NEW MOON - Compassion
Published April 17, 2015 06:30
One who finds refuge in the Buddha
in the Dhamma and in the Sangha
sees with penetrating insight
suffering, its cause, ... Read more
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Published April 17, 2015 06:30
One who finds refuge in the Buddha
in the Dhamma and in the Sangha
sees with penetrating insight
suffering, its cause, ... Read more
Published April 03, 2015 07:30
Silence does not denote profundity
if you are ignorant and untrained.
Like one holding scales,
a sage weighs things up, ... Read more
Published March 19, 2015 06:30
Reciting a single verse of truth
which calms the mind
is better than reciting
a hundred meaningless verses.Dhammapada ... Read more
Published March 04, 2015 06:30
There are those who discover
they can completely abandon confused reactions
and become patient as the earth;
... Read more
Published February 17, 2015 06:30
Naturally held dear are those
who live with right action
and have found the Way,
and through insight become ... Read more
Published February 03, 2015 06:20
Hasten to cultivate wisdom;
make an island for yourself.
Freed from stain and defilement
you are released from birth and ... Read more
Published January 19, 2015 06:30
To honour, even for a single moment,
one who has attained self-mastery,
is of greater benefit than a hundred years
spent ... Read more
Published January 04, 2015 06:30
All states of being are determined by the heart.
It is the heart that leads the way.
As surely as our shadow never ... Read more
Published December 20, 2014 06:30
The Buddha's perfection is complete;
in him there is no craving that could drag him down.
No measure is there for his ... Read more
Published December 06, 2014 06:30
If you perform an evil act,
then do not repeat it.
Avoid finding pleasure in its memory.
The aftermath of evil-doing is ... Read more