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Pariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaDecember 28, 2006Those of peaceful mind, discerning,mindful and given to meditation,clearly see things rightlyand long not for sensual pleasures.Itivuttaka

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Pariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaJanuary 04, 2007This is to be done by one skilled in aimswho wants to break through to the state of peace:Be capable, upright, & straightforward,easy to instruct, gentle, & not conceited,content & easy to support,with few duties, living lightly,with peaceful faculties, masterful,modest, & no greed for supporters. Do not do the slightest thingthat the wise would later censure. Sutta Nipata I, 8

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Pariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaJanuary 05, 2007Live without covetous greed,fill your mind with benevolence.Be mindful and one-pointed,inwardly stable and concentrated.Anguttara Nikaya II, 29

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Pariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaJanuary 06, 2007No mother nor father norany other kin can dogreater good for oneselfthan a mind directed well.Dhammapada 43

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Pariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaJanuary 14, 2007How short this life!You die this side of a century,but even if you live past,you die of old age. Sutta Nipata IV, 6

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Pariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaJanuary 15, 2007Wisdom springs from meditation; without meditation wisdom wanes. Having known these two paths of progress and decline, let a man so conduct himself that his wisdom may increase. Dhammapada 282

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Pariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaJanuary 17, 2007Entangled by the bonds of hate, he who seeks his own happiness by inflicting pain on others, is never delivered from hatred. Dhammapada 291

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Pariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaJanuary 18, 2007Let no one deceive anotheror despise anyone anywhere,or through anger or irritationwish for another to suffer. Sutta Nipata I, 8

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Pariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaJanuary 20, 2007Solitude is happiness for one who is content,who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees.Non-affliction is happiness in the world-harmlessness towards all living beings.Udana 10

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Namaste, For impurities read attachments and samskaras--TonyPariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaJanuary 22, 2007One by one, little by little, moment by moment, a wise man should remove his own impurities, as a smith removes his dross from silver. Dhammapada 239

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Pariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaJanuary 23, 2007One should give up anger, renounce pride, and overcome all fetters. Suffering never befalls him who clings not to mind and body and is detached. Dhammapada 221

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Pariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaJanuary 24, 2007Things that are empty make a noise,the full is always quiet.The fool is like a half-filled pot,the wise man is like a deep still pool.Sutta Nipata 721

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Pariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaFebruary 07, 2007Should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let him resolutely pursue a solitary course; there is no fellowship with the fool. Dhammapada 61To UnTo remove yourself from the list, send a blank message to leave-24416922-11386096N from the address to which you are current d: aoclery.******************************************A new novel by Tony O'Clery.http://www.westminstertimefiles.com

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Pariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaFebruary 10, 2007The good renounce (attachment for) everything. The virtuous do not prattle with a yearning for pleasures. The wise show no elation or depression when touched by happiness or sorrow. Dhammapada 83Novel.All scripts registered with 'Writers Guild of America.East'.http://www.westminstertimefiles.com

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Pariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaFebruary 21, 2007Whose mind is like rock, steady, unmoved,dispassionate for things that spark passion,unangered by things that spark anger:When one's mind is developed like this,from where can there come suffering & stress? Udana IV, 4Novel.All scripts registered with 'Writers Guild of America.East'.http://www.westminstertimefiles.com

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Pariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaMarch 01, 2007Good are friends when need arises; good is contentment with just what one has; good is merit when life is at an end, and good is the abandoning of all suffering.Dhammapada 331Novel.All scripts registered with 'Writers Guild of America.East'.http://www.westminstertimefiles.com

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Pariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaMarch 03, 2007Slay anger and you will be happy,slay anger and you will not sorrow.For the slaying of anger in all its formswith its poisoned root and sweet sting-that is the slaying the nobles praise;with anger slain one weeps no more.Samyutta Nikaya I, 161Novel.All scripts registered with 'Writers Guild of America.East'.http://www.westminstertimefiles.com

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Pariyatti <dailywords wrote: Daily Words of the BuddhaMarch 04, 2007Just as a tree, though cut down, sprouts up again if its roots remain uncut and firm, even so, until the craving that lies dormant is rooted out, suffering springs up again and again. Dhammapada 338Novel.All scripts registered with 'Writers Guild of America.East'.http://www.westminstertimefiles.com

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