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

Reflection offered in 2023

Disciples of the Buddha
are fully awakeboth day and night
taking delight in compassion.

Dhammapada v. 300

Reflection offered in 2023

All pollutions are removed
from the minds of those
who vigilantly train themselves,
both day and night,
and who have Awakening as their goal.

Dhammapada v. 226

Reflection offered in 2023

It is easy to do that which
is of no real benefit to oneself,
but it is difficult indeed to do that
which is truly beneficial and good.

Dhammapada v. 163

Reflection offered in 2023

Suffering subsides to the degree
that you are free
from the intention to cause harm.
There is no real greatness
if there is no restraint of anger.

Dhammapada v. 390

Reflection offered in 2023

One who has abandoned liking and disliking,
who is cooled,
who is not swayed by worldly conditions -
I call a great being.

Dhammapada v.418

Reflection offered in 2023

Let go of the past.
Let go of the future.
Let go of the present.
With a heart that is free
cross over to that shore
which is beyond suffering.

Dhammapada v.348

Reflection offered in 2023

As you approach death
none of your fond attachments will protect you.
See this, then with wise restraint and unwavering effort,
hasten to clear your path to liberation.

Dhammapada v.288-89

Reflection offered in 2023

To honour, even for a single moment,
one who has attained self-mastery,
is of greater benefit than a hundred years
spent habitually performing ceremonies
based on a wrong understanding.

Dhammapada v.107