That is the safe refuge, that is the best refuge; having gone to that refuge, a man is delivered from all pain
It is by avoiding such indulgence that such weariness does not arise
It is simply by being pained at (the thought of) having this disease that we are preserved from it The sage has not the disease He knows the pain that would be inseparable from it,...
Difficult (to obtain) is the conception of men, difficult is the life of mortals, difficult is the hearing of the True Law, difficult is the birth of the Awakened (the attainment o...
"These sons belong to me, and this wealth belongs to me," with such thoughts a fool is tormented He himself does not belong to himself; how much less sons and wealth?
He who is above good and evil, who is chaste, who with knowledge passes through the world, he indeed is called a Bhikshu
Not nakedness, not platted hair, not dirt, not fasting, or lying on the earth, not rubbing with dust, not sitting motionless, can purify a mortal who has not overcome desires
The sage has no invariable mind of his own; he makes the mind of the people his mind
Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law
Therefore the sages got their knowledge without travelling; gave their (right) names to things without seeing them; and accomplished their ends without any purpose of doing so
Beware of bodily anger, and control thy body! Leave the sins of the body, and with thy body practise virtue!
Cut out the love of self, like an autumn lotus, with thy hand! Cherish the road of peace Nirvana has been shown by Sugata (Buddha)
If this transformation became to me an object of desire, I would express the desire by the nameless simplicity Simplicity without a name Is free from all external aim With no desir...
He in whom all this is destroyed, and taken out with the very root, he, when freed from hatred and wise, is called respectable
He who possesses virtue and intelligence, who is just, speaks the truth, and does what is his own business, him the world will hold dear
If any one should wish to get the kingdom for himself, and to effect this by what he does, I see that he will not succeed The kingdom is a spirit-like thing, and cannot be got by a...
Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law. If a traveller does not meet with one who is hi...
Beware of the anger of the mind, and control thy mind! Leave the sins of the mind, and practise virtue with thy mind!
The excellence of a residence is in (the suitability of) the place; that of the mind is in abysmal stillness; that of associations is in their being with the virtuous; that of gove...
Viz pain, the origin of pain, the destruction of pain, and the eightfold holy way that leads to the quieting of pain;--
Man at his birth is supple and weak; at his death, firm and strong (So it is with) all things Trees and plants, in their early growth, are soft and brittle; at their death, dry and...
An evil deed, like newly-drawn milk, does not turn (suddenly); smouldering, like fire covered by ashes, it follows the fool
, But he whom those who discriminate praise continually day after day, as without blemish, wise, rich in knowledge and virtue, who would dare to blame him, like a coin made of gold...
Thou art now like a sear leaf, the messengers of death (Yama) have come near to thee; thou standest at the door of thy departure, and thou hast no provision for thy journey
And when (one with the highest excellence) does not wrangle (about his low position), no one finds fault with him
Even though a speech be a thousand (of words), but made up of senseless words, one word of sense is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet. Even though a Gatha (poem) be a...
, A man is not just if he carries a matter by violence; no, he who distinguishes both right and wrong, who is learned and leads others, not by violence, but by law and equity, and...
As a fletcher makes straight his arrow, a wise man makes straight his trembling and unsteady thought, which is difficult to guard, difficult to hold back. As a fish taken from his...
I offer my sacrifice and homage to thee, the Fire, as a good offering, and an offering with our hail of salvation, even as an offering of praise with benedictions, to thee, the Fir...
Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is preserved Is it no...