Dhammapada 292 - 293

Posted by drdoof on 29-06-2013, 8:11 PM :

Verse 292:
In those who leave undone what should indeed be done,
but do what should not be done,
who are conceited and unmindful,
moral intoxicants increase.

Verse 293:
In those who always make a good effort in meditating on the body,
who do not do what should not be done but always do what should be done,
who are also mindful of clear comprehension,
moral intoxicants come to an end.

Dhammapada 291

Posted by drdoof on 29-06-2013, 8:09 PM :


Verse 291:
He who seeks his own happiness
by inflicting pain on others,
being entangled by bonds of enmity,
cannot be free from enmity.

Dhammapada 290

Posted by drdoof on 29-06-2013, 8:08 PM :


Verse 290:
If by giving up small pleasures
great happiness is to be found,
any wise one would give up small pleasures
seeing it brings great happiness.

Dhammapada 288 - 289

Posted by drdoof on 29-06-2013, 11:31 AM :


Verse 288:
Not sons, nor parents, nor close relatives
can protect one assailed by Death;
indeed, neither kith nor kin can give protection.

Verse 289:
Knowing this, the wise man restrained by morality
should quickly clear (the obstacles to)
the Path leading to Nibbana.

Dhammapada 287

Posted by drdoof on 29-06-2013, 11:30 AM :


Verse 287:
The man who loves his children and his herds of cattle,
whose mind longs for and is attached to sensual pleasures,
is carried away by Death
even as a sleeping village is swept away by a great flood.

Dhammapada 286

Posted by drdoof on 29-06-2013, 11:29 AM :


Verse 286:
"Here will I live in the rainy season;
here will I live in the cold season and the hot season",
so imagines the fool,
not realizing the danger (of the ever approaching death).

Dhammapada 285

Posted by drdoof on 29-06-2013, 11:28 AM :


Verse 285:
Cut off your craving as one plucks an autumn lily with the hand.
Nibbana has been expounded on by the Buddha;
cultivate that Path which leads to it.