Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happilywho day and night constantly practice the Recollection of the Qualities of the Dhamma.– Dhammapada XXI. Pakinnakavagga: Miscellaneous :: Verse 297

If anything is to be done,let one do it with sustained vigor.A lax monastic life stirs up the dust of passions all the more.– Dhammapada XXII. Nirayavagga: Hell :: Verse 313

Wisdom 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 XX. Maggavagga: The Path :: Verse 282

Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happilywho day and night constantly practice the Recollection of the Qualities of the Sangha.– Dhammapada XXI. Pakinnakavagga: Miscellaneous :: Verse 298

Cut down the forest (lust), but not the tree;from the forest springs fear.Having cut down the forestand the underbrush (desire), be passionless, O monks!– Dhammapada XX. Maggavagga: The Path :: Verse 283

Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happilywho day and night constantly practice Mindfulness of the Body.– Dhammapada XXI. Pakinnakavagga: Miscellaneous :: Verse 299

For so long as the underbrush of desire,even the most subtle, of a man towards a woman is not cut down,his mind is in bondage,like the sucking calf to its mother.– Dhammapada XX. Maggavagga: The Path :: Verse 284

Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happilywhose minds by day and night delight in the practice of non-violence.– Dhammapada XXI. Pakinnakavagga: Miscellaneous :: Verse 300

Cut off your affection in the manner of a manwho plucks with his hand an autumn lotus.Cultivate only the path to peace, Nibbana,as made known by the Exalted One.– Dhammapada XX. Maggavagga: The Path :: Verse 285

Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happilywhose minds by day and night delight in the practice of meditation.– Dhammapada XXI. Pakinnakavagga: Miscellaneous :: Verse 301