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5/25/12

The Dhammapada Quotes


"All that we are is made up of our thoughts; it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with a pure thought, happiness will follow him, like a shadow that never leaves him." ~Dhammapada

"As a beautiful flower that is full of hue but lacks fragrance, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who does not practice it." ~The Dhammapada

"Cut down the whole forest of desire, not just one tree only." ~The Dhammapada

"Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame." ~The Dhammapada

"Few among men are they who cross over to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side." ~The Dhammapada

"Give thanks for what has been given to you, however little. Why miss what you do not have? The seeker is not sorry." ~Dhammapada

"Hard to restrain, unstable is the mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good is it to control the mind." ~The Dhammapada

"Hatred is never appease by hatred in this world; it is appeased by love. This is an eternal Law." ~The Dhammapada

"If, in your course, you don’t meet your equal, your better, then continue your course firmly, alone. There’s no fellowship with fools." ~The Buddha~ [Dhammapada]

"In the light of his vision he has found his freedom: his thoughts are peace, his words are peace and his work is peace." ~Dhammapada~

"No suffering befalls the man who calls nothing his own." ~The Dhammapada

'Offend in neither word nor deed.
Eat with moderation
Live in your heart.
Seek the highest consciousness.
Master yourself according to the dharma.
This is the simple teaching of the awakened." ~Buddha, Dhammapada

"One may conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, yet he is the best who conquers himself." ~The Dhammapada

"One's own self is the most difficult to subdue." ~The Dhammapada

"The evil life is really the thoughtless life." ~The Dhammapada

"Travel only with thy equals or thy betters, if there are none, travel alone." ~The Dhammapada

"Watchfulness is the path to immortality, and thoughtlessness the path to death. The watchful do not die, but the thoughtless are already like the dead." ~The Dhammapada

Note: Dhammapada, a Buddhist text, can mean feet of righteousness, or path of truth.

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