{PBJFlorida} from DHAMMAPADA.....

Enjoy the sampling….

 

Though through all his life
A fool associates with a wise man,
He yet understands not the Dhamma,
As the spoon, the flavor of soup.

Though, for a moment only,
An intelligent man associates with a wise man
Quickly he understands the Dhamma,
As the tongue, the flavor of soup.

 

By oneself is evil done,
By oneself does one get defiled,
By oneself is evil left undone,
By oneself is one purified.
Purity or impurity depends on oneself,
No one can purify another.

 

Not only today, O Atula,
From days of old has this been so:
Sitting silent - him they blame,
Speaking too much - him they blame,
Talking little - him they blame,
There is no one in the world who is not blamed.

There never was, and never will be,
Nor is there now to be found
A person who is wholly blamed or wholly praised.

 

One should guard against bodily hastiness,
One should be restrained in body.
Giving up bodily misconduct,
One should be of good bodily conduct.

One should guard against hastiness in word,
One should be restrained in word.
Giving up verbal misconduct,
One should be of good verbal conduct.

One should guard against hastiness of mind,
One should be restrained in thought.
Giving up mental misconduct,
One should be of good mental conduct.

The wise are restrained in deed,
In speech too they are restrained,
They are restrained in mind as well -
Verily, they are fully restrained.

In the unessential they imagine the essential,
In the essential they see the unessential;
They who feed on wrong thoughts as such
Never achieve the essential.

Knowing the essential as the essential,
And the unessential as the unessential,
They who feed on right thoughts as such
Achieve the essential.

 

with high regards,

Abhinav Dwivedi