“Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.” The Buddha (Dhammapada, verse 118)
“Should a person do good, let them do it again and again. Let them find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.” The Buddha Click To Tweet
This striking verse is found in the Magandiya Suta in the Sutta Nipata, which is generally held to be one of the oldest texts in the Pali canon.
Bhikkhu Thanissaro translates this as:
“Those who grasp at perceptions and views
go about butting their heads in the world.”
Fausböll, a 19th century pioneer translator, has:
“But those who grasped after marks and philosophical views, they wander about in the world annoying people.”
Suttas.net has:
“Those attached to the notion ‘I am’ and to views
Roam the world offending people.”
The translator notes that “I am” is not in the quotation, but that its inclusion is warranted by material nearby.
The original Pali is:
Saññaca diṭṭhiñca ye aggahesuṃ
Te ghaṭṭayantā vicaranti loketi.
My rendition would be:
Those who cling to perceptions (saññā) and views (diṭṭhi)
Wander (vicarati) the world offending (ghaṭṭeti) people.
[Added later: Bhikkhu Varado’s translation, which I just discovered, is almost identical to mine: “Those attached to perception and views / roam the world offending people.”]
“Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.” The Buddha Click To Tweet
This is a genuine Buddha quote, from the Samyutta Nikaya.
“Whoever doesn’t flare up at someone who’s angry wins a battle hard to win.” The Buddha Click To TweetWhoever doesn’t flare up
at someone who’s angry
wins a battle
hard to win.
– The Buddha
This is a genuine Buddha quote, from the Dhammapada:
“Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.” The Buddha Click To TweetHatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures. It’s from the Kamma Sutta
“Over there are the roots of trees; over there, empty dwellings. Practice jhana [meditation], monks. Don’t be heedless. Don’t later fall into regret. This is our message to you.”
The Buddha
This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures, said to have been uttered by the Buddha himself:
‘As I am, so are these.
As are these, so am I.’
Drawing the parallel to yourself,
neither kill nor get others to kill.
It’s from a text called the Nalaka Sutta, which is found in the Sutta Nipata)
“‘As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.’ Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.” The Buddha Click To Tweet
This is a Real Buddha Quote. It comes from the Dhammapada.
“Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.” The Buddha Click To TweetDrop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good. Buddha
This is a genuine quote from the Buddha. It’s found in the Kimsuka Sutta, where, in the course of a parable, he puts these words in the mouth of an unnamed monk.
“Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing.” —The Buddha Click To Tweet
This is a genuine Buddha quote. It’s from Dhammapada verse 224.
“Give, even if you only have a little.” Click To Tweet
This is a genuine quote from the Buddhist scriptures. It’s from the Sutta Nipata.
“In whom there is no sympathy for living beings: know him as an outcast.”—The Buddha Click To Tweet