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Daily Words of the Buddha for December 15, 2025

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2025/12/15

Hitānukampī sambuddhoyadaññamanusāsati, anurodhavirodhehi vippamutto tathāgato. Listen When the Buddha teaches others he does so out of compassion, because the Tathagata is wholly freed from both favour and aversion. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.150 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Gemstones of the Good Dhamma, compiled and translated by Ven. S. Dhammika Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions.

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Daily Words of the Buddha for December 07, 2025

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2025/12/07

Manopakopaṃ rakkheyya;manasā saṃvuto siyā. Manoduccaritaṃ hitvā, manasā sucaritaṃ care. Listen Let one guard oneself against irritability in thought; let one be controlled in mind. Abandoning mental misconduct, let one practice good conduct in thought. Dhammapada 17.233 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and

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Daily Words of the Buddha for December 01, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/12/01

Anupubbena medhāvī, thokaṃ thokaṃ, khaṇe khaṇe,Kammāro rajatasseva, niddhame malamattano. Listen One by one, little by little, moment by moment, a wise one should remove one's own impurities, as a smith removes dross from silver. Dhammapada 18.239 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions.

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Daily Words of the Buddha for November 27, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/11/27

Mattāsukhapariccāgāpasse ce vipulaṃ sukhaṃ, caje mattāsukhaṃ dhīro, sampassaṃ vipulaṃ sukhaṃ. Listen If by renouncing a lesser happiness one may realize a greater happiness, let the wise one renounce the lesser, having regard for the greater. Dhammapada 21.290 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions.

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Daily Words of the Buddha for November 24, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/11/24

Dosaggiṃ pana mettāya,nibbāpenti naruttamā. Mohaggiṃ pana paññāya yāyaṃ nibbedhagāminī. Listen By love they will quench the fire of hate, by wisdom the fire of delusion. Those supreme ones extinguish delusion with wisdom that breaks through to truth. Itivuttaka 3.93 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Gemstones of the Good Dhamma, compiled and translated by Ven. S. Dhammika Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions.

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Daily Words of the Buddha for November 20, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/11/20

Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā;manoseṭṭhā manomayā. Manasā ce pasannena bhāsati vā karoti vā, tato naṃ sukhamanveti chāyāva anapāyinī. Listen Mind precedes all things; mind is their chief, mind is their maker. If one speaks or does a deed with a mind that is pure within, happiness then follows along like a never departing shadow. Dhammapada 1.2 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Gemstones of the Good Dhamma, compiled and translated by Ven. S. Dhammika Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit

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Daily Words of the Buddha for November 19, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/11/19

Sududdasaṃ sunipuṇaṃ,yatthakāmanipātinaṃ; cittaṃ rakkhetha medhāvī, cittaṃ guttaṃ sukhāvahaṃ. Listen Difficult to detect and very subtle, the mind seizes whatever it wants; so let a wise one guard one's mind, for a guarded mind brings happiness. Dhammapada 3.36 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Gemstones of the Good Dhamma, compiled and translated by Ven. S. Dhammika Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions.

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Daily Words of the Buddha for November 16, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/11/16

Anabhijjhālu vihareyya,abyāpannena cetasā. Sato ekaggacittassa, ajjhattaṃ susamāhito. Listen Live without covetous greed, fill your mind with benevolence. Be mindful and one-pointed, inwardly stable and concentrated. Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.29 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Gemstones of the Good Dhamma, compiled and translated by Ven. S. Dhammika Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions.

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Daily Words of the Buddha for October 20, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/10/20

Kodhaṃ chetvā sukhaṃ seti.Kodhaṃ chetvā na socati. Kodhassa visamūlassa, madhuraggassa devate vadhaṃ ariyā pasaṃsanti, tañhi chetvā na socatī. Listen Having killed anger you sleep in ease. Having killed anger you do not grieve. The noble ones praise the slaying of anger -- with its honeyed crest & poison root -- for having killed it you do not grieve. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.71 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Pariyatti is a non-profit organization

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Daily Words of the Buddha for October 19, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/10/19

Attānañce piyaṃ jaññāna naṃ pāpena saṃyuje, na hi taṃ sulabhaṃ hoti sukhaṃ dukkaṭakārinā. Listen If you hold yourself dear then don't fetter yourself with evil, for happiness isn't easily gained by one who commits a wrong-doing. Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.115 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions. https://store.pariyatti.org/donate.html --

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Daily Words of the Buddha for October 12, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/10/12

Sabbe sattā, sabbe pāṇā,sabbe bhūtā ca kevalā, sabbe bhadrāni passantu. Mā kañci pāpamāgamā. Listen May all creatures, all living things, all beings one and all, experience good fortune only. May they not fall into harm. Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.67 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Gemstones of the Good Dhamma, compiled and translated by Ven. S. Dhammika Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions.

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Daily Words of the Buddha for October 06, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/10/06

Atthamhi jātamhi sukhā sahāyā;tuṭṭhī sukhā yā itarītarena; puññaṃ sukhaṃ jīvitasaṅkhayamhi, sabbassa dukkhassa sukhaṃ pahānaṃ. Listen Good are friends when need arises; good is contentment with just what one has; good is merit when life is at an end, and good is the abandoning of all suffering. Dhammapada 23.331 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit

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Daily Words of the Buddha for September 28, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/09/28

Pahūtavitto purisosahirañño sabhojano, eko bhuñjati sādūni -- taṃ parābhavato mukhaṃ. Listen To have much wealth and ample gold and food, but to enjoy one's luxuries alone -- this is a cause of one's downfall. Sutta Nipāta 1.102 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses by the Buddha (WH 14), translated by Narada Thera Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions.

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Daily Words of the Buddha for September 21, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/09/21

Yo pāṇamatipāteti, musāvādañca bhāsati,loke adinnamādiyati, paradārañca gacchati, surāmerayapānañca yo naro anuyuñjati -- idhevameso lokasmiṃ, mūlaṃ khaṇati attano. Listen One who destroys life, utters lies, takes what is not given, goes to another man's wife, and is addicted to intoxicating drinks -- such a man digs up one's own root even in this world. Dhammapada 18.246, 18.247 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya

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Daily Words of the Buddha for September 14, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/09/14

Dhamme ca ye ariyapavedite ratāanuttarā te vacasā, manasā kammunā ca. Te santisoraccasamādhisaṇṭhitā, sutassa paññāya ca sāramajjhagū. Listen Those who are devoted to the Dhamma made known by the Noble Ones are unsurpassed in speech, thought and action. They are established in peace, gentleness and concentration, and have reached the essence of learning and wisdom. Sutta Nipāta 3.332 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Discourse Collection: Selected Texts from the Sutta Nipāta, translated by John D

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Daily Words of the Buddha for August 31, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/08/31

Idha tappati, pecca tappati,pāpakārī ubhayattha tappati. "Pāpaṃ me katan"ti tappati, bhiyyo tappati, duggatiṃ gato. Idha nandati, pecca nandati, katapuñño ubhayattha nandati. "Puññaṃ me katan"ti nandati, bhiyyo nandati, suggatiṃ gato. Listen Agony now, agony hereafter, the wrong-doer suffers agony in both worlds. Agonized now by the knowledge that one has done wrong, one suffers more agony, gone to a state of woe. Rejoicing now, rejoicing hereafter, the doer of wholesome actions rejoices in both

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Daily Words of the Buddha for August 25, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/08/25

Māvoca pharusaṃ kañci,vuttā paṭivadeyyu taṃ. Dukkhā hi sārambhakathā, paṭidaṇḍā phuseyyu taṃ. Listen Speak not harshly to anyone, for those thus spoken to might retort. Indeed, angry speech hurts, and retaliation may overtake you. Dhammapada 10.133 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions.

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Daily Words of the Buddha for August 20, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/08/20

Gataddhino visokassavippamuttassa sabbadhi, sabbaganthappahīnassa, pariḷāho na vijjati. Listen The fever of passion exists not for one who has completed the journey, who is sorrowless and wholly set free, and has broken all ties. Dhammapada 7.90 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions.

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Daily Words of the Buddha for August 18, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/08/18

Appakā te manussesu, ye janā pāragāmino.Athāyaṃ itarā pajā, tīramevānudhāvati. Ye ca kho sammadakkhāte dhamme dhammānuvattino te janā pāramessanti, maccudheyyaṃ suduttaraṃ. Listen Few among people are those who cross to the farther shore. The rest, the bulk of people, only run up and down the hither bank. But those who act according to the perfectly taught Dhamma will cross the realm of Death, so difficult to cross. Dhammapada 6.85, 6.86 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Dhammapada: The Buddha's

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Daily Words of the Buddha for August 13, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/08/13

Yassa nittiṇṇo paṅko,Maddito kāmakaṇṭako, Mohakkhayaṃ anuppatto Sukhadukkhesu na vedhatī sa bhikkhū. Listen That bhikkhu who has crossed the mire, Crushed the thorn of sensual desire, And reached the destruction of delusion Is not perturbed by pleasures and pains. Udāna 3.22 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The Udāna and the Itivuttaka, trans. John D. Ireland Book Details Pariyatti is a non-profit organization supported by purchases and contributions.

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