Dhammapada Quotes

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
― Gautama Buddha, The Teaching of Buddha

“Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.”
― Anonymous, The Dhammapada

“Forget the suffering
You caused others.
Forget the suffering
Others caused you.
The waters run and run,
Springs sparkle and are done,
You walk the earth you are forgetting.

Sometimes you hear a distant refrain.
What does it mean, you ask, who is singing?
A childlike sun grows warm.
A grandson and a great-grandson are born.
You are led by the hand once again.

The names of the rivers remain with you.
How endless those rivers seem!
Your fields lie fallow,
The city towers are not as they were.
You stand at the threshold mute.”
― Czesław Miłosz

“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.”
― Gautama Buddha, The Dhammapada

“Better it is to live alone; there is no fellowship with a fool. Live alone and do no evil; be carefree like an elephant in the elephant forest.”
― Gautama Buddha, Dhammapada

“I shall live here in the rains,
There in winter,
Elsewhere in summer," muses the fool,
Not aware of the nearness of death.”
― Gautama Buddha, The Dhammapada

“Animosity does not eradicate animosity. Only by loving kindness is animosity dissolved. This law is ancient and eternal. (attributed to Buddha)”
― Ananda Maitreya, The Dhammapada

“Heedfulness: the path to the Deathless;
Heedlessness: the path to death.
The heedful do not die;
The heedless are as if
already dead.
Knowing this as a true distinction,
those wise in heedfulness
rejoice in heedfulness,
enjoying the range of the noble ones.
Dhp 21-22”
― Thanissaro Bhikkhu, The Dhammapada

“Mind is a forerunner of all actions.
All deeds are led by mind, created by mind.
If one speaks or acts with corrupt mind,
suffering follows,
As the wheel follows the hoof of an ox pulling a cart.

Mind is the forerunner of all actions.
All deeds are led by mind, created by mind.
If one speaks or acts with a serene mind,
happiness follows,
As surely as one's shadow.

'He abused me, he mistreated me, defeated me, robbed me.'
Harboring such thoughts keeps hatred alive.

'He abused me, he mistreated me, defeated me, robbed me.'
Releasing such thoughts banishes hatred for all time.

Animosity does not eradicate animosity.
Only by loving kindness is animosity dissolved.
This law is ancient and eternal.”
― Dhammapada

“Biarlah ia memberi nasehat, petunjuk, dan melarang apa yang tidak baik,
orang bijaksana akan dicintai oleh orang yang baik dan dijauhi oleh orang yang jahat.”
― Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni

“Manopubbangama dhamma
manosettha manomaya
manasa ce padutthena
bhasati va karoti va
tato nam dukkhamanveti
cakkamva vahato padam.”
― Gautama Buddha, The Dhammapada

“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.”
― Anonymous

“The non-doing of any evil,
the performance of what’s skillful,
the cleansing of one’s own mind:
This is the Buddhas’ teaching.
Not disparaging, not injuring,
restraint in line with the Patimokkha,
moderation in food,
dwelling in seclusion,
commitment to the heightened mind:
This is the Buddhas’ teaching.

Dhp 183, 185”
― Thanissaro Bhikkhu, The Dhammapada

“Though you might conquer in battle
A thousand times a thousand men,
You're the greatest battle-winner
If you conquer just one - yourself.”
― Dhammapada

“Çatısı akan eve yağmur nasıl sızarsa, kendini bilmeyen zihne de bin türlü tutku öyle sızar.”
― Dhammapada

“Avendo compreso che questo corpo è come una spuma,
divenuto consapevole che è inconsistente come un miraggio,
avendo spezzato le frecce fiorite di Mara,
proceda invisibile al re della morte.”
― Genevienne Pecunia, Dhammapada. La Via del Buddha

“Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.

Chapter 9, Evil [Verse 118]”
― Dhammapada

“Wonderful, indeed, it is to subdue the mind, so difficult to subdue, ever swift, and seizing whatever it desires. A tamed mind brings happiness'.”
― Siddhartha Gautama

“The Buddhist teachings on respect for other people point in two directions. First, the obvious one: respect for those ahead of you on the path. As the Buddha once said, friendship with admirable people is the whole of the holy life, for their words and examples will help get you on the path to release. This doesn’t mean that you need to obey their teachings or accept them unthinkingly. You simply owe it to yourself to give them a respectful hearing and their teachings an honest try. give them a respectful hearing and their teachings an honest try. Even— especially—when their advice is unpleasant, you should treat it with respect. As Dhammapada 76 states,

Regard him as one who
points out
treasure,
the wise one who
seeing your faults
rebukes you.
Stay with this sort of sage.
For the one who stays
with a sage of this sort,
things get better,
not worse.”
― Thanissaro Bhikkhu, The Karma of Questions