Big Amitabha Buddha, Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

A gift of Dhamma conquers

all gifts;

the taste of Dhamma,

all tastes;

a delight in Dhamma,

all delights;

the ending of craving,

all suffering

& stress.

354
Dhammapada XXIV : Craving

Riches ruin the man

weak in discernment,

but not those who seek

the beyond.

Through craving for riches

the man weak in discernment

ruins   himself

as he would   others.

355
Dhammapada XXIV : Craving

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Fields are spoiled by weeds;

people, by passion.

So what’s given to those

free of passion

bears great fruit.

Fields are spoiled by weeds;

people, by aversion.

So what’s given to those

free of aversion

bears great fruit.

Fields are spoiled by weeds;

people, by delusion.

So what’s given to those

free of delusion

bears great fruit.

Fields are spoiled by weeds;

people, by longing.

So what’s given to those

free of longing

bears great fruit.

356-359
Dhammapada XXIV : Craving

Restraint with the eye is good,

good is restraint with the ear.

Restraint with the nose is good,

good is restraint with the tongue.

Restraint with the body is good,

good is restraint with speech.

Restraint with the heart is good,

good is restraint everywhere.

A monk everywhere restrained

is released from all suffering & stress.

360-361*
Dhammapada XXV : Monks

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Hands restrained,

feet restrained

speech restrained,

supremely restrained–

delighting in what is inward,

content, centered, alone:

he’s what they call

a monk.

362
Dhammapada XXV : Monks

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The contents that follow in this small publication comprise a collection of expanded notes prepared for unconnected individual talks on Buddhism given in the West by the author over the period 1938– 1983. They are not, therefore, subject matter necessarily for consecutive reading.

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A monk restrained in his speaking,

giving counsel unruffled,

declaring the message & meaning:

sweet is his speech.

363*
Dhammapada XXV : Monks

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Dhamma his dwelling,

Dhamma his delight,

a monk pondering Dhamma,

calling Dhamma to mind,

does not fall away

from true Dhamma.

364
Dhammapada XXV : Monks

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Gains:

don’t treat your own with scorn,

don’t go coveting those of others.

A monk who covets those of others

attains

no concentration.

Even if he gets next to nothing,

he doesn’t treat his gains with scorn.

Living purely, untiring:

he’s the one

that the devas praise.

365-366
Dhammapada XXV : Monks

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For whom, in name & form

in every way,

there’s no sense of mine,

& who doesn’t grieve

for what’s not:

he’s deservedly called

a monk.

367
Dhammapada XXV : Monks

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