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Daily Words of the Buddha for February 02, 2026

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2026/02/02

Udakañhi nayanti nettikā;usukārā namayanti tejanaṃ; dāruṃ namayanti tacchakā; attānaṃ damayanti paṇḍitā. Listen Irrigators regulate the rivers; fletchers straighten the arrow shaft; carpenters shape the wood; the wise control themselves. Dhammapada 6.80 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 January 18, 2026

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2026/01/18

Appampi ce saṃhita bhāsamāno,dhammassa hoti anudhammacārī, rāgañca, dosañca, pahāya mohaṃ, sammappajāno suvimuttacitto, anupādiyāno idha vā huraṃ vā, sa bhāgavā sāmaññassa hoti. Listen Little though one recites the sacred texts, but puts the Teaching into practice, forsaking lust, hatred, and delusion, with true wisdom and emancipated mind, clinging to nothing of this or any other world -- one indeed partakes of the blessings of a holy life. Dhammapada 1.20 View Pāli on Tipitaka.org The

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Daily Words of the Buddha for January 11, 2026

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2026/01/11

Yadā have pātubhavanti dhammāĀtāpino jhāyato brāhmaṇassa, Athassa kaṅkhā vapayanti sabbā Yato pajānāti sahetudhammaṃ. Listen When things become manifest To the ardent meditating brahmin, All one's doubts then vanish since one understands Each thing along with its cause. Udāna 1.1 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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Daily Words of the Buddha for January 04, 2026

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2026/01/04

Muñca pure, muñca pacchato,majjhe muñca, bhavassa pāragū. Sabbattha vimuttamānaso, na punaṃ jātijaraṃ upehisi. Listen Let go of the past, let go of the future, let go of the present, and cross over to the farther shore of existence. With mind wholly liberated, you shall come no more to birth and death. Dhammapada 24.348 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 December 28, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/12/28

Yañca kāmasukhaṃ loke,yañcidaṃ diviyaṃ sukhaṃ, taṇhakkhayasukhassete, kalaṃ nāgghanti soḷasiṃ. Listen Any sensual bliss in the world, any heavenly bliss, isn't worth one sixteenth-sixteenth of the bliss of the ending of craving. Udāna 2.12 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 December 22, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

2025/12/22

Yo ca vassasataṃ jīvedussīlo asamāhito ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ seyyo sīlavantassa jhāyino. Listen Better it is to live one day virtuous and meditative than to live a hundred years immoral and uncontrolled. Dhammapada 8.110 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. https://store.pariyatti.org/donate.html

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Daily Words of the Buddha for December 15, 2025

Daily Words of the Buddha ·

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

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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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