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01 - The Twin-Verses - The Dhammapada · Philosophy and Faith

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  Speaker 1: The Damapoda, Chapter one, the twin verses, All that we
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  Speaker 1: are is the result of what we have thought. It
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  Speaker 1: is founded on our thoughts. It is made up of
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  Speaker 1: our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an
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  Speaker 1: evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the
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  Speaker 1: foot of the ox that draws the carriage. All that
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  Speaker 1: we are is the result of what we have thought.
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  Speaker 1: It is founded on our thoughts. It is made up
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  Speaker 1: of our thoughts. If a man speaks or act with
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  Speaker 1: a pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that
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  Speaker 1: never leaves him. He abused me, He beat me, He
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  Speaker 1: defeated me, he robbed me. In those who harbor such thoughts,
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  Speaker 1: hatred will never cease. He abused me, he beat me,
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  Speaker 1: he defeated me, he robbed me. In those who do
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  Speaker 1: not harbor such thoughts, hatred will cease. For hatred does
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  Speaker 1: not cease by hatred. At any time, hatred ceases by love.
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  Speaker 1: This is an old rule. The world does not know
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  Speaker 1: that we must all come to an end here, But
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  Speaker 1: those who know it, their quarrels cease at once. He
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  Speaker 1: who lives looking for pleasures only his senses uncontrolled, immoderate
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  Speaker 1: in his food, idle and weak Marah, the tempter will
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  Speaker 1: certainly overthrow him as the wind throws down a weak tree.
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  Speaker 1: He who lives without looking for pleasures, his senses well controlled,
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  Speaker 1: moderate in his food, faithful, and strong him Mara will
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  Speaker 1: certainly not overthrow any more than the wind throws down
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  Speaker 1: a rocky mountain. He who wishes to put on the
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  Speaker 1: yellow dress without having cleansed himself from sin, who disregards
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  Speaker 1: also temperance and truth, is unworthy of the yellow dress.
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  Speaker 1: But he who has cleansed himself from sin, is well
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  Speaker 1: grounded in all virtues, and regards also temperance and truth,
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  Speaker 1: he is indeed worthy of the yellow dress. They who
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  Speaker 1: imagine truth in untruth and see untruth in truth, never
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  Speaker 1: arrive at truth, but follow vain desires. They who know
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  Speaker 1: truth in truth and untruth in untruth, arrive at truth
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  Speaker 1: and follow true desire. As rain breaks through an ill
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  Speaker 1: thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind. As
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  Speaker 1: rain does not break through a well thatched house, passion
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  Speaker 1: will not break through a well reflecting mind. The evildoer
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  Speaker 1: mourns in this world, and he mourns in the next.
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  Speaker 1: He mourns in both. He mourns and suffers when he
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  Speaker 1: sees the evil of his own work. The virtuous man
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  Speaker 1: delights in this world, and he delights in the next.
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  Speaker 1: He delights in both. He delights and rejoices when he
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  Speaker 1: sees the purity of his own work. The evil doer
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  Speaker 1: suffers in this world, and he suffers in the next.
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  Speaker 1: He suffers in both. He suffers when he thinks of
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  Speaker 1: the evil he has done. He suffers more when going
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  Speaker 1: on the evil path. The virtuous man is happy in
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  Speaker 1: this world, and he is happy in the next. He
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  Speaker 1: is happy in both. He is happy when he thinks
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  Speaker 1: of the good he has done. He is still more
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  Speaker 1: happy when going on the good path. The thoughtless man,
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  Speaker 1: even if he can recite a large portion of the law,
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  Speaker 1: but is not a doer of it, has no share
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  Speaker 1: in the priesthood, but is like a cowherd counting the
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  Speaker 1: cows of others. The follower of the law, even if
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  Speaker 1: he can recite only a small portion of the law,
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  Speaker 1: but having forsaken passion and hatred and foolishness, possesses true
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  Speaker 1: knowledge and serenity of mind. He, caring for nothing thing
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  Speaker 1: in this world or that to come, has indeed a
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  Speaker 1: share in the priesthood, end of Chapter one,