Reflection offered in 2018

As a beautiful flower;
with a delightful fragrance is pleasing,
so is wise and lovely speech
when matched with right action.

Dhammapada v.52

Reflection offered in 2018

Silence does not denote profundity
if you are ignorant and untrained.
Like one holding scales,
a sage weighs things up,
wholesome and unwholesome,
and comes to know both the inner and outer worlds.
Therefore the sage is called wise.

Dhammapada v. 268-269

Reflection offered in 2018

Whoever has cut all that tethers
and found fearlessness,
who is beyond attachments
and defilements,
I recognize as a great being.

Dhammapada v. 397

Reflection offered in 2018

There is no tension
for those who have completed their journey
and have become free
from the distress of all binding ties.

Dhammapada v. 90

Reflection offered in 2018

One who transforms old and heedless ways
into fresh and wholesome acts
brings light into the world
like the moon freed from clouds.

Dhammapada v. 173

Reflection offered in 2018

Life is easy
for one who lacks shame,
who is as impudent as a crow,
who is arrogant, aggressive,
intrusive and corrupt.

Dhammapada v. 244

Reflection offered in 2018

It is wisdom
that enables letting go
of a lesser happiness
in pursuit of a happiness
which is greater.

Dhammapada v. 290

Reflection offered in 2018

If you walk the path
you will arrive at the end of suffering.
Having beheld this myself,
I proclaim the Way
which removes all thorns.

Dhammapada v. 275

Reflection offered in 2018

Do not ignore the effects of evil,
saying, "This will come to nothing".
Just as by the gradual fall of raindrops
the water jar is filled,
so in time fools are corrupted by evil-doing.

Dhammapada v. 121

Reflection offered in 2018

The fragrance of virtue
surpasses by far
the fragrance of flowers
or sandalwood.

Dhammapada v. 55

Reflection offered in 2018

Dwell not on the faults
and shortcomings of others
instead, seek clarity
about your own.

Dhammapada v. 50

Reflection offered in 2018

Better than ruling the whole world,
better than going to heaven,
better than lordship over the universe,
is an irreversible commitment to the Way.

Dhammapada v. 178

Reflection offered in 2018

Those who know the uncreated,
who are free and stilled,
who have discarded all craving,
are the most worthy beings.

Dhammapada v.97

Reflection offered in 2018

Those who know the uncreated,
who are free and stilled,
who have discarded all craving,
are the most worthy beings.

Dhammapada v.97

Reflection offered in 2018

Those who while still young
neither choose a life of renunciation,
nor earn a good living,
end up like dejected old herons
beside a pond without fish.

Dhammapada v. 155

Reflection offered in 2018

The sun shines by day,
the moon shines by night.
But both all day and all night
the Buddha shines in glorious splendour.

Dhammapada v. 387

Reflection offered in 2018

Disciples of the Buddha
are fully awake
both day and night,
taking delight in compassion.

Dhammapada v.300

Reflection offered in 2018

If birds are trapped in a net
only a few will ever escape.
In this world of illusion
only a few see their way to liberation.

Dhammapada v. 174

Reflection offered in 2018

A single word of truth
which leads to calm
is better to hear than a thousand
irrelevant words

Dhammapada v.100

Reflection offered in 2018

When we appreciate fully
the benefit of our own pure deeds
we are filled with joy;
here and hereafter
there is a celebration of joy.

Dhammapada v.16