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Dhammapada Chapter 13 - The World - Righteousness, Generosity, and the Mirage of Distraction

167. Follow not the vulgar way; live not in heedlessness; hold not false views; linger not long in worldly existence. 168. Arise! Do not...

Dhammapada Chapter 14 - The Buddha - Cleansing of the Mind and the Pursuit of United Truth

179. By what track can you trace that trackless Buddha of limitless range, whose victory nothing can undo, whom none of the vanquished...

Dhammapada Chapter 15 - Happiness - Solitude, Victory and Peace

197. Happy indeed we live, friendly amidst the hostile. Amidst hostile men we dwell free from hatred. 198. Happy indeed we live, friendly...

Dhammapada Chapter 16 - Affection - Separation from Attachment and Craving

209. Giving himself to things to be shunned and not exerting where exertion is needed, a seeker after pleasures, having given up his true...

Dhammapada Chapter 17 - Anger - Renounce Pride and Abandon Bodily Misconduct

221. One should give up anger, renounce pride, and overcome all fetters. Suffering never befalls him who clings not to mind and body and...

Dhammapada Chapter 18 - Impurity - Ignorance is the Worst Taint, The Worst of All Evil Things

235. Like a withered leaf are you now; death's messengers await you. You stand on the eve of your departure, yet you have made no...

Dhammapada Chapter 19 - The Just - Wisdom Comes from Being Peaceable, Friendly and Fearless

256. Not by passing arbitrary judgments does a man become just; a wise man is he who investigates both right and wrong. 257. He who does...

Dhammapada Chapter 20 - The Path - Wisdom, Morality and Meditation

273. Of all the paths the Eightfold Path is the best; of all the truths the Four Noble Truths are the best; of all things passionlessness...

Dhammapada Chapter 21 - Miscellaneous - Craving, Self-Conceit, Externalism and Nihilism

290. If by renouncing a lesser happiness one may realize a greater happiness, let the wise man renounce the lesser, having regard for the...

Dhammapada Chapter 22 - Hell - Evil Characters and False Views

306. The liar goes to the state of woe; also he who, having done (wrong), says, "I did not do it." Men of base actions both, on departing...

Dhammapada Chapter 23 - The Elephant - Endurance and the Well Controlled Mind

320. As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse. There are many, indeed,...

Dhammapada Chapter 24 - Craving - Sorrows Follow Craving and Suffering Grows Ever Passionate

334. The craving of one given to heedless living grows like a creeper. Like the monkey seeking fruits in the forest, he leaps from life...

Dhammapada Chapter 25 - The Monk - Restraint and Self Control Over Mind and Body

360. Good is restraint over the eye; good is restraint over the ear; good is restraint over the nose; good is restraint over the tongue....

Dhammapada Chapter 26 - The Holy Man - One Who Clings to Nothing of the Past, Present and Future

383. Exert yourself, O holy man! Cut off the stream (of craving), and discard sense desires. Knowing the destruction of all the...

Rigveda - Hymn 24 - To Varuna and Others - God's Sovereignty and Power, The Forgiver of Sins

The Believer's Daily Prayer We meditate on the lovely light of God: [a] May it stimulate our thoughts! To Varuna and Others 6 None has...

Rigveda - Hymn 33 - To Rudra (Siva) - Prayers and Offerings, God's Compassion and Grace for Mankind

Father of the storms! [a] May Your grace [b] come [down]: Do not withhold from us the vision of the sun! May our warriors on horseback...

Rigveda - Hymn 81 - To Viśvakarman (‘The All-Maker’) - The Beginning of Life, Asking God for Wisdom

The seer, our father, sacrificing all these worlds, Sat on the high priest’s throne: Pursuing wealth by [offering] prayer, he made away...

Rigveda - Hymn 82 - To Viśvakarman - The One Creator and Designator is Hidden from the 'Wanderers'

The Father of the eye— for wise of mind is He— Created these two [a] like sacrificial ghee, [b] And they bowed to him [in worship]. Not...

Rigveda - Hymn 90 - The Sacrifice of Primal Man - The Story of God's Divine Sacrifice

A thousand heads and [primal] Man, [a] A thousand eyes, a thousand feet: Surrounding the earth on every side, He exceeded it by ten...

Rigveda - Hymn 121 - Prajapati (The ‘Golden Embryo’) - Wisdom of the Creator, Truth is God's Law

In the beginning the Golden Embryo [Stirred and] evolved: Once born He was the one Lord of [every] being; The Lord sustained this heaven...

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