Bhikkhus, there are these five defilements of gold, defiled by which gold is not malleable, wieldy, and luminous, but brittle and not properly fit for work. What five? Iron, copper, tin, lead, and silver. But when gold is freed from these five defilements, it is malleable, wieldy, and luminous, pliant and properly fit for work. Then whatever kind of ornament one wishes to make from it—whether a bracelet, earrings, a necklace, or a golden garland—one can achieve one’s purpose.

“So too, bhikkhus, there are these five defilements of the mind, defiled by which the mind is not malleable, wieldy, and luminous, but brittle and not properly concentrated for the destruction of the taints. What five? Sensual desire, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt. But when the mind is freed from these five defilements, it becomes malleable, wieldy, and luminous, pliant and properly concentrated for the destruction of the taints.

Partially excerpted from AN 5.23 Upakkilesasutta : Defilements

Awakened : 186-187

Not even if it rained gold coins
would we have our fill
of sensual pleasures.

‘Stressful,
they give little enjoyment’–
knowing this, the wise one
finds no delight
even in heavenly sensual pleasures.

He is
one who delights
in the ending of craving,
a disciple of the Rightly
Self-Awakened One.


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Awakened : 188-192*

They go to many a refuge,
to mountains & forests,
to park & tree shrines:
people threatened with danger.
That’s not the secure refuge,
not the supreme refuge,
that’s not the refuge,
having gone to which,
you gain release
from all suffering & stress.

But when, having gone
to the Buddha, Dhamma, & Sangha for refuge,
you see with right discernment
the four noble truths–
stress, the cause of stress, the transcending of stress, & the noble eightfold path, the way to the stilling of stress: that’s the secure refuge,
that, the supreme refuge,
that is the refuge,
having gone to which,
you gain release
from all suffering & stress.

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Awakened : 193

It’s hard to come by
a thoroughbred of a man.
It’s simply not true
that he’s born everywhere.

Wherever he’s born, an enlightened one,
the family prospers, is happy.

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Awakened : 194

A blessing: the arising of Awakened Ones.

A blessing:the teaching of true Dhamma.

A blessing: the concord of the Sangha.

The austerity of those in concord is a blessing.

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Monks, if while sitting, a thought of sense desire or ill will or harmfulness arises in a monk, and if he allows it to stay and does not reject it, does not quickly abandon it, does not get rid of it, and does not bring it to an end, that monk— lacking in energy and unafraid of wrongdoing—is often and continually called lazy and weak in his effort.

Whether walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, a monk who has evil thoughts related to sense pleasures is following a wrong path. Infatuated with delusory things, he is not capable of achieving supreme enlightenment.

Whether walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, a monk who overcomes evil thoughts and delights in the stilling of thoughts is capable of achieving supreme enlightenment.

Partially excerpted from Itivuttaka 110 : Carasutta

Awakened : 195-196*

If you worship those worthy of worship,
–Awakened Ones or their disciples–
who’ve transcended objectification, crossed over lamentation & grief,
who are unendangered, fearless, unbound:
there’s no measure for reckoning
that your merit’s ‘this much.’

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Dhammapada XV : Happy


Happy : 197-200
How very happily we live,
free from hostility
among those who are hostile.
Among hostile people,
free from hostility we dwell.
How very happily we live,
free from misery
among those who are miserable.
Among miserable people,
free from misery we dwell.
How very happily we live,
free from busyness
among those who are busy.
Among busy people,
free from busyness we dwell.
How very happily we live,
we who have nothing.
We will feed on rapture
like the Radiant gods.

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"How should we act, Lord, respecting the body of the Tathagata?"

"Do not hinder yourselves, Ananda, to honor the body of the Tathagata... At a crossroads also a stupa should be raised for the Tathagata. And whosoever shall bring to that place garlands or incense or sandalpaste, or pay reverence, and whose mind becomes calm there — it will be to his well being and happiness for a long time."

Partial excerpt from DN 16 : Maha-parinibbana Sutta

Happy : 201

Winning gives birth to hostility.
Losing, one lies down in pain.
The calmed lie down with ease,
having set winning & losing aside.

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Happy : 202-204

There’s no fire like passion,
no loss like anger,
no pain like the aggregates,
no ease other than peace.
Hunger: the foremost illness.
Fabrications: the foremost pain.
For one knowing this truth
as it has come to be,
Unbinding is the foremost ease.
Freedom from illness: the foremost good fortune.
Contentment: the foremost wealth.
Trust: the foremost kinship.
Unbinding: the foremost ease.

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Happy : 205

Drinking the nourishment, the flavor,
of seclusion & calm,
one is freed from evil, devoid of distress,
refreshed with the nourishment
of rapture in the Dhamma.

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Happy : 206-208

It’s good to see Noble Ones.
Happy their company–always.
Through not seeing fools
constantly, constantly one would be happy.

For, living with a fool,
one grieves a long time.
Painful is communion with fools,
as with an enemy–always.

Happy is communion
with the enlightened,
as with a gathering of kin.
So: the enlightened man–
discerning, learned,
enduring, dutiful, noble,
intelligent, a man of integrity:
follow him
–one of this sort–
as the moon, the path of the zodiac stars.

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