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Dhammapada
- Dhammapada 21
- Miscellaneous
- translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita
290. If by renouncing a lesser happiness one may realize a
greater happiness, let the wise man renounce the lesser, having regard for the greater.
291. Entangled by the bonds of hate, he who seeks his own
happiness by inflicting pain on others, is never delivered from hatred.
292. The cankers only increase for those who are arrogant and
heedless, who leave undone what should be done and do what should not be done.
293. The cankers cease for those mindful and clearly
comprehending ones who always earnestly practice mindfulness of the body, who do not
resort to what should not be done, and steadfastly pursue what should be done.
294. Having slain mother (craving), father (self-conceit), two
warrior-kings (eternalism and nihilism), and destroyed a country (sense organs and sense
objects) together with its treasurer (attachment and lust), ungrieving goes the holy man.
295. Having slain mother, father, two brahmin kings (two
extreme views), and a tiger as the fifth (the five mental hindrances), ungrieving goes the
holy man.
296. Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily who day and
night constantly practice the Recollection of the Qualities of the Buddha.
297. Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily who day and
night constantly practice the Recollection of the Qualities of the Dhamma.
298. Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily who day and
night constantly practice the Recollection of the Qualities of the Sangha.
299. Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily who day and
night constantly practice Mindfulness of the Body.
300. Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily whose minds
by day and night delight in the practice of non-violence.
301. Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happily whose minds
by day and night delight in the practice of meditation.
302. Difficult is life as a monk; difficult is it to delight
therein. Also difficult and sorrowful is the household life. Suffering comes from
association with unequals; suffering comes from wandering in samsara. Therefore, be not an
aimless wanderer, be not a pursuer of suffering.
303. He who is full of faith and virtue, and possesses good
repute and wealth -- he is respected everywhere, in whatever land he travels.
304. The good shine from afar, like the Himalaya mountains.
But the wicked are unseen, like arrows shot in the night.
305. He who sits alone, sleeps alone, and walks alone, who is
strenuous and subdues himself alone, will find delight in the solitude of the forest.