Dhammapada, passage 95

93. He whose appetites are stilled, who is not absorbed in enjoyment, who has perceived void and unconditioned freedom (Nirvana), his path is difficult to understand, like that of birds in the air.

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Having cut this one too they go forth,

Dhammapada, Dhammapada: Thousands, verse group 27

it’s better to honor for a single hour

Dhammapada, passage 230

232. Beware of the anger of the tongue, and control thy tongue! Leave the sins of the tongue, and practise virtue with thy tongue!

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suffering follows you,

Dhammapada, Dhammapada: The Buddha, verse group 44

it is no supreme refuge.

Dhammapada, Dhammapada: Craving, verse group 46

Freed, they run to bondage.

Dhammapada, Dhammapada: The Path, verse group 12

for extracting the thorn with wisdom.

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living intimate with enmity,

Dhammapada, Dhammapada: The Worthy, verse group 20

like birds in the sky.

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It’s good to see the noble ones,

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they should do many skillful things.

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Were you not to see fools,

Dhammapada, passage 114

113. And he who lives a hundred years, not seeing beginning and end, a life of one day is better if a man sees beginning and end.

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with arrows in battle,

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If you find an alert companion,

Dhammapada, passage 107

106. If a man for a hundred years sacrifice month after month with a thousand, and if he but for one moment pay homage to a man whose soul is grounded (in true knowledge), better is that homage than sacrifice for a hundred years.

Dhammapada, passage 187

187. Even in heavenly pleasures he finds no satisfaction, the disciple who is fully awakened delights only in the destruction of all desires.

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you’d look after it so well.

Dhammapada, passage 148

147. Look at this dressed-up lump, covered with wounds, joined together, sickly, full of many thoughts, which has no strength, no hold!

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constant mindfulness of the body,

Dhammapada, passage 315

320. Silently shall I endure abuse as the elephant in battle endures the arrow sent from the bow: for the world is ill-natured.

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Heedfulness is the state free of death;

Dhammapada, passage 176

176. If a man has transgressed one law, and speaks lies, and scoffs at another world, there is no evil he will not do.

Dhammapada, passage 244

246. He who destroys life, who speaks untruth, who in this world takes what is not given him, who goes to another man's wife;

Dhammapada, passage 146

145. Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like); fletchers bend the arrow; carpenters bend a log of wood; good people fashion themselves.

Dhammapada, passage 307

312. An act carelessly performed, a broken vow, and hesitating obedience to discipline, all this brings no great reward.

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That’s why a gift to one rid of desire

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Delightful are the wildernesses

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and has drawn near to extinguishment.

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Those who contemplate the ugly,

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Not in midair, nor mid-ocean,

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One who is confident, unafraid,

Dhammapada, passage 91

89. Those whose mind is well grounded in the (seven) elements of knowledge, who without clinging to anything, rejoice in freedom from attachment, whose appetites have been conquered, and who are full of light, are free (even) in this world.

Dhammapada, passage 64

61. If a traveller does not meet with one who is his better, or his equal, let him firmly keep to his solitary journey; there is no companionship with a fool.

Dhammapada, passage 33

29. Earnest among the thoughtless, awake among the sleepers, the wise man advances like a racer, leaving behind the hack.

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One who gets drowsy from overeating,

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They don’t steal anything in the world,

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all those who have gathered here:

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bemoaning over things past.

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they share in the blessings of the ascetic life.

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A disciple of the fully awakened Buddha

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is released from all suffering.

Dhammapada, Dhammapada: Thousands, verse group 33

it’s better to honor for a single hour

Dhammapada, passage 412

417. Him I call indeed a Brahmana who, after leaving all bondage to men, has risen above all bondage to the gods, and is free from all and every bondage.

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few are those who clearly see.

Dhammapada, passage 167

167. Do not follow the evil law! Do not live on in thoughtlessness! Do not follow false doctrine! Be not a friend of the world.

Dhammapada, Dhammapada: Punishment, verse group 61

Like a fine horse under the whip,

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who, letting go of attachments,

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just stirs up dust all the more.