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15 - Happiness - The Dhammapada · Wisdom of the Ages Library

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