Reflection offered in 2024

“Those who are energetically
committed to practising dhamma,
who are pure and considerate in effort,
composed and virtuous in conduct,
steadily increase in radiance.”

Dhammapada v. 24

Reflection offered in 2024

“When those who are wise
dwell in contemplation
on the transient nature
of the body-mind,
and of all conditioned existence,
they experience joy and delight
seeing through to the inherently secure.”

Dhammapada v. 374

Reflection offered in 2024

“When those who are wise
dwell in contemplation
on the transient nature
of the body-mind,
and of all conditioned existence,
they experience joy and delight
seeing through to the inherently secure.”

Dhammapada v. 374

Reflection offered in 2024

“When those who are wise
dwell in contemplation
on the transient nature
of the body-mind,
and of all conditioned existence,
they experience joy and delight
seeing through to the inherently secure.”

Dhammapada v. 374

Reflection offered in 2024

"Blessed is the arising of a Buddha;
blessed is the revealing of the Dhamma;
blessed is the concord of the Sangha;
delightful is harmonious communion."

Dhammapada v. 194

Reflection offered in 2024

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

Dhammapada v. 397

Reflection offered in 2024

There never was,
nor will there be,
nor is there now,
anyone who is only blamed
or wholly praised.

Dhammapada v. 228

Reflection offered in 2024

To many places beings withdraw
to escape from fear:
to mountains, forests,
parklands and gardens;
sacred places as well.
But none of these places
offer true refuge,
none of them can free us from fear.

Dhammapada v. 188-9

Reflection offered in 2024

Silence does not denote profundity
if you are unaware 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. 268-9