Dhammapada
Dhammapada I. Yamakavagga
All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the...
Dhammapada II. Appamadavagga
Earnestness is the path of immortality (Nirvana), thoughtlessness the path of death. Those who are in earnest do not die, those who are thoughtless are as if dead already.
Those who are...
Dhammapada III. Cittavagga
As a fletcher makes straight his arrow, a wise man makes straight his trembling and unsteady thought, which is difficult to guard, difficult to hold back.
As a fish taken from his watery home and thrown on dry ground...
Dhammapada IV. Pupphavagga
Who shall overcome this earth, and the world of Yama (the lord of the departed), and the world of the gods? Who shall find out the plainly shown path of virtue, as a clever man finds out the (right) flower?
The disciple will overcome the earth, and the world of Yama, and the world of...
Dhammapada V. Balavagga
Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.
If a traveller does not meet with one who is his better, or his equal, let him firmly keep to his solitary journey;
Dhammapada VI. Panditavagga
If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who...
Dhammapada VII. Arahantavagga
There is no suffering for him who has finished his journey, and abandoned grief, who has freed himself on all sides, and thrown off all fetters.
They depart with their thoughts well-collected, they are not happy in their abode; like swans who have left their lake, they leave...
Dhammapada VIII. Sahassavagga
Even though a speech be a thousand (of words), but made up of senseless words, one word of sense is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet.
Even though a Gâthâ (poem) be a thousand (of words), but made up of senseless words, one word of...
Dhammapada IX. Papavagga
If a man would hasten towards the good, he should keep his thought away from evil; if a man does what is good slothfully, his mind delights in evil.
If a man commits a sin, let him not do it again; let him not...
Dhammapada X. Dandavagga
All men tremble at punishment, all men fear death; remember that you are like unto them, and do not kill, nor cause slaughter...
Dhammapada XI. Jaravagga
How is there laughter, how is there joy, as this world is always burning? Why do you not seek a light, ye who are surrounded by darkness?
Look at this dressed-up lump, covered with wounds, joined...
Dhammapada XII. Attavagga
Let no one forget his own duty for the sake of another's, however great; let a man, after he has discerned his own duty, be always attentive to his duty...
Dhammapada XIII. Lokavagga
Do not follow the evil law! Do not live on in thoughtlessness! Do not follow false doctrine! Be not a friend of the...
Dhammapada XIV. Buddhavagga
He whose conquest is not conquered again, into whose conquest no one in this world enters, by what track can you lead him, the Awakened, the...
Dhammapada XV. Sukhavagga
Let us live happily then, not hating those who hate us! among men who hate us let us dwell free from hatred!
Dhammapada XVI. Piyavagga
He who gives himself to vanity, and does not give himself to meditation, forgetting the real aim (of life) and grasping at pleasure, will in time envy him who has exerted himself in...
Dhammapada XVII. Kodhavagga
Let a man leave anger, let him forsake pride, let him overcome all bondage! No sufferings befall the man who is not attached to name and form, and who calls nothing his...
Dhammapada XVIII. Malavagga
Thou art now like a sear leaf, the messengers of death (Yama) have come near to thee; thou standest at the door of thy departure, and thou hast no provision for thy journey.
Dhammapada XIX. Dhammatthavagga
A man is not an elder because his head is grey; his age may be ripe, but he is called 'Old-in-vain.'
He in whom there is truth, virtue, love, restraint, moderation, he who is free from impurity and is wise, he is...
Dhammapada XX. Maggavagga
The best of ways is the eightfold; the best of truths the four words; the best of virtues passionlessness; the best of men he who...
Dhammapada XXI. Pakinnakavagga
If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great.
He who, by causing pain to others, wishes to obtain pleasure for himself, he, entangled in the bonds of hatred, will never be...
Dhammapada XXII. Nirayavagga
He who says what is not, goes to hell; he also who, having done a thing, says...
Dhammapada XXIII. Nagavagga
Silently shall I endure abuse as the elephant in battle endures the...
Dhammapada XXIV. Tanhavagga
The thirst of a thoughtless man grows like a creeper; he runs from life to life, like a monkey seeking fruit in the forest.
Whomsoever this fierce thirst overcomes, full of poison, in this world, his sufferings increase like the abounding ...
Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga
Restraint in the eye is good, good is restraint in the ear, in the nose restraint is good, good is restraint in the tongue. In the body restraint is...
Dhammapada XXVI. Brahmanavagga
Stop the stream valiantly, drive away the desires, O Brâhmana! When you have understood the destruction of all that was made, you will understand...
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Sutta Nipata
Upasiva-manavapukkha
'For him who has disappeared there is no form, O Upasîva,' [-] so said Bhagavat, [-] 'that by which they say he is, exists for him no longer, when all things [I](dhamma)[/I] have been cut off, all (kinds of) dispute are also cut off.'
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