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205. He who has tasted the sweetness of solitude and tranquillity, is free from fear and free from sin, while he tastes the sweetness of drinking in the law.
206. The sight of the elect (Arya) is good, to live with them is always happiness; if a man does not see fools, he will be truly happy.
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204. Health is the greatest of gifts, contentedness the best riches; trust is the best of relationships, Nirvâna the highest happiness.
DHAMMAPADA, Chapter 15. HAPPINESS
202. There is no fire like passion; there is no losing throw like hatred; there is no pain like this body; there is no happiness higher than rest.
203. Hunger is the worst of diseases, the body the greatest of pains; if one knows this truly, that is Nirvâna, the highest happiness.
DHAMMAPADA, Chapter 15. HAPPINESS
201. Victory breeds hatred, for the conquered is unhappy. He who has given up both victory and defeat, he, the contented, is happy.
DHAMMAPADA, Chapter 15. HAPPINESS
HAPPINESS.
197. Let us live happily then, not hating those who hate us! among men who hate us let us dwell free from hatred!
198. Let us live happily then, free from ailments among the ailing! among men who are ailing let us dwell free from ailments!
199. Let us live happily then, free from greed among the greedy! among men who are greedy let us dwell free from greed!
200. Let us live happily then, though we call nothing our own! We shall be like the bright gods, feeding on happiness!
195., 196. He who pays homage to those who deserve homage, whether the awakened (Buddha) or their disciples, those who have overcome the host (of evils), and crossed the flood of sorrow, he who pays homage to such as have found deliverance and know no fear, his merit can never be measured by anybody.
DHAMMAPADA, Chapter 14. THE BUDDHA (THE AWAKENED)
193. A supernatural person (a Buddha) is not easily found, he is not born everywhere. Wherever such a sage is born, that race prospers.
194. Happy is the arising of the awakened, happy is the teaching of the True Law, happy is peace in the sangha*, happy is the devotion of those who are at peace.
DHAMMAPADA, Chapter 14. THE BUDDHA (THE AWAKENED)
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* As this text has no copyright, I’ve take the liberty of replacing the original’s use of “church” here with sangha. Buddhists refer to those who gather to meditate and study the Buddha’s teaching as the Sangha. Many westerners are now familiar with the word. There is no need to use a word that has other connotations.
188. Men, driven by fear, go to many a refuge, to mountains and forests, to groves and sacred trees.
189. But that is not a safe refuge, that is not the best refuge; a man is not delivered from all pains after having gone to that refuge.
190. He who takes refuge with Buddha, the Law, and the Sangha*; he who, with clear understanding, sees the four holy truths:–
191. Viz. pain, the origin of pain, the destruction of pain, and the eightfold holy way that leads to the quieting of pain;–
192. That is the safe refuge, that is the best refuge; having gone to that refuge, a man is delivered from all pain.
DHAMMAPADA, Chapter 14. THE BUDDHA (THE AWAKENED)
https://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe10/sbe1016.htm
* As this text has no copyright, I’ve take the liberty of replacing the original’s use of “Church” here with Sangha. Buddhists refer to those who gather to meditate and study the Buddha’s teaching as the Sangha. Many westerners are now familiar with the word. There is no need to use a word that has other connotations.
186. There is no satisfying lusts, even by a shower of gold pieces; he who knows that lusts have a short taste and cause pain, he is wise;
187. Even in heavenly pleasures he finds no satisfaction, the disciple who is fully awakened delights only in the destruction of all desires.
DHAMMAPADA, Chapter 14. THE BUDDHA (THE AWAKENED)
183. Not to commit any sin, to do good, and to purify one’s mind, that is the teaching of (all) the Awakened.
184. The Awakened call patience the highest penance, long-suffering the highest Nirvâna; for he is not an anchorite (pravragita) who strikes others, he is not an ascetic (sramana) who insults others.
185. Not to blame, not to strike, to live restrained under the law, to be moderate in eating, to sleep and sit alone, and to dwell on the highest thoughts,–this is the teaching of the Awakened.
DHAMMAPADA, Chapter 14. THE BUDDHA (THE AWAKENED)