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01 - The Twin-Verses - The Dhammapada · Sacred Texts Archive

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  The Damapoda, Chapter one, the twin verses, All that we are is
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  the result of what we have thought. It is founded on our thoughts.
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  It is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with
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  an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of
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  the ox that draws the carriage. All that we are is the result of
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  what we have thought. It is founded on our thoughts. It is made
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  up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or act with a pure thought,
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  happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him. He abused me,
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  He beat me, He defeated me, he robbed me. In those
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  who harbor such thoughts, hatred will never cease. He abused me, he
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  beat me, he defeated me, he robbed me. In those who do
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  not harbor such thoughts, hatred will cease. For hatred does not cease by
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  hatred. At any time, hatred ceases by love. This is an old
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  rule. The world does not know that we must all come to an end
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  here, But those who know it, their quarrels cease at once. He
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  who lives looking for pleasures only his senses uncontrolled, immoderate in his food,
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  idle and weak Marah, the tempter will certainly overthrow him as the wind throws
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  down a weak tree. He who lives without looking for pleasures, his senses
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  well controlled, moderate in his food, faithful, and strong him Mara will
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  certainly not overthrow any more than the wind throws down a rocky mountain. He
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  who wishes to put on the yellow dress without having cleansed himself from sin,
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  who disregards also temperance and truth, is unworthy of the yellow dress. But
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  he who has cleansed himself from sin, is well grounded in all virtues,
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  and regards also temperance and truth, he is indeed worthy of the yellow dress.
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  They who imagine truth in untruth and see untruth in truth, never arrive
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  at truth, but follow vain desires. They who know truth in truth and
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  untruth in untruth, arrive at truth and follow true desire. As rain breaks
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  through an ill thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind. As
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  rain does not break through a well thatched house, passion will not break through
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  a well reflecting mind. The evildoer mourns in this world, and he mourns
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  in the next. He mourns in both. He mourns and suffers when he
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  sees the evil of his own work. The virtuous man delights in this world,
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  and he delights in the next. He delights in both. He delights
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  and rejoices when he sees the purity of his own work. The evil doer
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  suffers in this world, and he suffers in the next. He suffers in
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  both. He suffers when he thinks of the evil he has done. He
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  suffers more when going on the evil path. The virtuous man is happy in
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  this world, and he is happy in the next. He is happy in
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  both. He is happy when he thinks of the good he has done.
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  He is still more happy when going on the good path. The thoughtless man,
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  even if he can recite a large portion of the law, but is
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  not a doer of it, has no share in the priesthood, but is
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  like a cowherd counting the cows of others. The follower of the law,
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  even if he can recite only a small portion of the law, but having
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  forsaken passion and hatred and foolishness, possesses true knowledge and serenity of mind.
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  He, caring for nothing thing in this world or that to come, has
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  indeed a share in the priesthood, end of Chapter one,