Episodes

  • Daily Words of the Buddha for June 07, 2024

    Daily Words of the Buddha for June 07, 2024
    Jun 7 2024

    Kāmaṃ kāmayamānassa,
    tassa ce taṃ samijjhati, addhā pītimano hoti.
    Laddhā macco yadicchati.
    Tassa ce -- kāmayānassa, chandajātassa -- jantuno
    te kāmā parihāyanti,
    sallaviddhova ruppati.
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    If one, longing for sensual pleasure,
    achieves it, yes, one's enraptured at heart.
    The mortal gets what one wants.
    But if for that person -- longing, desiring --
    the pleasures diminish,
    one's shattered, as if shot with an arrow.

    Sutta Nipāta 4.772, 4.773
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    Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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  • Daily Words of the Buddha for August 12, 2022

    Daily Words of the Buddha for August 12, 2022
    Aug 11 2022

    Upakāro ca yo mitto,
    sukhe dukkhe ca yo sakhā,
    atthakkhāyī ca yo mitto,
    yo ca mittānukampako --
    etepi mitte cattāro iti viññāya paṇḍito
    sakkaccaṃ payirupāseyya
    mātā puttaṃ va orasaṃ.
    Listen

    The friend who is a helpmate,
    the friend in happiness and woe,
    the friend who gives good counsel,
    the friend who sympathises too --
    these four as friends the wise behold
    and cherish them devotedly
    as does a mother her own child.

    Dīgha Nikāya 3.265
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    Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses by the Buddha (WH 14), translated by Narada Thera
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  • Daily Words of the Buddha for March 29, 2023

    Daily Words of the Buddha for March 29, 2023
    Mar 28 2023

    Cakkhumā,
    visamānīva,
    vijjamāne parakkame.
    Paṇḍito jīvalokasmiṃ,
    pāpāni parivajjaye.
    Listen

    A person with good eyes,
    encountering a treacherous, uneven place,
    would try hard to avoid it.
    A wise person, in the world of life,
    should avoid evil deeds.

    Udāna 5.43
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    Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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