than to live a hundred years
unethical and lacking immersion.
මෙම ගැළපූ ඛණ්ඩයට පරිවර්තන පාඨයක් සපයා නැත
Better to live a single day
wise and absorbed in meditation
than to live a hundred years
witless and lacking immersion.
මෙම ගැළපූ ඛණ්ඩයට පරිවර්තන පාඨයක් සපයා නැත
Better to live a single day
energetic and strong,
than to live a hundred years
lazy and lacking energy.
මෙම ගැළපූ ඛණ්ඩයට පරිවර්තන පාඨයක් සපයා නැත
Better to live a single day
seeing rise and fall
than to live a hundred years
blind to rise and fall.
මෙම ගැළපූ ඛණ්ඩයට පරිවර්තන පාඨයක් සපයා නැත
Better to live a single day
seeing the state free of death
than to live a hundred years
blind to the state free of death.
මෙම ගැළපූ ඛණ්ඩයට පරිවර්තන පාඨයක් සපයා නැත
Better to live a single day
seeing the supreme teaching
than to live a hundred years
blind to the supreme teaching.
මෙම ගැළපූ ඛණ්ඩයට පරිවර්තන පාඨයක් සපයා නැත
Minor Collection
Sayings of the Dhamma 116–128
9. Wickedness
Rush to do good,
shield your mind from evil;
for when you’re slow to do good,
your thoughts delight in wickedness.
If you do something bad,
don’t do it again and again,
don’t set your heart on it,
for piling up evil is suffering.
If you do something good,
do it again and again,
set your heart on it,
for piling up goodness is joyful.
Even the wicked see good things,
so long as their wickedness has not ripened.
But as soon as that wickedness ripens,
then the wicked see wicked things.
Even the good see wicked things,
so long as their goodness has not ripened.
But as soon as that goodness ripens,
then the good see good things.
Think not lightly of evil,
that it won’t come back to you.
The pot is filled with water
falling drop by drop;
the fool is filled with wickedness
piled up bit by bit.
Think not lightly of goodness,
that it won’t come back to you.
The pot is filled with water
falling drop by drop;
the attentive one is filled with goodness
piled up bit by bit.
Avoid wickedness,
as a merchant with rich cargo and small escort
would avoid a dangerous road,
or one who loves life would avoid drinking poison.
You can carry poison in your hand
if it has no wound,
for poison does not infect without a wound;
nothing bad happens unless you do bad.
Whoever wrongs a man who has done no wrong,
a pure man who has not a blemish,
the evil backfires on the fool,
like fine dust thrown upwind.
Some are born in a womb;
evil-doers go to hell;
the virtuous go to heaven;
the undefiled are fully extinguished.
Not in midair, nor mid-ocean,
nor hiding in a mountain cleft;
you’ll find no place on the planet
to escape your wicked deeds.
Not in midair, nor mid-ocean,
nor hiding in a mountain cleft;
you’ll find no place on the planet
where you won’t be vanquished by death.
Minor Collection
Sayings of the Dhamma 129–145
10. The Rod
මෙම ගැළපූ ඛණ්ඩයට පරිවර්තන පාඨයක් සපයා නැත
All tremble at the rod,
all fear death.
Treating others like oneself,
neither kill nor incite to kill.
All tremble at the rod,
all love life.
Treating others like oneself,
neither kill nor incite to kill.
Creatures love happiness,