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Quran Chapter 107 - Common Kindness - Those Who Deny the Judgment

A Meccan sura describing some characteristics of a person who denies the Judgement. In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of...

Quran Chapter 108 - Abundance - God Defends His Prophet

When the Prophet lost his last son, an opponent who hated him taunted him with being ‘cut off’ without posterity. This Meccan sura comes...

Quran Chapter 109 - The Disbelievers - Belief, Disbelief and Religious Pluralism

Some of the Meccan idolaters suggested to the Prophet as a compromise that he should worship their gods for a year and they should...

Quran Chapter 110 - Help - The Message is Clear

A Medinan sura said to be one of the last revelations the Prophet received before his death. In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the...

Quran Chapter 111 - Palm Fibre - The Punishment of Abu Lahab

This sura refers to an uncle of the Prophet who opposed him fiercely, as did his wife. He insulted the Prophet with ‘Tabbak yadak’ (‘may...

Quran Chapter 112 - Purity [of Faith] - One Third of the Quran

This sura is unusual in having as its title a term not mentioned in the body of the sura. Ikhlas conveys the meaning of sincerity in...

Quran Chapter 113 - The Daybreak - Seek Refuge with the Creator of Everything

A Meccan sura used as an invocation against evil. In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy 1 Say [Prophet], ‘I seek...

Quran Chapter 114 - The People - The Whisperer

Another Meccan sura commonly used as an invocation against evil. In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy 1 Say, ‘I seek...

Dhammapada Chapter 1 - The Pairs - Victimization, Nature, and the Mind

1. Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts...

Dhammapada Chapter 2 - Heedfulness - Benefits of Meditation, The Only True Happiness

21. Heedfulness is the path to the Deathless. Heedlessness is the path to death. The heedful die not. The heedless are as if dead...

Dhammapada Chapter 3 - The Mind - The Body, Enemies and Family

33. Just as a fletcher straightens an arrow shaft, even so the discerning man straightens his mind — so fickle and unsteady, so difficult...

Dhammapada Chapter 4 - Flowers - Distracted Minds and The Fragrance of Virtue

44. Who shall overcome this earth, this realm of Yama and this sphere of men and gods? Who shall bring to perfection the well-taught path...

Dhammapada Chapter 5 - The Fool - Self Destruction and The Quest for Worldly Gain

60. Long is the night to the sleepless; long is the league to the weary. Long is worldly existence to fools who know not the Sublime...

Dhammapada Chapter 6 - The Wise - Self Control and The Virtuous Life

76. Should one find a man who points out faults and who reproves, let him follow such a wise and sagacious person as one would a guide to...

Dhammapada Chapter 7 - The Arahant or Perfected One - Freedom to Discover Peace and Calm

90. The fever of passion exists not for him who has completed the journey, who is sorrowless and wholly set free, and has broken all...

Dhammapada Chapter 8 - The Thousands - Self-Conquest Leads to Beauty, Happiness and Power

100. Better than a thousand useless words is one useful word, hearing which one attains peace. 101. Better than a thousand useless verses...

Dhammapada Chapter 9 - Evil - There is No Escape From the Results of Evil Deeds

116. Hasten to do good; restrain your mind from evil. He who is slow in doing good, his mind delights in evil. 117. Should a person...

Dhammapada Chapter 10 - Violence - Angry Speech Hurts and It Spews From the Mouths of the Ignorant

129. All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill....

Dhammapada Chapter 11 - Old Age - Avoid a Life of Regret and Stagnation

146. When this world is ever ablaze, why this laughter, why this jubilation? Shrouded in darkness, will you not see the light? 147....

Dhammapada Chapter 12 - The Self - Establish in Oneself What is Proper Before Instructing Others

157. If one holds oneself dear, one should diligently watch oneself. Let the wise man keep vigil during any of the three watches of the...

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