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There is no fire like passion; there is no losing
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Chapter XV
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Dhammapada
There is no fire like passion; there is no losing throw like
hatred; there is no pain like this body; there is no happiness higher
than rest
There is no fire like passion, there is no shark
There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition; no
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THE WORLD ADJUSTING TO TRUTH
I hold that the world to-day, more perfectly than ever before, is urging an accurate adjustment of the human soul to truth--that which alone the body demands for health, the mind for development, the deeper self for peace and power The old...
The world does not know that we must all come
The world does not know that we must all come to an end here;--but those who know it, their quarrels cease at once ...
The world gives according to their faith or according to
The world gives according to their faith or according to their pleasure: if a man frets about the food and the drink given to others, he will find no rest either by day or by night ...
THE WORLD'S NEW DAWN
"Let us not look at ourselves but onwards, and take strength from the leaf and the signs of the field He is indeed despicable who cannot look onwards to the ideal life of man Not to do so is to deny our birthright of mind"--Thomas Coke Watkins ...
Their court(-yards and buildings) shall be well kept, but their fields
Their court(-yards and buildings) shall be well kept, but their fields shall be ill-cultivated, and their granaries very empty They shall wear elegant and ornamented robes, carry a sharp sword at their girdle, pamper themselves in eating and drinking,...
There are also three in every ten whose aim is
There are also three in every ten whose aim is to live, but whose movements tend to the land (or place) of death And for what reason? Because of their excessive endeavours to perpetuate life ...
There are few in the world who attain to the
There are few in the world who attain to the teaching without words, and the advantage arising from non-action ...
There is always One who presides over the infliction death
There is always One who presides over the infliction death He who would inflict death in the room of him who so presides over it may be described as hewing wood instead of a great carpenter Seldom is it that he who undertakes the hewing, instead of t...
There is an originating and all-comprehending (principle) in my words, and
There is an originating and all-comprehending (principle) in my words, and an authoritative law for the things (which I enforce) It is because they do not know these, that men do not know me ...
There is bad reputation, and the evil way (to hell),
There is bad reputation, and the evil way (to hell), there is the short pleasure of the frightened in the arms of the frightened, and the king imposes heavy punishment; therefore let no man think of his neighbour's wife ...
There is no calamity greater than lightly engaging in war
There is no calamity greater than lightly engaging in war To do that is near losing (the gentleness) which is so precious Thus it is that when opposing weapons are (actually) crossed, he who deplores (the situation) conquers ...
There is no fire like passion, there is no shark
There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed ...
There is no fire like passion; there is no losing
There is no fire like passion; there is no losing throw like hatred; there is no pain like this body; there is no happiness higher than rest ...
There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition; no
There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition; no calamity greater than to be discontented with one's lot; no fault greater than the wish to be getting Therefore the sufficiency of contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency ...
There is no path through the air, a man is
There is no path through the air, a man is not a Samana by outward acts The world delights in vanity, the Tathagatas (the Buddhas) are free from vanity ...
There is no path through the air, a man is
There is no path through the air, a man is not a Samana by outward acts No creatures are eternal; but the awakened (Buddha) are never shaken The Just ...
There is no satisfying lusts, even by a shower of
There is no satisfying lusts, even by a shower of gold pieces; he who knows that lusts have a short taste and cause pain, he is wise; ...
There is no suffering for him who has finished his
There is no suffering for him who has finished his journey, and abandoned grief, who has freed himself on all sides, and thrown off all fetters ...
There is nothing in the world more soft and weak
There is nothing in the world more soft and weak than water, and yet for attacking things that are firm and strong there is nothing that can take precedence of it;--for there is nothing (so effectual) for which it can be changed ...
There never was, there never will be, nor is there
There never was, there never will be, nor is there now, a man who is always blamed, or a man who is always praised ...
There should be a neighbouring state within sight, and the
There should be a neighbouring state within sight, and the voices of the fowls and dogs should be heard all the way from it to us, but I would make the people to old age, even to death, not have any intercourse with it ...
There was something undefined and complete, coming into existence before Heaven
There was something undefined and complete, coming into existence before Heaven and Earth How still it was and formless, standing alone, and undergoing no change, reaching everywhere and in no danger (of being exhausted)! It may be regarded as the M...
Therefore (to guard against this), the sage keeps the left-hand portion
Therefore (to guard against this), the sage keeps the left-hand portion of the record of the engagement, and does not insist on the (speedy) fulfilment of it by the other party (So), he who has the attributes (of the Tao) regards (only) the conditions...
Therefore a sage has said, 'He who accepts his
Therefore a sage has said, 'He who accepts his state's reproach, Is hailed therefore its altars' lord; To him who bears men's direful woes They all the name of King accord' ...