#dhammapadaverses

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Let the silent sage move about in the village as the bee goes taking honey from the flower without harming color or fragrance

Dhammapada – Flowers 49 ~ Buddha

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Who shall conquer the earth and the Realm of Death with its deities? Who shall make out the well-taught Verses of Truth as an expert picks flowers?

Dhammapada – Flowers 44 ~ Buddha

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The almsman (bhikkhu) who delights in mindfulness (and) who regards unmindfulness with fear advances like fire, burning up fetters gross and subtle.

Dhammapada - Mindfulness 31 ~ Buddha

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By means of energy, mindfulness, self-restraint, and control, let the man of understanding (medhavi) make (for himself) an island that no flood can overwhelm.

Dhammapada - Mindfulness 25 ~ Buddha

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Out of their evil understanding the spiritually immature (balas) abandon themselves to unmindfulness. The man of understanding guards mindfulness as his chief treasure.

Dhammapada - Mindfulness 27 ~ Buddha

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Hatred Is Overcome Only By Non-Hatred

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Out of their evil understanding the spiritually immature (balas) abandon themselves to unmindfulness. The man of understanding guards mindfulness as his chief treasure.

Dhammapada - Mindfulness 26 ~ Buddha

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Knowing the distinction of mindfulness the spiritually mature (panditas) rejoice in mindfulness and take delight in the sphere of the Noble Ones (ariyas)

Dhammapada - Mindfulness 22 ~ Buddha