The Essence of Buddhism by Various
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Happy is he that is virtuous--Dhammapada.
To make an end of selfishness is happiness.--Udanavarga. There is no happiness except in righteousness.--Attanagalu-vansa. Full of love for all things in the world, practicing virtue in order to benefit others--this man only is happy.--Fa-kheu-pi-u. He that loveth iniquity beckoneth to misfortune.--Jitsu-go-kiyo. Watch your thoughts.--Dhammapada. Control your tongue.--Dhammapada. Have a strict control over your passions.--Story of Sundari and Nanda. The higher life maketh he known, in all its purity and in all its perfectness.--Tevijja-sutta. So imbued were they with lovingkindness that all the birds and animals loved them and harmed them not.--Sama Jataka (Burmese version). Compassionate and kind to all creatures that have life.--Brahma-jala-sutta. The birds and beasts and creeping things--'tis writ-- Had sense of Buddha's vast embracing love, And took the promise of his piteous speech. |
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