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MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER SIX
Like someone pointing to treasure
Is the wise person
Who sees your faults and points them out.
Associate with such a sage.
— Buddha
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MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER FIVE
Reasoning is harmful
To fools;
It ruins their good fortune
And splits open their heads
— Buddha
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MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER FOUR
Just as from a heap of flowers
Many garlands can be made,
So, you, with your mortal life,
Should do many skillful things.
— Buddha
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MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER THREE
For those who are unsteady of mind,
Who do not know true Dharma,
And whose serenity wavers,
Wisdom does not mature.
— Buddha
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MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER TWO
Driving away negligence with vigilance,
Ascending the tower of insight and free of sorrow,
A sage observes the sorrowing masses
As someone standing on a mountain observes
fools on the ground below.
— Buddha
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MEDITATIONS: THE DHAMMAPADA, CHAPTER ONE
Speak or act with a corrupted mind,
And suffering follows
As the wagon wheel follows the hoof of the ox
— Buddha