GOODNESS
* Make haste in doing good, restrain your mind from evil. Who so ever is slow in doing good, his mind delights in evil.
* As from heap of flowers many a gis made even so many good deeds should be done by one born a mortal.
* Do not think lightly of good, saying: It will not come to me. Even as a water-pot is filled by the falling of drops, so the wise man, gathering it drop by drop, fills himself with good.
* Be tolerant among the intolerant, gentle among the violent, and free from greed among the greedy.
* Not to do any evil, to cultivate good, to purity one's mind, this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
PRACTICE
* As a beautiful flower that is full of hue but lacks fragrabcem eveb si fryutkess us tge wekk-soijeb wird if ibe wgi dies bit oractuse ut,
* Though little he recites the Sacred texts, but acts in accordance with the teaching, forsaking lust, hatred and ignorance, truly knowing, with mind well freed clinging for naught heve and hereafter, the shares in the blessings of a reluse.
* If a man practises himself what he admonishes others to do, he himself, being well-controlled, will have controlled over others. it is difficult, indeed, to control oneself.
* To speak no ill, to do no harm, to practise restraint according to the fundamental precepts, to be moderate in eating, to live in seclusion, to devote oneself to higher consciousness, this is the teaching of Buddhas.
* To his ruin, indeed, the fool gains knowledge and fame, they destroy his bright lot and cleave his head.
* Better than a thousand utterance with useless word is one single beneficial word, by hearing which one is pacified.
* A beautiful flower with no scent gives no pleasure to the wearer, so an adage if not followed is of no benifit.
REPENTANCE
* One should not pry into the faults of into things done and left undone by others. One should rather consider what by oneself is done and left undone.
* the intelligent examines his own behavior every day.
* One may conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, yet he is the best of conquerors who conquers himself.
* Better is it truly to conquer oneself than to conquer others.
* The fault of others is easily seen, but one;s own is hard to see. Lkie chaff one winnows other's faults, but one's own one conceals as a crafty fowler disguiss himself.
* Recognize your own weakness and watch for improvement.
* Whoever, by good deed, covers the evil done, such a one illumines the world like moon freed from clouds.
* You should confess your faults to other preple bravely.
* Repentane includes a turning away from sin.
BEHAVIOR
* As rust, arisen out of iron, eats itself away, even so his own deed lead the transgressor to the state of woe.
* Deed divides beings into lower and higher ones.
* Wholesome deeds help man to achieve better rebirth and thus bring him nearer to salvation.
* Whose is perfect in virtue and insight, is established in Dhamma, has recalized the Truths, and fulfils his own duties, him do folk hold dear.
* I teach action... as well as non-action...I teach the non-performance of bad deeds with body...speech and thought, of the many bad, unwholesome things...I teach the performance of good deed with body...speech and thought, of the many wholesome thing.
* One should make his speeches free from caustic remarks against others.
* The words a man who is reserved in his speech and talks wisely and rationally are delightful to the ear.
* Do not speak ill of others in thier absence.
LEARNING
* Without learning, men grow as cows do increasing only in flash not wisdom.
* With the intelligent, the wise, the learned, the devout, the dutiful and the Ariya-with such a virtuous, intellectual man should one associate.
* Be fond of sleep, fond of company, indolent, lazy and irritable-this is a cause of one's downfall.
* Who strives not when he should strive, who, though young and strong, is given to idleness, who is loose in his purpose and thoughts, and who is lazy-that idler never finds the way to wisdom.
EDUCATION
* A teacher should study the mental leaning of a student before be delivered a discourse.
* Teaching should suit the occasion and hearer.
* One should use words of compassion.
* A good teacher should avoid irrelevant matters.
* The gift of Truth excels all gifts; the flavor of Truth excels all flavors; the pleasure in Truth excels all pleasure; he who has destroyed craving overcomes all sorrow.
JOY
* Indulge not in heedlessness, have no intimacy with sensuous delights; for the earnest, meditative person obtains abundant bliss.
* Happy indeed we live without hate among the hateful.
*There are two extremes, which ought not to be cultivativated by the recluse. What two? Sensual desire which is low, vulgar, worldly, ignoble, and conductive to harm; and self torment, which is painful, ignoble, and conductive to harm. The Middle Path, discovered by the perfect One, avoids these extremes and gives vision, gives knowledge, and leads to peace, to insight, to enlightment and nirvann (liberation).
* happy is virture till old age; happy is steadfast confidence; happy is the attainment of wisdom; happy is it to do no evil.
HAPPINESS
* Happiness consists in the realization of our wishes, and in our having only right desires.
* one is one's own refuge, who else could be the refuge?
* Man is the master of his sestiny.
* health is the best gain; contentment is the best wealth. A trusty friend is the best kinsman; Nirvana (lideration) is the supreme bliss.
* The mind is very hard to perceive, extremely subtle flits wherever it lists. The wise person guard it. A guarded mind is conductive to happiness.
* Ah, happily do we live, we who have no impediments; feeders of joy shall we be even as the gods of Radiant Realm.
* To be generous in giving, to be righteous in conduct, to help one's relatives, and to be blameless in action-this is greatest blessing.
* The support of father and mother, the cherishing of wife and children, and peaceful occupations-this is the Highest Blessing.
WISDOM
* The knowledge of Divine things, may be properly called wisdom, and the knowledge of human affairs may properly receive the name of knowledge.
* of all things which proceed from a cause, the supreme sage has explained the cause; and he has explained their cessation, too.
* Not-knowing of suffering, the origin of suffering, the termination of suffering, and the way leading to the termination of suffering-this is called ignorance.
* There are three froms of training, What three? The training in the higher morality, that in the higher thought and that in the higher insight.
* let your old age be childlike, and your childhood like old age; that is, so that neither may your wisdom be with pride, nor your humility without wisdom.
* From meditation wisdom arises, without meditation wisdom wanes.
* Though one may live a hundred years with no true insight and self-control, yet better, indeed, is a life of one day for a man who meditates in wisdom.
PATIENCE
* If others were to speak against you, you need non that account entertain thoughts of ill-will and spite, and be dissatisfied with them.
8 If you do hardbour hatred that will not only impede your mental development, but you will also fail to judge how far that speech is right or wrong.
* But also, if others speak highly of me, highly of the Dhamma and the Sangha, you need not on that account be elated; for that too will mar your inner development. You should acknowldege what is right and show the truth of what has been said.
* Although born out of mire and unwasted refuse, a lotus has a pleasing scent; like the wise Buddha's disciples though born among man with craving can shine brightly with wisdom.
* This is an old saying, it is not only of today: they blame those who silent, they blame those who speak too much; those speaking little too they blame; in this world no one is there unblamed.
CIBTEBT
* Do not pay for success to which you have not right.
* Sound health is the greatest of gifts; contentedness, the greatest of riches; trust, the greatest of qualities.
* Let your diet be spare, your wants moderate, your needs few. So, living modestly, with no distracting desires, you will find content.
* Not by a shower of good coins does contentment arise in sensual pleasures. of little sweetness, but painful, are sensual pleasures.
HEALTH
* Desire, hatred and illusion are three important factors of disease.
* There are two kinds of illness. What are those two? Physical illness and mental illness. Thare seem to be people who injoy freedom from physical illness even for a year or two.for a hundred years or more. But rare in this world are those who enjoy freedom from mental illness even for one moment, except those who are free from mental defilements.
* He who is instable of heart unreliable and behaves badly towards friends can not be of good health.
* The good give up (attachment for) everything, the saintly prattle not with thoughts of craving, whether affected by happiness or by pain, the wise show neigher elation nor depression.
* A wise man, whether happy or sad, will not express his feeling too overly.
* Give up the sensual pleasures, with no impediments, the wise man should cleanse himself of the impurities of the mind.
* If no wound there be in the hand, one may carry poision it it, poison does not affect one who has no wound, there is no ill for him who does no wrong.
* Who so ever is energetic, mindful, pure in conduct, discriminating, self-restrained, right-living, vigilant, his health steadily increase.
* Prevention is better than cure.
* The physician must determine the true disease without doubt, before he gives prescription or treatment.
GIVING
* Weeds are the bane of fields, lust is the bane of this mankind, hence what is given to the lustless yields abundant furit.
* There are three kinds of giing: 1. material giving, 2. Dhamma giving, 3. fearless giving.
* A gift...should not be made by a noble man who pursues a purpose (when giving)...(But) he who...makes a gift free from purpose, his stock of merits is not easy to be measured.
* The body is not a self. For if this body where a self (then) this body would not tend to illness.
* When the conviction of non-selhas taken root in a person, it leads him to equainimity and superior composure.
FRIENDSHIP
* Cordial friendship has a supreme taste.
* If as one fares, one does not find a companion who is better or equal, let one resolutely pursue the solitary course there can be no fellowship with the fool.
* just as the flattery of a friend can pervert, so the insult of an enemy can sometimes correct.
* Know these four guoups of people to be true friends, who help and give support, friends who share hardship as well as fortune, friends who point out benefit and friends who love.
* he who persevers and endures is bound to gain friends, forture, honor, and perpetual happiness.
WEALTH
* I have sons, i have wealth: thinking thus the fool is troubled. Indeed, he himself is not his own. How can sons or wealth be his?
* to have much wealth and ample gold and food, but to enjoy one's luxuries alone - this is a cause of one's downfall.
* Riches ruin the foolish, but not those in quest of the Beyong (liberation) through craving for riches, the foolish one ruins himself as (if he were ruining) others.
* householders should divide their wealth into four portions: one for daily needs, two for saving or giving one for emergencies.
FAITH
* he whose mind is unsteady, he who knows not the good teaching, he whose confidence waves, the wisdom of such a person does not attain fullness.
* Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.
LIBERATION
* The cure of suffering is to rid oneself of selfish desire.
* This is the way to liberation: to act but without greed for success, free from the wish to harm any body and reason.
* Whatever deed hbeen performed without greed, without hatred and free from delusion...after greed, hatred (and) delusion were done away with - this deed is annihilated, cut off at the root. Made similar to a rooted-out palm tree, prevented from becoming, in future not subject to the law of becoming.
* The path which leads to calm and insight:
1. right understanding,
2. right thought,
3. right speech,
4. right action,
5. right livelihood,
6. right effort,
7. right mindfulness,
8. right concentration.
* There is no concentration to one who lacks wisdom, nor is there wisdom to him who lacks concentration. In whom are both concentration and wisdom, he, is in the presence of liberation.
VIGOUR
* From now on, one should work deligently on improving ones mind for one never knows when death will come.
* Non-recitation is the rust of doctrines, non-exertion is the rust of homes, sloth is the taint of beauty, carelessness is the flaw of a watcher.
* He who works hard continuously and is fearless in the face of danger is bound to be rewarded.
* Fools, men of little intelligence, give themselves overt negligence, but the wise man protects his dilgence as a supreme treasure.
* Self is the protector of self, self is one's refuge, control therefore your own self as a merchant, a noble steed.
* You yourselves should exert yourselves, for the Buddha only show the way.
* Even this view, which is so pure and so clear, if you attached to it, then you do not understand that the teaching is similar to a raft, which is for crossing over, and not for getting hold of.