Or fame or life, Which do you hold more dear? Or life or wealth, To which would you adhere? Keep life and lose those other things; Keep them and lose your life:--which brings Sorro...
The sages who injure nobody, and who always control their body, they will go to the unchangeable place (Nirvana), where, if they have gone, they will suffer no more
He who lives looking for pleasures only, his senses uncontrolled, immoderate in his food, idle, and weak, Mara (the tempter) will certainly overthrow him, as the wind throws down a...
How do I know that this effect is sure to hold thus all under the sky? By this (method of observation)
How irresolute did those (earliest rulers) appear, showing (by their reticence) the importance which they set upon their words! Their work was done and their undertakings were succ...
Tao has of all things the most honoured place No treasures give good men so rich a grace; Bad men it guards, and doth their ill efface
When things have become strong, they (then) become old, which may be said to be contrary to the Tao Whatever is contrary to the Tao soon ends
Hunger is the worst of diseases, the body the greatest of pains; if one knows this truly, that is Nirvana, the highest happiness
It is only by this moderation that there is effected an early return (to man's normal state) That early return is what I call the repeated accumulation of the attributes (of the Ta...
Bad conduct is the taint of woman, greediness the taint of a benefactor; tainted are all evil ways in this world and in the next
If a man is tossed about by doubts, full of strong passions, and yearning only for what is delightful, his thirst will grow more and more, and he will indeed make his fetters stron...
The disciples of Gotama (Buddha) are always well awake, and their thoughts day and night are always set on Buddha
Whatever a hater may do to a hater, or an enemy to an enemy, a wrongly-directed mind will do us greater mischief
Of every ten three are ministers of life (to themselves); and three are ministers of death
He who gives himself to vanity, and does not give himself to meditation, forgetting the real aim of life and grasping at pleasure, will in time envy him who has exerted himself in...
The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the hardest; that which has no (substantial) existence enters where there is no crevice I know hereby what advantage bel...
This is an old saying, O Atula, this is not only of to-day: `They blame him who sits silent, they blame him who speaks much, they also blame him who says little; there is no one on...
All-pervading is the Great Tao! It may be found on the left hand and on the right
If a man looks after the faults of others, and is always inclined to be offended, his own passions will grow, and he is far from the destruction of passions
And this is the beginning here for a wise Bhikshu: watchfulness over the senses, contentedness, restraint under the law; keep noble friends whose life is pure, and who are not slot...
A state may be ruled by (measures of) correction; weapons of war may be used with crafty dexterity; (but) the kingdom is made one's own (only) by freedom from action and purpose
As rain does not break through a well-thatched house, passion will not break through a well-reflecting mind
Not a mother, not a father will do so much, nor any other relative; a well-directed mind will do us greater service Flowers
The disciples of Gotama are always well awake, and their thoughts day and night are always set on the law
The sun is bright by day, the moon shines by night, the warrior is bright in his armour, the Brahmana is bright in his meditation; but Buddha, the Awakened, is bright with splendou...
Those who are advanced in earnestness, having understood this clearly, delight in earnestness, and rejoice in the knowledge of the Ariyas (the elect)
When things have attained their strong maturity they become old This may be said to be not in accordance with the Tao: and what is not in accordance with it soon comes to an end
He who dwells in the law, delights in the law, meditates on the law, follows the law, that Bhikshu will never fall away from the true law
They who imagine truth in untruth, and see untruth in truth, never arrive at truth, but follow vain desires
Of the people who possess these virtues, who live without thoughtlessness, and who are emancipated through true knowledge, Mara, the tempter, never finds the way