Reflection offered in 2021

Having empathy for others
one sees that all beings are afraid
of punishment and death.
Knowing this, one does not attack or cause attack.

Dhammapada v.129

Reflection offered in 2021

Just as a fletcher shapes an arrow,
so the wise develop the mind,
so excitable, uncertain
and difficult to control.

Dhammapada v. 33

Reflection offered in 2021

I say a being is great
who stands not on this shore,
nor the other shore,
nor on any shore at all.
Such a being is free from all ties.

Dhammapada v. 385

Reflection offered in 2021

Refrain from wrongdoing,
cultivate that which is good;
purify the heart.
This is the Way of the Awakened Ones.

Dhammapada v.183

Reflection offered in 2021

Those who still cause harm
to living beings
cannot be considered as attained
to a truly noble state.
Those who are attained
maintain a harmless demeanour
towards all beings.

Dhammapada v.270

Reflection offered in 2020

Though one’s knowledge may be limited,
if understanding and conduct
rightly accord with the Way,
one is to be considered well-versed in Dhamma.

Dhammapada v.259

Reflection offered in 2020

Those who are foolish and confused
betray themselves to heedlessness.
The wise treasure the awareness
they have cultivated
as their most precious possession.

Dhammapada v.26

Reflection offered in 2020

Life is not easy for those
who have a sense of shame,
who are modest,
pure-minded and detached,
morally upright and reflective.

Dhammapada v.245

Reflection offered in 2020

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 ridgepole is broken.
All craving is ended;
my heart is as one with the unconditioned.

Dhammapada v.153-4

Reflection offered in 2020

Even those who perform evil
can experience well-being
so long as their actionshave not yet borne direct fruits.
However, when the resultsof their actions ripen,
the painful consequences
cannot be avoided.

Dhammapada v.119

Reflection offered in 2020

Come, view this world.
See it as an ornate festive carriage.
See how fools are entranced by their visions,
yet for the wise there is no clinging.

Dhammapada v.171

Reflection offered in 2020

One should not be considered worthy of respect
because of birth or background, or any outer sign;
it is purity and the realization of truth
that determine one’s worth.

Dhammapada v.393

Reflection offered in 2020

One should not be considered worthy of respect
because of birth or background, or any outer sign;
it is purity and the realization of truth
that determine one’s worth.

Dhammapada v.393

Reflection offered in 2020

Distorted views,
which give rise to seeing right as wrong
and wrong as right,
cause beings to disintegrate.

Dhammapada v.318

Reflection offered in 2020

Appreciative awareness leads to life;
heedless avoidance is the path to death.
Those who are truly aware are fully alive,
while those who are heedless are as if already dead.

Dhammapada v.21

Reflection offered in 2020

Neither mother, father
nor any member of a family
can give you the blessings generated
by your own well-directed heart.

Dhammapada v.43

Reflection offered in 2020

Mistaking the false for the real,
and the real for the false,
one suffers a life of falsity.

But seeing the false as the false
and the real as the real,
one lives in the perfectly real.

Dhammapada v.11 - 12

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