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15 - Happiness - The Dhammapada · Philosophy and Faith

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  Speaker 1: Chapter fifteen, happiness. Let us live happily then, not hating
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  Speaker 1: those who hate us. Among men who hate us, let
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  Speaker 1: us dwell free from hatred. Let us live happily, then,
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  Speaker 1: free from ailments among the ailing, among men who are ailing,
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  Speaker 1: let us dwell free from ailments. Let us live happily, then,
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  Speaker 1: free from greed, among the greedy, Among men who are greedy,
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  Speaker 1: let us dwell free from greed. Let us live happily. Then,
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  Speaker 1: though we call nothing our own, we shall be like
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  Speaker 1: the bright gods, feeding on happiness. Victory breeds hatred. For
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  Speaker 1: the conquered is unhappy. He who has given up both
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  Speaker 1: victory and defeat. He the contented is happy. There is
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  Speaker 1: no fire like passion, There is no losing throw like hatred.
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  Speaker 1: There is no pain like this body. There is no
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  Speaker 1: happiness higher than rest. Hunger is the worst of diseases,
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  Speaker 1: the body the greatest of pains. If one knows this truly,
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  Speaker 1: that is nirvana, the highest happiness. Health is the greatest
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  Speaker 1: of gifts, Contentedness the best riches. Trust is the best
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  Speaker 1: of relationships. Nirvana the highest happiness. He who has tasted
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  Speaker 1: the sweetness of solitude and tranquility is free from fear
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  Speaker 1: and free from sin, while he tastes the sweetness of
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  Speaker 1: drinking in the law. The sight of the elect aria
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  Speaker 1: is good. To live with them is always happiness. If
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  Speaker 1: a man does not see fools, he will be truly happy.
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  Speaker 1: He who walks in the company of fools suffers a
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  Speaker 1: long way. Company with fools, as with an enemy, is
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  Speaker 1: always painful. Company with the wise is pleasure, like meeting
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  Speaker 1: with kinsfolk. Therefore, one not to follow the wise, the intelligent,
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  Speaker 1: the learned, the much enduring, the dutiful, the elect. One
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  Speaker 1: not to follow a good and wise man, as the
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  Speaker 1: moon follows the path of the stars. End of Chapter fifteen.