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155. Now, the Blessed One has shown that when the unvirtuous have their minds captured by pleasure and satisfaction in the indulgence of the five cords of sense desires, in salutation, in being honoured, etc., the result of that kamma,…

Truthfulness indeed is tapa (penance). In truthfulness do reside selfrestraint and all other virtues. Just as the fish can live only in the sea, so can all other virtues reside in Truthfulness alone. -Mahavira-

142. At this point the answers to the questions, “What is virtue? In what sense is it virtue? What are its characteristic, function, manifestation, and proximate cause? What are the benefits of virtue? How many kinds of virtue are there?”…

He who is calm among the opponents, tranquil among the violent, unattached among the attached, him I call a brahmana. -The Buddha-

138. Also, there was a certain senior elder who was very ill and unable to eat with his own hand. He was writhing smeared with his own urine and excrement. Seeing him, a certain young bhikkhu said, “Oh, what a painful process life is!” The…

People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something-always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the…

132. Herein, the virtue of those not fully admitted to the Order should be understood as virtue consisting in limited purification, because it is limited by the number thus: Nine thousand millions, and a hundred And eighty millions then…

Compassion is a mind that savors only Mercy and love for all sentient beings. -Nagarjuna-

127. Use of the requisites by the seven kinds of trainers is called “use as an inheritance”; for they are the Buddha’s sons, therefore they make use of the requisites as the heirs of requisites belonging to their father. But how then, is it…

A man who has gone forth in faith Should purify his livelihood And, seeing clearly, give no thought To any search that is not good -Buddha-