Reflection offered in 2019

If spoken to harshly,
make yourself as silent as a cracked gong;
non-retaliation is a sign of freedom.

Dhammapada v.134

Reflection offered in 2019

Those who speak much
are not necessarily possessed of wisdom.
The wise can be seento be at peace with life
and free from all enmity and fear.

Dhammapada v. 258

Reflection offered in 2019

Those who speak much
are not necessarily possessed of wisdom.
The wise can be seento be at peace with life
and free from all enmity and fear.

Dhammapada v. 258

Reflection offered in 2019

Strength of patience
is the might of noble beings;
they can be shackled,
endure verbal abuse and beatings,
without resentment.

Dhammapada v.399

Reflection offered in 2019

Avoid speaking harshly to others;
harsh speech prompts retaliation.
Those hurt by your words may hurt you back.

Dhammapada v.133

Reflection offered in 2019

Gradually, gradually,
a moment at a time,
the wise remove their own impurities
as a goldsmith removes the dross.

Dhammapada v.53

Reflection offered in 2019

As many garlands can be made
from a heap of flowers,
so too much that is wholesome can be done
during this human existence.

Dhammapada v.53

Reflection offered in 2019

It is good to be restrained in body.
It is good to be restrained in speech.
It is good to be restrained in mind.
It is good to be restrained in everything.
The renunciate who is restrained in every way
will realize freedom from suffering.

Dhammapada v.361

Reflection offered in 2019

For many lives I have wandered
looking for, but not finding,
the house-builder who caused my suffering.
But now you are seen
and you shall build no more.
Your rafters are dislodged
and the ridge-pole is broken.
All craving is ended;
my heart is as one with the unmade.

Dhammapada v.153-4

Reflection offered in 2019

Like a fish which on being dragged
from its home in the water
and tossed on dry land
will thrash about,
so will the heart tremble
when withdrawing
from the current of Mara.

Dhammapada v.34

Reflection offered in 2019

Those who have renounced
the use of force in relationship to other beings,
whether weak or strong,
who neither kill nor cause to be killed,
can be called great beings.

Dhammapada v.405