 07, 2024 05:07 - 1.94 KB application/xmlIdha 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...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 06, 2024
March 06, 2024 05:07 - 5.86 KB application/xmlYadā 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. ...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 05, 2024
March 05, 2024 05:07 - 1.94 KB application/xmlYathā 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...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 04, 2024
March 04, 2024 05:07 - 1.94 KB application/xmlAsāre 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. ...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 03, 2024
March 03, 2024 05:07 - 20.1 KB application/xmlAtītaṃ 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. ...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 02, 2024
March 02, 2024 05:07 - 6.91 KB application/xmlYo 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 ...
Daily Words of the Buddha for March 01, 2024
March 01, 2024 05:07 - 2.24 KB application/xmlKāyena 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 ...
Daily Words of the Buddha for February 29, 2024
February 29, 2024 05:07 - 9.93 KB application/xmlCakkhumā, 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.htm...
Daily Words of the Buddha for October 22, 2023
October 22, 2023 04:07 - 1.81 KB application/xmlTumhehi 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 Tipitaka.org The Discourse Summaries by S.N. Goenka Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://store.pariyatti.org/d...
Daily Words of the Buddha for October 21, 2023
October 21, 2023 04:07 - 9.93 KB application/xmlSace 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 deed in open or secret. If you're doing or will do an evil deed, you won't escape pain: it will catch you even as you run away. Udāna 5.44 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Pariya...
Daily Words of the Buddha for September 07, 2023
September 07, 2023 04:07 - 18.1 KB application/xmlYo ca dhammamabhiññāya dhammamaññāya paṇḍito, rahadova nivāte ca anejo vūpasammati. Listen Thoroughly understanding the Dhamma and freed from longing through insight, the wise one rid of all desire is calm as a pool unstirred by wind. Itivuttaka 3.92 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...
Daily Words of the Buddha for June 07, 2023
June 06, 2023 14:11 - 163 KBPahūtavitto 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 on Tipitaka.org Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses by the Buddha (WH 14), translated by Narada Thera Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://store....
Daily Words of the Buddha for February 13, 2023
February 12, 2023 15:11 - 182 KBPaṇḍito sīlasampanno jalaṃ aggīva bhāsati; bhoge saṃharamānassa bhamarasseva irīyato. Listen One who is virtuous and wise shines forth like a blazing fire; like a bee collecting nectar one acquires wealth by harming none. Dīgha Nikāya 3.265 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....
Daily Words of the Buddha for February 12, 2023
February 11, 2023 15:11 - 185 KBSabbhireva samāsetha, sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṃ. Sataṃ saddhammamaññāya paññā labbhati nāññato. Listen Consort only with the good, come together with the good. To learn the teaching of the good gives wisdom like nothing else can. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.31 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...
Daily Words of the Buddha for February 11, 2023
February 10, 2023 15:11 - 238 KBManopubbaṅgamā dhammā; manoseṭṭhā manomayā. Manasā ce pasannena bhāsati vā karoti vā, tato naṃ sukhamanveti chāyāva anapāyinī. Listen Mind precedes all things; mind is their chief, mind is their maker. If one speaks or does a deed with a mind that is pure within, happiness then follows along like a never departing shadow. Dhammapada 1.2 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Gemstones of the Good Dhamma, compiled and translated by Ven. S. Dhammika Book Details Pariyatti ...
Daily Words of the Buddha for December 29, 2022
December 28, 2022 15:11 - 506 KBManopubbaṅgamā 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 most, everything is mind-made. If with an impure mind one performs any action of speech or body, then suffering will follow that person as the cartwheel follows the foo...