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Varied Advice

from The Dhammapada by Jason Espada

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21. Varied Advice  

Small pleasures given up for a larger joy-  
this is the way of the wise, the far-seeing man.

Happiness for oneself by hurting others-  
the way of the fool to get trapped in hate.

To-be-done discarded, not-to-be-done done-  
the way of the wicked to increase his grief.

To-be-done observed, not-to-be-done discarded,
proper control practiced on the demands of the body-  
the way of the thoughtful to end all impurity.

He kills his father and his mother,  
he kills two Kshatriya kings,
he slaughters all the subjects of a kingdom-  
and the saint unaffected proceeds as he is.

He kills his lust and ignorance,  
he kills ambition and pride,
he slaughters all the evils of the body-  
and the saint unaffected proceeds as he is.

The disciples of Gautama are always awake,
day and night thinking of the Enlightened One.
 
The disciples of Gautama are always awake,  
day and night thinking of the Dhamma.

The disciples of Gautama are always awake,  
day and night thinking of the Sangha.

The disciples of Gautama are always awake,  
day and night thinking of disciplining the body.

The disciples of Gautama are always awake,
day and night delighting in compassion and love.

The disciples of Gautama are always awake,  
day and night delighting in pure meditation.

It is painful to renounce the world.  
It is painful to enjoy the world.
It is painful to be a householder.
It is painful to be unloved.
It is painful to be forever wandering.  
O wanderer, wander no more ,
suffer no more.

The man of faith is revered wherever he goes:  
he has virtue and fame, he prospers.  

Good men shine, even from a distance,  
like the Himalaya mountains,
but the wicked, like arrows shot in the night,  
fade away.

Sit alone, sleep alone, be active alone,
in loneliness continue the conquest of the self,  
even in a forest continue the quest.

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from The Dhammapada, released October 15, 2017

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