Bhavana Society of West Virginia

Daily Words of the Buddha for June 20, 2017

Evaṃ bho purisa jānāhi: pāpadhammā asaññatā. Mā taṃ lobho adhammo ca ciraṃ dukkhāya randhayuṃ.

Know this, O good one: evil things are difficult to control. Let not greed and wickedness drag you to protracted misery.

Daily Words of the Buddha for June 17, 2017

Ayasāva malaṃ samuṭṭhitaṃ tatuṭṭhāya tameva khādati, evaṃ atidhonacārinaṃ sāni kammāni nayanti duggatiṃ.

Just as rust arising from iron eats away the base from which it arises, even so, their own deeds lead transgressors to states of woe.

Daily Words of the Buddha for June 16, 2017

Acchecchi vaṭṭaṃ, byagā nirāsaṃ. Visukkhā saritā na sandati. Chinnaṃ vaṭṭaṃ na vattati. Esevanto dukkhassā.

One has broken the cycle, attained freedom from desire. The dried-up stream no longer flows. The cycle, broken, no longer turns. This, just this, is the end of misery.

Daily Words of the Buddha for June 15, 2017

So karohi dīpamattano! Khippaṃ vāyama paṇḍito bhava! Niddhantamalo anaṅgaṇo, na punaṃ jātijaraṃ upehisi.

Make an island unto yourself! Strive hard and become wise! Rid of impurities and cleansed of stain, you shall not come again to birth and decay.

Daily Words of the Buddha for June 13, 2017

Kodhaṃ jahe vippajaheyya mānaṃ, saṃyojanaṃ sabbamatikkameyya. Taṃ nāmarūpasmimasajjamānaṃ akiñcanaṃ nānupatanti dukkhā.

One should give up anger, renounce pride, and overcome all fetters. Suffering never befalls one who clings not to mind and body and is detached.

Daily Words of the Buddha for June 12, 2017

Dhamme ca ye ariyapavedite ratā anuttarā te vacasā, manasā kammunā ca. Te santisoraccasamādhisaṇṭhitā, sutassa paññāya ca sāramajjhagū.

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.

Daily Words of the Buddha for June 11, 2017

Susukhaṃ vata jīvāma, verinesu averino. Verinesu manussesu, viharāma averino.

Happy indeed we live, friendly amidst the hostile. Amidst hostile people we dwell free from hatred.

Daily Words of the Buddha for June 10, 2017

Imesu kira sajjanti, Eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā; Viggayha naṃ vivadanti Janā ekaṅgadassino.

Some recluses and brahmins, so called, Are deeply attached to their own views; People who only see one side of things Engage in quarrels and disputes.

Daily Words of the Buddha for June 09, 2017

Sukarāni asādhūni, attano ahitāni ca. Yaṃ ve hitañca sādhuñca, taṃ ve paramadukkaraṃ.

Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial.

Daily Words of the Buddha for June 07, 2017

Mettañca sabbalokasmi, mānasaṃ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṃ: Uddhaṃ adho ca tiriyañca, asambādhaṃ averamasapattaṃ.

With good will for the entire cosmos, cultivate a limitless heart: Above, below, & all around, unobstructed, without hostility or hate.

Daily Words of the Buddha for June 04, 2017

Ye dhammā hetuppabhavā, tesaṃ hetuṃ Tathāgato āha tesañca yo nirodho; evaṃvādī Mahāsamaṇo.

Those phenomena arising from a cause, of these the Enlightened One has told the cause and also their cessation; this is the "doctrine" of the Great Recluse.

Daily Words of the Buddha for June 01, 2017

Yato yato sammasati khandhānaṃ udayabbayaṃ, labhatī pītipāmojjaṃ, amataṃ taṃ vijānataṃ.

Whenever and wherever one encounters the arising and passing away of the mental-physical structure, one enjoys bliss and delight, [which lead on to] the deathless stage experienced by the wise.

Daily Words of the Buddha for May 31, 2017

Khīṇaṃ purāṇaṃ nava natthi sambhavaṃ, virattacittāyatike bhavasmiṃ. Te khīṇabījā, avirūḷhichandā. Nibbanti dhīrā yathāyaṃ padīpo.

When past conditioning is released and no fresh one produced, the mind no longer seeks for future birth. The seed consumed, cravings no more arise. Such-minded wise ones cease like [the flame of] this lamp.

Daily Words of the Buddha for May 30, 2017

Anekajātisaṃsāraṃ sandhāvissaṃ, anibbisaṃ gahakāraṃ gavesanto; dukkhā jāti punappunaṃ. Gahakāraka! Diṭṭhosi.

Puna gehaṃ na kāhasi. Sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā, gahakūṭaṃ visaṅkhataṃ. Visaṅkhāragataṃ cittaṃ: taṇhānaṃ khayamajjhagā.

Through countless births in the cycle of existence I have run, not finding although seeking the builder of this house; and again and again I faced the suffering of new birth. Oh housebuilder! Now you are seen.

You shall not build a house again for me. All your beams are broken, the ridgepole is shattered. The mind has become freed from conditioning: the end of craving has been reached.

Daily Words of the Buddha for May 28, 2017

Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā. Manasā ce paduṭṭhena bhāsati vā karoti vā, tato naṃ dukkhamanveti cakkaṃva vahato padaṃ.

Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā. Manasā ce pasannena bhāsati vā karoti vā, tato naṃ sukhamanveti chāyāva anapāyinī.

Mind precedes all phenomena, mind matters most, everything is mind-made. If with an impure mind one performs any action of speech or body, then suffering will follow that person as the cartwheel follows the foot of the draught animal.

Mind precedes all phenomena, mind matters most, everything is mind-made. If with a pure mind one performs any action of speech or body, then happiness will follow that person as a shadow that never departs.