“The wanderer Samandakani asked Venerable Sariputta: “Pray, your reverence, what is good and what is bad?” “Your reverence, rebirth is bad and the ceasing of rebirth is good. Where there is rebirth this bad may be seen: cold and heat,…
“One’s patience should be strengthened by thinking: “Those who have no patience are afflicted in this world and do actions that lead to affliction in the next life.” One should think: “Although this suffering arises because of the wrong deeds…
“There are three types of people in the world. What three? One who is like carving on a rock, one who is like scratching on the ground, and one who is like writing on the water. What sort of person…
“Look not to faults of others, Nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, To what you have done and left undone. When one looks down on another’s faults, And is always full of envy,…
“Cultivate a friend whose ways are seven. What seven? He gives what is hard to give, does what is hard to do, bear what is hard to bear, he confesses his own secrets and keeps your secrets, in times of…
“Imagine that the whole earth was covered with water, and a man was to throw a yoke with a hole in it into the water. Blown by the wind, that yoke would drift north, south, east and west. Now, suppose…
“With four qualities the wise, intelligent, worthy person goes about – not uprooted, not lifeless, not blameworthy, not censured by the wise. What four? With good conduct of body, speech and mind, and with gratitude, with gratefulness.” – Anguttara Nikaya…
“Where do earth, water, fire and air no footing find? Where do long and short, small and great, pure and impure, name and form finally cease? The answer is: It is in the consciousness of the Noble One Invisible, boundless…
“What sort of Dhamma practice leads to great good for oneself? Concerning this, the noble disciple reflects: “Here am I, fond of life, not wishing to die, fond of pleasure and averse to pain. If someone were to kill me,…
“Unsurpassed is the Lord’s way of teaching the Dhamma concerning one’s proper conduct in virtue. One should be honest and faithful, without deception, chatter, hinting or belittling, not always ready to add gain to gain, but with the sense-doors guarded,…