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Cited from: 佛學數位圖書館暨博物館"中 Readings in Pali Texts (in English) 條之 Dhammapada 。(DhP 1) All mental phenomena are preceded by mind, Mind is their master, they are produced by mind. If somebody speaks or acts With a corrupted mind, Hence suffering follows him, Like the wheel the foot of the bearing animal. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 2) All things are preceded by mind, Mind is their master, they are produced by mind. If somebody speaks or acts With a purified mind, Hence happiness follows him, Like never departing shadow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 3) He abused me, he beat me, He defeated me, he robbed me. Those, who harbour such thoughts, Their hatred is not appeased. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 4) He abused me, he beat me, He defeated me, he robbed me. Those, who do not harbour such thoughts, Their hatred is appeased. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 5) Hatred is indeed never appeased by hatred here. It is appeased by non-hatred - this law is eternal. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 6) The others do not understand that we should restrain ourselves here. Those who understand that, therefore appease their quarrels. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 7) The person, who lives contemplating pleasant things, who is not restrained in senses, Who does not know moderation in food, who is indolent and of poor effort, Mara will overcome him, as wind a weak tree. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 8) The one, who does not live contemplating pleasant things, who is well restrained in senses, Who does know moderation in food, who is trusting and firm in effort, Mara will not overcome him, as wind a rocky mountain. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 9) Who is not rid of defilement, and will wear a yellow robe, Devoid of restraint and truth, he does not deserve a yellow robe. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 10) And who would get rid of defilement, well settled in virtues, Endowed with restraint and truth, he deserves a yellow robe. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 11) Thinking to be essential, what is not, seeing no essence in what is essential, they, feeding on wrong thoughts, do not discover the essence. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 12) Having known the essence as the essence, non-essential as non-essential, they, feeding on right thoughts, discover the essence. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 13) As a poorly covered house is penetrated by a rain, thus an undeveloped mind is penetrated by passion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 14) As a well covered house is not penetrated by a rain, thus a well developed mind is not penetrated by passion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 15) He grieves here, he grieves after death, in both states does the wrongdoer grieve. He grieves, he is vexed, having seen his own evil deeds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 16) He rejoices here, he rejoices after death, in both states does the well-doer rejoice. He rejoices, he is happy, having seen his own good deeds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 17) He is tormented here, he is tormented after death, in both states is the wrongdoer tormented.
Chapter 1: The Pairs(YAMAKA-VAGGO) He is tormented [by the thought] "I have done evil". He is tormented even more, having gone to a bad birth.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 18) He is delighted here, he is delighted after death, in both states is the well-doer delighted.He is delighted [by the thought] "I have done good". He is delighted even more, having gone to a good birth.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 19) Even if he recites a lot of scriptures, but does not act accordingly, the negligent man. He is like a cowherd who counts others' cows. He does not share the [blessings of] monkshood. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 20) Even if he recites a little of scriptures, but lives in truth according to the Dharma,having abandoned lust, hatred and delusion, has the right knowledge, with a well emancipated mind,
is not attached to anything, either in this world, nor in the other one, he shares the [blessings of] monkshood.
(DhP 21) Conscientiousness is the state of deathlessness. Negligence is the state of death. The conscientious ones do not die. Those, who are negligent, are as if dead. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 22) Having thus distinctively understood about conscientiousness, the wise ones rejoice in conscientiousness, delighting in the sphere of the Noble Ones. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 23) Those meditating perseveringly, constantly with strong effort, those clever ones touch the Nirvana, the highest peace from bondage. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 24) The good repute of someone, who is energetic, mindful, of pure deeds, acting considerately, self-controlled, living righteously and conscientious, increases. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 25) By exertion, conscientiousness, self-control and moderation, a wise should make an island, that a flood can not overwhelm. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 26) The fools, the ignorant people give themselves up to negligence. And the wise one protects conscientiousness as the greatest treasure. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 27) Don't pursue negligence or intimacy with pleasure delights. Conscientious practitioner of meditation obtains abundant happiness. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 28) When the wise one expels negligence by conscientiousness, having climbed the stronghold of wisdom, without sorrow, such a clever one observes the sorrowing crowd as somebody standing on a mountain observes the foolish people on the ground. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 29) Conscientious amongst the negligent, watchful amongst the sleeping, the wise one advances like a swift horse, having left behind a weak one. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 30) By conscientiousness did Indra become the chief amongst the gods. Conscientiousness is praised, negligence is always censured. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 31) The monk, who is devoted to conscientiousness and who is fearful of negligence, advances like a fire, burning the fetters, small or big. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 32) The monk, who is devoted to conscientiousness and who is fearful of negligence, unable to regress, he is just in the vicinity of the Nirvana.
Chapter 2: Conscientiousness (APPAMADAVAGGO)
(DhP 33) The wavering, unsteady mind, hard to guard, difficult to restrain, the wise one straightens, like an arrow-maker an arrow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 34) Like a fish, thrown from all abodes on a dry ground this mind trembles in order to leave Mara's realm. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 35) Good is the taming of the mind, which is difficult to restrain, quick, jumping at whatever it desires. Restrained mind brings happiness. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 36) O Wise Ones, you should protect the mind, which is very difficult to see, very subtle and jumping at whatever it desires. Protected mind brings happiness. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 37) Those, who can restrain the mind, which is going far, wandering alone, bodiless and living in the cave, those will be freed from the bond of Mara. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 38) The wisdom of a person, whose mind is unsteady, who does not understand the True Dharma and whose confidence is wavering will not become perfect. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 39) There is no fear for a person, whose mind is free of passions and not perplexed, who has abandoned the idea of "good" and "bad" and who is watchful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 40) Having understood this body to be like a jar, having established this mind like a city, attack Mara with the weapon of wisdom, you should protect the conquered territory and be without attachments. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 41) Alas! Before long will this body lay upon the ground, rejected, devoid of consciousness, like a worthless log. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 42) Whatever an enemy might do to an enemy, or a hater to a hated one, wrongly directed mind can do one even worse (evil). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 43) What a mother, father or even other relatives can not do, a well directed mind can do even far better than that.
Chapter 3: The Mind (CITTAVAGGO)
(DhP 44) Who will investigate this earth and this Yama's world with its deities? Who will understand this well taught Dharma-verse, as a skilful person picks flowers? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 45) A disciple will investigate the earth and this Yama's world with its deities. A disciple will understand this well taught Dharma-verse, as a skilful person picks flowers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 46) Having understood that this body is like foam, having realized its mirage-like nature, having cut off Mara's flower-tipped arrows, one should make himself invisible to the King of Death. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 47) The man who is only gathering flowers, with an attached mind, the death will carry away, like a great flood the sleeping village. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 48) The man who is only gathering flowers, with an attached mind, unsatisfied in sense pleasures, Death gets under control. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 49) Just like a bee leaves the flower, not hurting the color and smell, having taken its juice, so should a wise man walk through the village. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 50) One should not look at others' wrong deeds, what the others have done or not. One should look only at what one oneself has and has not done. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 51) Just like a beautiful flower, colorful but without smell, is a well said speech of somebody, who does not act accordingly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 52) Just like a beautiful flower, colorful and with smell, is a well said speech of somebody, who does act accordingly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 53) Just as from the heap of flowers one can do a lot of garlands, so a born mortal should do a lot of meritorious deeds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 54) The scent of flowers, sandal, tagara or jasmine does not go against the wind. The scent of true ones goes against the wind. The true person pervades all directions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 55) Sandal or tagara, lotus and jasmine, of these kinds of scent, the scent of the virtue is highest. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 56) Very faint is this scent of tagara and sandal. Highest is the scent of a virtuous one; it blows even amongst the gods. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 57) Mara doesn't find the way of those endowed with virtue, living in conscientiousness and freed by the right knowledge. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 58) Just as at the rubbish heap, thrown out by the big road, can grow a lotus, of pure smell and delightful, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 59) Thus, amidst the dust-like beings, amongst ignorant ordinary people, The disciple of the truly and completely Awakened One magnificently shines with wisdom.
Chapter 4: The Flower (PUPPHAVAGGO)
(DhP 60) Long is the night for a wakeful; long is a yojana for a tired. Long is the Samsara for the fools who do not know the true Dharma. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 61) If a wanderer should not find a companion better or similar to oneself, then he should resolutely wander alone. There is no companionship with a fool. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 62) The fool worries: "I have sons, I have wealth." He does not even own himself. Whence sons and wealth? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 63) A fool who knows about his foolishness, just by that he is like a wise man. And a fool, who is proud of his cleverness, he is indeed called a fool. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 64) A fool can attend on a wise man even for whole his life, he will not understand the Dharma, like a spoon does not know the taste of the soup. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 65) An intelligent person can attend on a wise man even for a second, he will quickly understand the Dharma, like a tongue knows the taste of the soup. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 66) The stupid fools behave as if they themselves were their enemies, doing bad deeds, which have bitter fruit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 67) That deed is not well done, which one regrets when it is accomplished, whose consequences one faces with a tearful face and crying. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 68) That deed is well done, which one does not regret when it is accomplished, whose consequences one faces delighted and happy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 69) The fool thinks it is as honey, as long as the evil is not ripe. When the evil is ripe, then he undergoes suffering. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 70) Month by month can a fool eat his food with a blade of the kusa grass, he is not worth a sixteenth part of those, who have realized the Dharma. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 71) An evil deed when done, doesn't instantly bear fruits; just like milk does not coagulate at once. Burning, it follows the fool like fire covered with ashes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 72) A fool gains knowledge altogether for his harm. It kills his fortune; it destroys his head. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 73) He might want undue respect, deference from monks, supremacy over dwellings and devotion from other families. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 74) "Let both householders and monks think that it was done by me, let them be under my will, in whatever duties." Such are fool's thoughts. His desire and pride grows. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 75) Something else are worldly gains, something else is the path leading to the Nirvana. Thus let a monk, the Buddha's student, having fully understood this, not rejoice at worship, but let him devote himself to solitude.
Chapter 5: The Fool (BALAVAGGO)
(DhP 76) Should one see an intelligent person, who speaks rebukingly, who can see faults as if showing treasures, one should associate with such a wise one. Associating with such people is better, not worse. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 77) He should admonish, he should advice, and he should restrain one from evil. He is indeed dear to the good ones and he is not agreeable to the bad ones. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 78) One should not associate with evil friends; one should not associate with vile people. Associate with virtuous friends; associate with noble people. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 79) One who finds joy in the Dharma dwells happily, with a bright mind. The wise man always delights in the Dharma taught by the noble ones. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 80) Irrigators lead water. Arrow-makers bend arrow-shaft. Carpenters bend wood. Wise ones master themselves. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 81) Just like a compact rock is not moved by the wind, so the wise ones are not shaken by blame or praise. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 82) Just like a lake, deep, bright and clean, so the wise ones become tranquil, after having heard the teachings. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 83) True people abandon everything. Good people do not mutter, desiring pleasure. Wise people do not show elation or depression when they are affected by happiness or suffering. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 84) One should not want a son, wealth or kingdom, not for one's own sake, not for the sake of others, one should not want one's own prosperity by injustice. Such a person is virtuous, wise and righteous. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 85) Few are those amongst people, who have gone to the other shore. And these other people just follow this shore. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 86) And those who in the well-taught Dharma behave according to it, those people will go beyond the realm of death, that is so difficult to cross. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 87) Having abandoned the bad states let the wise man develop the good states. having come from the house into houselessness, into solitude, which is not fit for pleasures.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 88) A wise one should want delight there, having renounced the sense-pleasures, without anything and having cleansed himself from the impurities of mind. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 89) People, whose mind is truly well developed in the constituents of awakenment, who are delighting in renunciation of attachments, without clinging, with the taints removed and brilliant, they are completely emancipated in this world.
Chapter 6: The Wise (PANDITAVAGGO)
(DhP 90) Pain does not exist for one, who has finished the journey, is without sorrow, who is emancipated in every respect and who has abandoned all bonds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 91) Mindful ones depart; they do not find delight in houses. They abandon every abode, just like swans leave a pond. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 92) Those, who do not accumulate and have well understood food, whose sphere is the void emancipation without attributes - their course is difficult to find out - like the course of the birds in the sky. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 93) Whose taints are completely removed, who is not attached to food, whose sphere is the void emancipation without attributes - his course is difficult to find out - like the path of the birds in the sky. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 94) Whose senses are quieted, just like horses well tamed by the charioteer, even the gods do envy such one, who has abandoned pride and is free from taints. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 95) Such a one, who is not obstructed, just like the earth, who is similar to the Indra's stake, who is virtuous, who is like a lake without mud - for such a one there is no more round of rebirth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 96) Peaceful is his mind; peaceful are his speech and deeds – of such a one, who is freed by the right knowledge and tranquil. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 97) A man who is not blindly trusting, who knows the Nirvana, who has broken the connections, who has cut off the opportunities and who has given up all wishes - he is a greatest person indeed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 98) In the village or in the forest, in the valley or on the hill - wherever Arahants live, that place is pleasant. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 99) Delightful are the forests, where the crowd doesn't find delight. Those free of passion will find delight there. They are not seeking pleasures.
Chapter 7: The Arahant (ARAHANTAVAGGO)
(DhP 100) Rather then a thousand speeches without meaningful words, is better one meaningful word, after hearing which, one can attain calm. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 101) Rather then a thousand verses without meaningful words, is better one word of a verse, after hearing which, one can attain calm. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 102) Who should say even a hundred verses without meaningful words, better is one verse on the Dharma, after hearing which, one can attain calm. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 103) If one should conquer thousands of people in the battle, and if one should conquer just one thing - himself, he indeed is the victor of the highest battle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 104) It is better to conquer oneself than to conquer other people. Of a person, who tamed himself, who is always acting with self-control, [Continued in DhP 105] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 105) [continued from DhP 104] not a god, not a Gandharva, not Mara with Brahma, can turn into defeat the victory of a person of such form. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 106) If one should sacrifice every month thousand times even by hundreds, and if one should even for a moment pay respects to somebody, who has developed himself, then such a devotion is better than hundred years of sacrifice. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 107) Whatever person should worship fire in the forest for hundred years, and if one should even for a moment pay respects to somebody, who has developed himself, then such a devotion is better than hundred years of sacrifice. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 108) Whatever sacrifice or oblation in the world might someone sacrifice in a year, looking for merit, all that is not worth one fourth. Showing respect to those of upright conduct is better. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 109) For somebody, who is showing respect to those of virtuous character, who is always paying homage to the venerable ones, four things grow for him: life-span, beauty of complexion, happiness, strength. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 110) Who would live for hundred years, with bad morality, without a firm mind, better is the life for one day of somebody who is virtuous and meditating. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 111) Who would live for hundred years, without wisdom, without a firm mind, better is the life for one day of somebody who is wise and meditating. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 112) Who would live for hundred years, indolent and of poor effort, better is the life for one day of somebody who has undertaken a firm effort. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 113) Who would live for hundred years, not seeing rise and fall of things, better is the life for one day of somebody who is seeing their rise and fall. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 114) Who would live for hundred years, not seeing the state of deathlessness, better is the life for one day of somebody who is seeing the state of deathlessness. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 115) Who would live for hundred years, not seeing the highest Law, better is the life for one day of somebody who is seeing the highest Law. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 8: The Thousand (SAHASSAVAGGO)
(DhP 116) You should be quick in doing good. One should restrain mind from evil. The mind of somebody, who is slow in doing good, delights in evil. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 117) Should a person do evil, let him not do it again and again. One should not wish for it. Accumulation of evil is painful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 118) Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. One should wish for it. Accumulation of good is pleasant. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 119) An evil person may even see goodness [in his evil deeds] as long as the evil has not ripened. When the evil has ripened, then the evil person sees those evil deeds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 120) A good person may even see evil [in his good deeds] as long as the goodness has not ripened. When the goodness has ripened, then the good person sees those good deeds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 121) Do not disregard evil, "It will not come to me!" Falling drops of water can fill up even a water jar. The fool fills himself up with evil, even if collecting it just little by little. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 122) Do not disregard goodness, "It will not come to me!" Falling drops of water can fill up even a water jar. The clever one fills himself up with goodness, even if collecting it just little by little. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 123) Like a merchant with a small caravan and a lot of money would avoid a dreadful path, like someone who wants to live would avoid a poison, so should one avoid evil. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 124) If there is no wound in the palm, one can carry poison with it. The poison does not affect one who is without a wound. There is no evil for one, who is not doing it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 125) Who offends against an uncorrupted man, against a trusting and pure person, the evil will fall back upon such a fool, like minute dust thrown against the wind. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 126) Some are born in the womb; evildoers arise in hell; righteous ones go to heaven; those without taints are completely emancipated. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 127) Not in the air, not in the middle of the ocean, not entering the hole in the mountains. There is no place in the world, where being one would be released from the [consequences of] evil deeds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 128) Not in the air, not in the middle of the ocean, not entering the hole in the mountains. There is no place in the world, where being, one would not be overcome by death. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 9: The Evil (PAPAVAGGO)
(DhP 129) Everybody trembles at punishment; everybody fears death. Having made the comparison with oneself, let one not kill, nor cause another to kill. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 130) Everybody trembles at punishment; life is dear to everybody. Having made the comparison with oneself, let one not kill, nor cause another to kill. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 131) Who hurts with a stick beings that desire happiness, searching for happiness himself, he will not reach happiness after death. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 132) Who does not hurt with a stick beings that desire happiness, searching for happiness himself, he will reach happiness after death. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 133) Do not say anything harsh, those spoken to might reply to that. Angry talk is painful, retribution might be attached to it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 134) If you yourself do not vibrate, just like a broken gong, then you have reached Nirvana. Anger does not exist for you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 135) Just like a cowherd drives cows to pasture with a stick, so old age and death drive the life of living beings. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 136) A fool does not realize when he is committing bad deeds. The stupid person is tormented by his own deeds just as if burned by fire. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 137) Who offends with a stick somebody who is uncorrupted and without violence, he will quickly go to one of the ten states: [continued in DhP 138] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 138) [continued from DhP 137] He would get harsh pain, loss of property, and bodily injury, serious illness, or derangement of mind. [continued in DhP 139] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 139) [continued from DhP 138] Or a trouble from the king, and cruel accusations, or loss of relatives, or destruction of wealth. [continued in DhP 140] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 140) [continued from DhP 139] Or then a blazing fire will burn his houses. And after death this fool will be reborn in hell. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 141) Not wandering around naked, not matted hair, not mud on the body, not fasting, nor lying on the bare ground, dust and sweat, sitting on one's heels - nothing can purify a mortal who has not overcome his doubts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 142) Even if one would walk around like an adorned man, [but he would be] peaceful, self-controlled, restrained and pure, having given up punishing of all living beings, he is a Brahmin, he is a recluse, he is a monk. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 143) In this world, does there exist a person restrained by conscience, who avoids blame, like a good horse avoids a whip? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 144) Be like a good horse when touched by a whip - strenuous and anxious. By faith, virtue, effort and concentration, by investigation of truth, by having knowledge and conduct, by being mindful abandon this big suffering. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 145) Irrigators lead water. Arrow-makers bend arrow-shaft. Carpenters bend wood. Virtuous ones master themselves. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 10: The Punishment (DANDAVAGGO)
(DhP 146) What laughter? Why joy? When everything is constantly burning? Covered by darkness, you do not seek light? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 147) Look at this mind-created image, a compounded heap of sores, diseased, with many plans, which does not have any permanence or stability. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 148) Decayed is this body, a frail nest of diseases. This foul mass breaks up. Indeed, the life ends in death. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 149) Those gray bones, thrown away like pumpkins in fall. Seeing them, what love can there be? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 150) There is a city made of bones, plastered with flesh and blood, where there are deposited old age, death, conceit and hypocrisy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 151) Beautiful king's chariots wear out. And also the body gets old. But the teaching of the good ones does not get old. The good ones teach it to each other. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 152) The person without learning grows old like an ox. His flesh grows; his wisdom does not. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 153) Through many rounds of rebirth have I ran, looking for the house-builder, but not finding him. Painful is repeated rebirth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 154) Oh, house-builder, you are seen! You will not build this house again! All your ribs are broken; the roof is destroyed. My mind is dissolute; I have attained the end of all cravings. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 155) Those, who have not led the holy life, and have not obtained wealth while young, ponder just like old herons in the lake without fish. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 156) Those, who have not led the holy life, and have not obtained wealth while young, lie just like arrows shot from a bow, moaning over the past. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 11: The Old Age (JARAVAGGO)
(DhP 157) If someone holds oneself dear, let him guard himself very well. In any of the three watches of the night let the wise one be watchful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 158) Let one first establish oneself in what is proper, and then instruct others. A wise one should not be impure. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 159) If only one always did what one advises others! One well restrained can teach others. Indeed, it is difficult to control oneself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 160) One is indeed one's own lord. What other lord would there be? With oneself well restrained, one will obtain the lord that is so hard to get. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 161) The evil is done by oneself, proceeding from oneself, originating from oneself. It crushes the fool, just like a diamond crushes a hard gem. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 162) Who is of extremely bad morality, like a creeper spread over a Sala tree, he will do unto himself, what an enemy wishes to do unto him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 163) Easy done are deeds, that are wrong and harmful to oneself. What is beneficial and good, that is indeed most difficult to do. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 164) Who scorns thee teaching of the Arahants, the Noble Ones, living righteously, the fool, who is relying on wrong beliefs, produces fruit just like a bamboo - for his own destruction. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 165) The evil is done by oneself; by oneself one becomes impure. The evil is undone by oneself; by oneself one becomes pure. Purity and impurity depend on oneself. No one can purify another. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 166) Let one not neglect one's own spiritual attainment for other's spiritual attainment, however great. Having fully understood one's own spiritual attainment, let one pursue the true attainment. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 12: The Self (ATTAVAGGO)
(DhP 167) Don't practice inferior teachings; don't connect with negligence. Don't embrace wrong beliefs; don't be attached to the world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 168) Arise! Don't be negligent! Practice the good teaching! One living in truth dwells happily, both in this world and in the next one. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 169) Practice the good teaching; don't practice the bad one! One living in truth dwells happily, both in this world and in the next one. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 170) As if one would see a bubble, as if one would see a mirage, who observes the world like that, the King of Death does not see him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 171) Come and look at this world, similar to a beautiful king's chariot. Where the fools sink down, for those, who understand, there is no attachment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 172) Who has been formerly negligent, but later is not, illuminates this world like a moon freed from cloud. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 173) Who covers his evil deeds with good ones, illuminates this world like a moon freed from cloud. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 174) Blind is this world. Just a few can see clearly here. Few go to heaven, like a bird released from a snare. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 175) Swans travel on the path of the sun. People travel through space by supernatural powers. Wise ones are guided away from the world, having conquered Mara with his army. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 176) For the person, who has transgressed the one law (of truthfulness) and is speaking falsely, and has rejected the other world, there is no evil that could not be done. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 177) Selfish ones do not get to the world of the gods. Fools do not praise giving. And the wise one enjoys giving. Just because of that he is happy hereafter. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 178) From sole sovereignty over the earth, or from going to heaven, from lordship over the whole world, the fruit of Entering the Stream is the best. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 13: The World (LOKAVAGGO)
(DhP 179) Whose victory cannot be turned into defeat, nobody in the world can pursue his victory. By what way will you destroy such an Awakened one, trackless and of endless sphere? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 180) Whose ensnaring craving and thirst that could carry him away does not exist anywhere, by what way will you destroy such an Awakened one, trackless and of endless sphere? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 181) The wise ones, who are intent upon meditation, delighting in renunciation and calm, completely awakened and wakeful ones, even the gods do envy them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 182) Hard to get is the human birth; difficult is the life of a mortal. Difficult is listening to the True Dharma; hard to come by is the appearance of the Awakened Ones. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 183) Not doing the evil deeds, Gathering the wholesome, Purifying one's own mind - That is teaching of the buddhas. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 184) Patience and forgiveness is the highest ascetic practice. The Awakened Ones say the Nirvana to be the highest. A monk does not hurt others. One, who harms others, is not a monk. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 185) Not speaking evil, not hurting, restraint in precepts, moderation in food, solitary dwelling, pursuing meditation - this is the teaching of the Buddhas. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 186) Even by rain of coins one cannot be satisfied in sensual desires. The wise man, having understood that sensual desires give little pleasure and are painful, [continued in DhP 187] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 187) [continued from DhP 186] he does not find liking even for divine pleasures. A student of the truly and completely Awakened One is devoted to destruction of cravings. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 188) People, driven by fear, go for the refuge to many places: mountains, forests, gardens, trees and shrines. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 189) This refuge is not safe; this refuge is not supreme. Having come to such a refuge, one will not be free from all suffering. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 190) And who has gone for refuge to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, sees with a true wisdom Four Noble Truths. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 191) Suffering, origin of suffering, overcoming of suffering, and the noble eightfold path, leading to appeasement of suffering. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 192) This refuge is safe; this refuge is supreme. Having come to such a refuge, one will be free from all suffering. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 193) Hard to find is a noble person. He is not born everywhere. Where is such a wise one born, that family prospers happily. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 194) Happy is birth of the Awakened Ones. Happy is teaching of the True Dharma. Happy is unity of the Sangha. Happy is meditation of those in unity. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 195) Who pays respects to those worthy of it, The Awakened Ones or their disciples, who have gone beyond obstacles and overcame grief and sorrow, [continued in DhP 196]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 196) [continued from DhP 195]. Those who pay respects to such emancipated and fearless ones, nobody is able to calculate their merit as such and such. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 14: The Buddha (BUDDHAVAGGO)
(DhP 197) Very happily indeed we live, free of hatred amongst hateful. Amongst hateful people we dwell without hatred. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 198) Very happily indeed we live, healthy amongst diseased ones. Amongst diseased people we dwell healthy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 199) Very happily indeed we live, without greed amongst greedy ones. Amongst greedy people we dwell without greed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 200) Very happily indeed we live, who have nothing whatsoever. We will be feeding on joy, just like the Radiant Gods. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 201) Victory produces hatred. Defeated one dwells in pain. Tranquil one dwells happily, having renounced both victory and defeat. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 202) There is no fire like passion. There is no evil like hatred. There is no suffering like the Aggregates of existence. There is no happiness higher than tranquility. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 203) Hunger is the highest illness. Conditioned things are the highest suffering. Having known this as it is, Nirvana is the highest happiness. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 204) Health is the highest gain. Contentment is the highest wealth. Trusted people are the best relatives. Nirvana is the highest happiness. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 205) Having drunk the nectar of solitude and the nectar of tranquility, one is free of fear and free of evil, drinking the nectar of the joy of Dharma. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 206) Good is seeing the Noble Ones; association with them is always happy. By not seeing fools on would always be happy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 207) One who lives together with fools will suffer for a long time. The company of fools is always painful - like the company of an enemy. And a wise one is pleasant to live with, like meeting with relatives. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 208) Therefore: Clever and wise and learned, virtuous, devout and noble - associate with such a smart true person, just like the moon follows the path of the stars. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 15: The Happiness (SUKHAVAGGO)
(DhP 209) Undertaking what is not to be undertaken, not undertaking what is to be undertaken, having renounced spiritual welfare; one grasping after the pleasant envies one who is pursuing the purification of mind. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 210) Don't associate with the dear ones, and never with those who are unloved. Not seeing the dear ones is suffering - and seeing the unloved ones. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 211) Therefore, do not hold anything dear; separation from the dear ones is bad. There are no bonds for those, for whom there is nothing dear or unloved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 212) From affection, grief is born. From affection, fear is born. One freed from affection has no grief, whence fear? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 213) From love, grief is born. From love, fear is born. One freed from love has no grief, whence fear? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 214) From attachment, grief is born. From attachment, fear is born. One freed from attachment has no grief, whence fear? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 215) From pleasure, grief is born. From pleasure, fear is born. One freed from pleasure has no grief, whence fear? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 216) From thirst, grief is born. From thirst, fear is born. One freed from thirst has no grief, whence fear? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 217) People hold dear the one, who is endowed with virtue and seeing, righteous, knowing the truth and is doing what should be done. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 218) Who is intent on The Indescribable, who has an expanded mind, whose mind is not bound to sense-pleasures, he is called "going against the current". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 219) Relatives, companions and friends are happy about coming back of a person, long away from home, safely come back from far away, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 220) Thus, the good deeds receive the well-doer, gone from this world to the other one, just like relatives receive a beloved one, who has come back. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 221) Renounce anger; abandon pride. Overcome all fetters. The one, who is not attached to mind and body, and has nothing, is not followed by suffering. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 16: Affection (PIYAVAGGO)
(DhP 222) Who would restrain rising anger, like a swaying chariot, him I call a charioteer. Other people just hold the reins. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 223) Conquer anger by non-anger; conquer badness by goodness. Conquer stinginess by giving; conquer liar by truth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 224) Speak truth; don't get angry; when asked, give, even a little. By these three means one will go to the presence of gods. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 225) The wise ones, who are not hurting, always guarding their behavior, they will go to the Permanent Place (Nirvana), where one does not grieve. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 226) Those, who are always watchful, studying all day and night, intent upon reaching the Nirvana - their taints disappear. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 227) O Atula, this is an old thing; it is not just today. They blame one who is sitting silently; they blame one who is speaking a lot. They blame also the one who is speaking moderately. There is nobody blameless in the world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 228) There never was, never will be and even now does not exist a person who is only blamed or only praised. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 229) Whom the wise ones praise, having examined him thoroughly day after day, one with faultless conduct, intelligent, endowed with wisdom and virtue, [continued in DhP 230] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 230) [continued from DhP 229] Who is worthy enough to blame him, like a ring made of gold? Even gods praise him; he is praised also by Brahma. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 231) Protect yourself from blameworthy conduct; guard your body well. Having renounced the wrong bodily deed, practice the right bodily action. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 232) Protect yourself from blameworthy speech; guard your speech well. Having renounced the wrong verbal deed, practice the right verbal action. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 233) Protect yourself from blameworthy thoughts; guard your mind well. Having renounced the wrong mental deed, practice the right mental action. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 234) The wise ones, who are restrained in bodily conduct, in speech, and in mind, they are indeed well and thoroughly restrained. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 17: Anger (KODHAVAGGO)
(DhP 235) You are like a withered leaf. Yama's men are ready for you. You are standing in the mouth of death. And you have nothing to take with you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 236) Be an island unto yourself! Strive quickly; be wise! Without impurities and clear, you will approach the heavenly place of the Noble Ones. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 237) You have come to the end of your life now. You are getting close to the presence of Yama. On the way there, there is no resting place for you. And you have nothing to take with you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 238) Be an island unto yourself! Strive quickly; be wise! Without impurities and clear, you will never again come to birth and aging. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 239) A wise one should cleanse oneself of impurities, gradually, little by little, moment by moment - just like a smith does with silver. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 240) Just like rust eats the very iron from which it has arisen, so the one who is indulging too much in the use of four requisites of a monk is led to a miserable existence by his own deeds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 241) Non-studying is the stain of sacred texts. Neglect is the stain of houses. The stain of beauty is idleness. The stain of a guard is negligence. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 242) Wrong conduct is the stain of a woman. Stinginess is the stain of a donor. Evil things are impure - in this world as well as in the other one. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 243) [continuing from DhP 242] Ignorance is the ultimate stain, greater than any of these other stains. Having abandoned this stain, be pure, monks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 244) Easy is life for somebody who is shameless, unconscientious, offensive, braggart, reckless and impure. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 245) [continuing from DhP 244] And difficult is life for somebody who has conscience, is always striving for purity, sincere and cautious, of clean livelihood and seeing the truth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 246) Who kills living beings, speaks falsely, takes whatever in the world is not given and goes to another's wife, [continued in DhP 247] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 247) [continuing from DhP 246] And whichever person enjoys drinking alcohol, he digs out his own roots right here in this world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 248) My dear man, know this: evil things are difficult to restrain. Let not greed and injustice bring you suffering for a long time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 249) People give alms according to their faith and gratification. In this matter, who is discontented with others' food and drink, he will never attain concentration, by day or night. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 250) [continued from DhP 249] And who has cut off, removed and destroyed by the rot such thinking, he will attain concentration, by day or night. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 251) There is no fire like passion. There is no grasp like hatred. There is no net like delusion. There is no river like thirst. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 252) Easy to see are faults of others; one's own faults are difficult to see. One exposes the faults of others like husks. One's own conceals like a cheating player of dice an unlucky throw. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 253) Who finds faults with others and is always irritable, his taints only grow. He is far away from dissolution of taints. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 254) There are no tracks in the sky. There is not a true monk outside of this teaching. Mankind delights in obsession. The Buddhas are free of obsession. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 255) There are no tracks in the sky. There is not a true monk outside of this teaching. There are no conditioned things that are eternal. There is no instability in the Buddhas. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 18: Taint (MALAVAGGO)
(DhP 256) One is not called righteous because one hastily judges what is good. Which wise person has thoroughly investigated both right and wrong, [continued in DhP 257] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 257) [continued from DhP 256] judging others without haste, justly and impartially, such a wise person, guardian of law, is called "righteous". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 258) One is not called wise because one speaks a lot. One, who is peaceful, without hatred and fearless, is called "wise". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 259) One does not understand Dharma only because one speaks a lot. Who sees Dharma directly, after having heard even a little of it, and who does not neglect the Dharma, such a one does understand it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 260) One is not to be called an Elder just because his head is gray. Such a person is of mature age and is called "grown old in vain". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 261) In whom there is truth, Law, non-violence, restraint and self-control, he, the wise one who has discarded taints, is called "an Elder". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 262) Not only by the act of speech or by beauty of complexion is a man respectable, if he is envious, selfish and deceitful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 263) And who has cut off, removed and destroyed by the rot such thinking, he, the wise one who has discarded hatred, is called "respectable". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 264) One is not to be called a monk just because of his bald head, if one is immoral and speaking lies. How can someone who has desire and greed be called a monk? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 265) Who conquers evil thoroughly, be it small or big, one is called a monk because of having conquered all evils. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 266) One is not a monk because one begs almsfood from others. If one follows the life of a householder, one is not a monk because of that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 267) Who has warded off both good and evil here, leading a holy life, walks through the world understanding it, he is called "a monk". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 268) One is not a sage by keeping a vow of silence, if he is deluded and ignorant. Who accepts only the best, as if holding a scale, is a wise man. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 269) The sage who avoids evil is called a sage because of that. One, who understands both worlds, is called a sage on account of that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 270) One is not to be called Noble if he hurts living beings. Because of non-violence towards all living beings is one called "Noble". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 271) Not by mere rules and rituals, nor by great knowledge, nor by attaining concentration, nor by having a solitary dwelling, [continued in DhP 272] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 272) [continued from DhP 271] nor by thinking "I am experiencing the pleasure of renunciation, which is not practiced by ordinary people", do, o monk, get content, if you have not attained dissolution of taints. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 19: The Righteous (DHAMMATTHAVAGGO)
(DhP 273) The Eightfold Path is the best of Paths. The best of truths are the Four Truths. The best of mental states is absence of passion. The best of people are the ones with insight. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 274) This is the path. There is no other for the purification of insight. Enter upon this path. This is the deception of Mara. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 275) Having entered upon this path, you will make an end of suffering. Having realized how to remove the arrow, I taught this path to you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 276) You must make an effort. The Buddhas are only teachers. Those, who meditating entered upon this path, will be released from the bond of Mara. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 277) When one perceives with wisdom that all conditioned things are impermanent, then one turns away from suffering. This is the path of purification. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 278) When one perceives with wisdom that all conditioned things are unsatisfactory, then one turns away from suffering. This is the path of purification. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 279) When one perceives with wisdom that all things are without a self, then one turns away from suffering. This is the path of purification. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 280) The lazy one, who is not exerting oneself during the time for exertion, who is young and strong but full of sloth, inactive and with a mind full of depressed thoughts - such a one will not find a path of wisdom. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 281) One should guard one's speech and restrain one's mind. One should not do any evil bodily deed. One should purify these three ways of acting. One should attain the path declared by the Buddha. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 282) From practice, knowledge is born. From absence of practice, loss of knowledge. Having understood this crossroad of existence and cessation of knowledge, one should so conduct oneself that the knowledge may grow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 283) Cut off the forest of passions, not just the single trees. From the forest, fear is born. Having cut off the forest and the undergrowth, be without the forest of passions, monks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 284) As long as the undergrowth of passion of a man towards women, even a minuscule one, is not cut off, so long his mind is bound, just like a calf drinking milk from the mother. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 285) Cut off your own desires, as if picking an autumnal lotus with your hand. Practice the path of tranquility, Nirvana taught by the Buddha. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 286) "Here shall I spend the rains, here winter and summer", thinks the fool. He does not understand the dangers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 287) That man who is delighting in his sons and cattle, with an attached mind, the death will carry away, like a great flood the sleeping village. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 288) Sons cannot protect you, or father, or other relatives. When you are seized by the death, all relatives are of no help to you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 289) The wise man restrained by virtue, knowing this reasoning, should quickly purify the path leading to Nirvana.
Chapter 20: The Path (MAGGAVAGGO)
(DhP 290) Seeing that abandoning the small happiness one could obtain large happiness, a wise one, considering the large happiness should abandon the small happiness. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 291) He wants his own happiness by imposing suffering on others. Full of hatred, he will not be released from hatred. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 292) What should be done - is rejected. What should not be done - that is being done. Taints of those, who are proud and negligent, surely grow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 293) Those who have very firm and constant mindfulness as to the body, those do not practice what should not be done, they are persevering in what should be done. The taints of those, who are mindful and thoughtful, become extinct. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 294) Having killed mother, father and two warrior kings, having killed the whole country with its followers, undisturbed walks the holy man. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 295) Having killed mother, father and two Brahmin kings, having killed the tiger as fifth, undisturbed walks the Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 296) The disciples of Gotama, whose mindfulness is day and night constantly directed to the Buddha, those are always well awakened. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 297) The disciples of Gotama, whose mindfulness is day and night constantly directed to the Dharma, those are always well awakened. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 298) The disciples of Gotama, whose mindfulness is day and night constantly directed to the Sangha, those are always well awakened. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 299) The disciples of Gotama, whose mindfulness is day and night constantly directed to the body, those are always well awakened. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 300) The disciples of Gotama, whose mind is day and night devoted to non-violence, those are always well awakened. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 301) The disciples of Gotama, whose mind is day and night devoted to meditation, those are always well awakened. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 302) It is difficult to become a monk. It is difficult to enjoy it. Unpleasant and difficult to endure is a life of a householder. Painful is association with unequal. Wanderer in the round of rebirth is always followed by suffering. Therefore, do not be a wanderer and do not be followed by suffering. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 303) With trust, possessed of virtue, endowed with fame and wealth - to whatever region does he resort, he is respected everywhere. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 304) The good ones shine from afar, like a snowy mountain. The bad ones are unseen, like arrows shot at night. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 305) Sitting alone, sleeping in solitude, wandering alone and active, alone subduing oneself - such a one would take delight in living in forests.
Chapter 21: Miscellaneous (PAKINNAKAVAGGO)
(DhP 306) One, who speaks lies, goes to hell. And also the one, who having done a deed, says, "I did not do it". Both these people of low actions are equal, in the other world, after they die. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 307) Sentence Translation: There are plenty of those who are wearing monk's robe but are of evil nature and without self-control. These evil ones will be reborn in hell because of their evil deeds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 308) It is better to eat an iron ball, hot like a fire's crest, than to eat a country's almsfood, immoral and without self-control. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 309) The negligent man, who chases after others' wives, will get into these four states: accumulation of demerit, uncomfortable bed, blame as the third, hell as the fourth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 310) Accumulation of demerit; and a bad rebirth. The pleasure of the frightened couple is very small. And the king inflicts a serious punishment. Therefore a man should not chase after others' wives. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 311) Just like a wrongly taken kusa grass cuts the hand, wrongly grasped monkshood drags one towards the hell. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 312) A lax action, an impure vow, a doubtful monk's life - all this does not bring much fruit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 313) If something is to be done, one should then do it and undertake it firmly. A lax life as a monk will only heap up more dust of hindrances. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 314) It is better not to do a bad deed. One is tormented by remorse after a bad deed. It is better to do a good deed, which one does not regret when it is accomplished. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 315) Just like a border city is guarded within and without, so you should protect yourself. Let no moment escape you. Those who let the right moment go by grieve, consigned to hell. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 316) They are ashamed of what is not shameful. They are not ashamed of what is shameful. Believing in wrong theories, the beings go to a miserable existence. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 317) Being afraid of what is not frightful and not fearing the frightful thing, believing in wrong theories, the beings go to a miserable existence. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 318) Thinking to be faulty what is not and not seeing a fault where it is, believing in wrong theories, the beings go to a miserable existence. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 319) Having known the fault as the fault, non-faulty as non-faulty, believing in right theories, the beings go to a pleasurable existence.
Chapter 22: The Hell (NIRAYAVAGGO)
(DhP 320) As an elephant in the battle endures the arrows shot from bows, so will I endure abuse. Many people are of bad morality. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 321) A tamed elephant is led into the assembly. The king mounts a tamed elephant. The tamed one, who endures abuses, is the best amongst people. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 322) Excellent are tamed mules; and the thoroughbred horses from Sindh; and all kinds of elephants. One who tamed himself is the best of all. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 323) Not by all these vehicles could one go to the land previously not traveled to, as would one who is tamed would go by himself being tamed and well controlled. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 324) The elephant named Dhanapala, difficult to control in his rut and bound does not eat his food. He remembers his life in the elephant-grove. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 325) If one is sluggish and eats too much, is sleepy and rolls about in his sleep, such a lazy one is like a fat well fed hog - will be born again and again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 326) This mind of mine used to wander around aimlessly, as it liked, wherever it wanted, as was its pleasure. Today, I will restrain it thoroughly, just as the elephant driver subdues an elephant in rut. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 327) Be devoted to conscientiousness. Guard your own mind. Lift yourself up from this bad place, just like an elephant sunk in mud. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 328) If you find an intelligent companion, a fellow-traveler of pure actions and wise, you should overcome all problems and travel with him, delighted and mindful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 329) If you do not find an intelligent companion, a fellow-traveler of pure actions and wise, like a king leaves behind the subdued kingdom, you should travel alone, just like an elephant in the elephant-grove. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 330) It is better to live alone; there is no companionship with a fool. One should live alone, and commit no evil. One should be content with little, like an elephant in the elephant-grove. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 331) Good are friends when need arises. Good is satisfaction with whatever one has. Good is merit when the life comes an end. Good is to abandon all suffering completely. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 332) Being filial towards one's mother and father is good in this world. Good is to be a monk in this world. It is also good to be a true Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 333) It is good to be virtuous until you are old. Good is a firmly established trust. Good is to attain wisdom. To abstain from doing evil is good.
Chapter 23: The Elephant (NAGAVAGGO)
(DhP 334) The thirst of the person of careless actions grows just like a creeper. He flows from existence to existence, just like a monkey in the forest desiring fruits. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 335) Who in this world is conquered by this miserable thirst and craving, his sorrows grow, like grass after rains. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 336) Who in this world conquers this miserable thirst that is difficult to overcome, sorrows fall down from him, like a drop of water from a lotus. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 337) I tell you this; bless all of you that have come here. Dig up the root of thirst, like somebody desiring a Usira root would cut off the Birana grass. Let not Mara break you again and again, like a stream breaks a reed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 338) Just like the tree will grow again if it is cut down, but its roots are strong and uninjured, so this suffering will come back again and again if the dormant craving is not destroyed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 339) The person in whom strong and carrying thirty-six streams flow towards the pleasurable things, is carried towards wrong views by his thoughts full of passion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 340) The streams flow everywhere. The creeper sprung up and stands firm. Having seen that creeper grown, cut off its root with your wisdom. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 341) People experience joy that is flowing in from the senses and is full of desires. Those people attached to pleasure and desiring happiness, will undergo birth and old age. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 342) People followed by thirst crawl around like a captured hare. Bound by the bonds of the Ten Fetters, they will undergo suffering again and again, for a long time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 343) People followed by thirst crawl around like a captured hare. Therefore you should remove thirst and wish for being free of passions yourselves. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 344) Imagine somebody who is free from the householder's life, inclined to live as a monk. Then, free of the forest of the householder's life, he runs back to it. Come and look at that person! After being set free, he runs back to the bond! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 345) That fetter is not really strong, say the wise, that is made of iron, wood or grass. Strong infatuation with gems and ornaments, whatever longing there is for sons and wives, [continued in DhP 346] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 346) That fetter is really strong, say the wise, it seems loose, but it leads you astray and is difficult to be freed from. Having cut off this fetter, those without desire wander about -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 347) Those who are excited by passion fall into the current as if a spider would fall into his own web. Having cut off this, the wise ones without desires wander about as monks, having abandoned all suffering. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 348) Let go of the past, let go of the future. Let go of the present. When you cross over to the other shore of existence, and your mind will be completely free, you will never again come to birth and aging. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 349) The thirst of a person who has confused thoughts, is strongly passionate and contemplates only the pleasant things will only grow more. Such a person makes his fetters stronger. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 350) Who is devoted to calming of thoughts, meditates on impurity, is always mindful, such a person will put an end to craving. Such a person will cut off the fetters of Mara. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 351) One who has attained perfection, is without fear, free of thirst and pure, cut off the arrows of existence. For such a one, this is the very last life. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 352) If one who is without thirst, free of attachments and skilled in the language of the scriptures should know the arrangement of the texts in the right sequence, he then is known as a great person of great wisdom, living his last life. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 353) I have conquered all and know everything. I am unstained by anything. I have given up everything, freed through destruction of thirst. I have found all out by myself; whom should I point out as my teacher? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 354) The gift of Dharma conquers all gifts. The taste of Dharma excels all tastes. The joy of Dharma excels all joys. The destruction of thirst conquers all suffering. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 355) Possessions hurt the stupid, but not those who are in search for the opposite shore of suffering. With his thirst for possessions the fool hurts the others as well as himself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 356) Fields are ruined by weeds. This mankind is ruined by passions. Therefore, what is given to those devoid of passions brings much fruit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 357) Fields are ruined by weeds. This mankind is ruined by hatred. Therefore, what is given to those devoid of hatred brings much fruit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 358) Fields are ruined by weeds. This mankind is ruined by delusion. Therefore, what is given to those devoid of delusion brings much fruit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 359) Fields are ruined by weeds. This mankind is ruined by desires. Therefore, what is given to those devoid of desires brings much fruit.
Chapter 24: The Thirst (TANHAVAGGO)
(DhP 360) Restraint over the eye is good. Good is restraint over the ear. Restraint over the nose is good. Good is restraint over the tongue. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 361) Restraint over the body is good. Good is restraint over the speech. Restraint over the mind is good. Good is restraint everywhere. The monk who is restrained everywhere will be freed from all suffering. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 362) Who has control over his hands, feet and speech, who is fully controlled, with inward joy and firm, in solitude and contented - him do people call a monk. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 363) Sweet is the speech of the monk, who has control over his mouth, speaks cleverly, is not proud, and explains the Dharma and its meaning. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 364) The monk who is delighting in the Dharma, devoted to the Dharma, pondering the Dharma and always bearing the Dharma in mind, will never fall away from the true Dharma. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 365) One should not neglect one's own spiritual gain. One should not envy others. The monk who envies others will not attain concentration. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 366) Even the gods praise the monk, who is living a pure life and is active, who does not neglect his spiritual profit, even though he has few material gains. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 367) Who is not attached to anything in his whole mind and body, who does not grieve for nonexistent things, he is truly called a monk. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 368) The monk, who is abiding in loving-kindness and trusting in the Buddha's teaching, will acquire the peaceful state of Nirvana, quieting of all conditioned things and happiness. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 369) Empty this boat, monk! Empty it will travel quickly. Having cut off passion and hatred, you will approach the Nirvana. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 370) Cut off five things, abandon five, five further cultivate. The monk who has overcome five attachments is called the one who has crossed over the flood. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 371) Meditate, o monk! Don't be negligent! Let your mind not wander in the five strands of sensual pleasures. Don't negligently swallow the metal ball. When you are burning, don't lament, "This is suffering!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 372) There is no meditation for the ignorant one. There is no wisdom for someone, who does not meditate. Who has both wisdom and meditation, he is indeed close to the Nirvana. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 373) The monk, who dwells in solitude, whose mind is tranquil, and who truly sees the Dharma with insight, experiences superhuman joy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 374) Whenever one understands thoroughly the rise and fall of the five aggregates, he will obtain joy and happiness. For those, who understand, this is known as "the deathlessness". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 375) This here are the basic tasks for the wise monk: watchfulness over his senses, contentment and restraint in the monk's precepts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 376) Associate with virtuous friends who are of pure livelihood and active. Act friendly and let your behavior be good. Then, full of joy, you will make an end of suffering. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 377) Just like the jasmine sheds its withered flowers, so you should shed passion and hatred, monks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 378) The monk who is calm in body, calm in speech, tranquil, composed, and has discarded all worldly gains, is called calmed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 379) You yourself exhort and control yourself. The monk, who is self-guarded and mindful, will live happily. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 380) One is indeed one's own lord. One is indeed one's own destiny. Therefore restrain yourself, just like a merchant restrains a good horse. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 381) The monk who is full of joy and trusting in the Buddha's teaching, will acquire the peaceful state of Nirvana, quieting of all conditioned things and happiness. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 382) The monk who, while young, practices the teaching of the Buddha, illuminates this world like a moon freed from cloud.
Chapter 25: The Monk (BHIKKHUVAGGO)
(DhP 383) Having undertaken the effort, cut off the stream of suffering. Dispel sense-pleasures, Brahmin! Having realized the destruction of conditioned things, you know the Nirvana, Brahmin! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 384) If a Brahmin is crossed over to the opposite shore in regard of two things, then all the bonds of such a knowing one disappear. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 385) For whom there does not exist the opposite shore, this shore nor both shores, who is fearless and detached - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 386) Who is meditating, stainless, settled, has done his duty, is without taints, has reached the highest attainment - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 387) During the day shines the sun, at night shines the moon. The Kshatriya shines when armed, the Brahmin shines when meditating. And the Buddha shines with splendor all day and night. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 388) One is called "a Brahmin" because he keeps away from evil. One is called "a recluse" because he lives in tranquility. If one has renounced one's own impurities, then one is called "a monk". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 389) One should not strike a Brahmin. But a Brahmin should not get angry with the one, who hit him. Shame to those who hurt Brahmins! More shame to those, who are angry with them! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 390) For a Brahmin, there is nothing better than when he is holding the mind back from agreeable things. When one turns away from a wish to hurt, then one just calms down the suffering. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 391) Who does not perform any evil deeds by body, speech or mind, who is restrained in three ways - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 392) From whom you learned the Dharma, that is taught by the truly and completely Awakened One, you should duly pay your respects to him, like a Brahmin at the fire sacrifice. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 393) One is not a Brahmin because of matted hair, lineage or birth. In whom there is truth and the Dharma, he is pure, he is a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 394) What use is your matted hair, fool? What use is your garment from antelope skin? Inside you is a jungle, you touch only the outside. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 395) The person who is wearing just rags from a dust heap, is lean, with veins showing, who is meditating alone in the forest - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 396) I do not call one a Brahmin only because on account of birth, because he is born from [a Brahmin] mother. If he has attachments, he is to be called only "self-important". One who is without attachments and without clinging - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 397) Who has cut off all fetters and doesn;t crave for anything, who has overcome all binds and is detached - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 398) Who has cut off strap and harness, fetter together with a bridle, who has all the obstacles removed and is awakened - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 399) Who benevolently endures abuse, beating and binding, whose power is forbearance, with strong force - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 400) Who is friendly, devout, virtuous and not arrogant, restrained and living his last life - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 401) Like water to a lotus leaf, like a mustard seed to the point of an arrow, who doesn't cling to sense-pleasures - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 402) Who knows by himself the destruction of suffering in this world, who has put down his burden and is detached - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 403) One who is endowed with deep knowledge, intelligent, knowing the difference between what is a road and what is not, who has reached the highest attainment - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 404) Who is not associating neither with householders nor with monks, wandering in houselessness, wanting little - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 405) Who has given up punishing of all living beings, be they trembling or firm, who does not kill, nor causes another to kill - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 406) One who is unhindered amongst the obstructed, one who is free amongst violent, one who does not cling to anything amongst those who do - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 407) Who has destroyed passion, hatred, conceit and hypocrisy, as if a mustard seed falls down from the head of an arrow - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 408) Who speaks smooth, informative and true words, by which he does not offend anyone - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 409) Who here in this world does not take what was not given, be it long, short, small, big, pleasant or unpleasant - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 410) Who has no longing anywhere in this or the next world, who is independent and unattached - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 411) Who is without attachments, has realized the truth and is free from doubts, merging into the Nirvana, has attained the goal - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 412) Who has in this world gone beyond both attachments of good and evil, who is free from sorrow, stainless and pure - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 413) Who is like a moon, spotless, clean, bright and undisturbed, who has destroyed the existence of pleasure - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 414) Who has overcome this danger, bad place, round of rebirth and delusion, who has crossed, gone over to the opposite shore, is meditating, free from craving and doubts, who is emancipated and without clinging - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 415) Who in this world has renounced desires, wanders around homeless, him, who has destroyed the existence of desire - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 416) Who in this world has renounced thirst, wanders around homeless, him, who has destroyed the existence of thirst - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 417) Who has renounced human bonds, and escaped divine bonds, who is detached from al bonds - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 418) Who has renounced liking and dislike, tranquil and free from attachments, The hero, who has conquered the whole world - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 419) Who has thoroughly understood the arising and passing away of beings, who is unattached, well-gone and awakened - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 420) Whose direction isn't known by the gods, Gandharvas and humans, who has removed the taints and is an Arahant - him do I cal a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 421) For whom there is nothing before, after or now, One who is without attachments and without clinging - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 422) Who is strong, noble, a hero, a great seer, victorious, free from craving, his task finished and is awakened - him do I call a Brahmin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (DhP 423) Who knows his former births and sees both heaven and hell, who has reached the end of rebirths, the sage who has attained higher wisdom, one who has attained all accomplishments - him do I call a Brahmin. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 26: The Brahmin (BRAHMANAVAGGO)