Dhammapada Quotes

Dhammapada Quote of the day

You are the source of all purity and impurity. No one purifies another.

Look at your body— A painted puppet, a poor toy Of jointed parts ready to collapse, A diseased and suffering thing With a head full of false imaginings. —The Dhammapada

Let a man overcome anger by love.

Be quick to do good. If you are slow, the mind, delighting in mischief, will catch you.

Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings peace. Better than a thousand hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace.

You too shall pass away. Knowing this, how can you quarrel?

It is better to live alone, there is no companionship with a fool.

Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.

I shall live here in the rains, There in winter, Elsewhere in summer, " muses the fool, Not aware of the nearness of death.

A person of little knowledge Grows old as a plough-ox grows old.His fleshes increases

I never see what has been done

The aware do not die

Animosity does not eradicate animosity. Only by loving kindness is animosity dissolved. This law is ancient and eternal. (attributed to Buddha)

The rain could turn to gold and still your thirst would not be slaked. Desire is unquenchable or it ends in tears, even in heaven.