

MEDITATIONS: DOKKODO; THE WAY OF ALONENESS VI.
Do not regret what you have done.
— Miyamoto, Musashi

MEDITATIONS: DOKKODO; THE WAY OF ALONENESS V.
Be detached from desire your whole lifelong.
— Miyamoto, Musashi

MEDITATIONS: DOKKODO; THE WAY OF ALONENESS IV.
Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.
— Miyamoto, Musashi

MEDITATIONS: DOKKODO; THE WAY OF ALONENESS III.
Do not, under any circumstances, depend on a partial feeling.
— Miyamoto, Musashi

MEDITATIONS: DOKKODO; THE WAY OF ALONENESS II.
Do not seek pleasure for its own sake.
— Miyamoto, Musashi

MEDITATIONS: DOKKODO; THE WAY OF ALONENESS I.
Accept everything just the way it is.
— Miyamoto, Musashi

MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
As a brahmin worships a ritual fire,
One should respectfully worship
Anyone from whom one might learn
The Dharma of the Fully Self-Awakened One.
— Buddha

MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
Anyone who doesn’t cherish as “mine”
Anything of body-and-mind
And who doesn’t grieve for that which doesn’t exist,
Is indeed called a bhikkhu.
— Buddha

MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
The craving of a person who lives negligently
Spreads like a creeping vine.
Such a person leaps ever onward,
Like a monkey seeking fruit in the forest
— Buddha

MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
If you find an intelligent companion,
A fellow traveler
A sage of good conduct,
You should travel together,
Delighted and mindful,
Overcoming all dangers.
— Buddha

MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Those who assert what is not true go to hell,
As do those who deny what they’ve done.
Both these people of base deeds become equal
After death, in the world beyond.
— Buddha

MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Having killed
Mother, father,
Two learned kings
And a tiger
The brahmin, undisturbed, moves on.
— Buddha

MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER TWENTY
“All created things are suffering.”
Seeing this with insight,
One becomes disenchanted with suffering.
This is the path to purity.
— Buddha

MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER NINETEEN
One is not just
Who judges a case hastily.
A wise person considers
Both what is and isn’t right.
Guiding others without force,
Impartially and in accord with the Dharma,
One is called a guardian of the Dharma,
Intelligent and just.
— Buddha

MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
As rust corrupts
The very iron that formed it,
So transgressions lead
Their doer to states of woe.
— Buddha

MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Give up anger, give up conceit,
Pass beyond every fetter.
There is no suffering for one who possesses nothing,
Who doesn’t cling to body-and-mind.
— Buddha

MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Do not turn anything
Into something longed for,
For then it’s dreadful to lose.
Without longing or dislike,
No bonds exist.
— Buddha

MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Tasting the flavor
Of solitude and peace,
One becomes free of distress and evil,
Drinking the flavor of Dharma joy.
— Buddha

MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The Buddha’s victory cannot be undone;
No one in the world can approach it.
By what path would you guide him,
Who has no path,
Whose field is endless?
— Buddha