He who sits alone, sleeps alone,and walks alone, who is strenuous and subdues himself alone,will find delight in the solitude of the forest.– Dhammapada XXI. Pakinnakavagga: Miscellaneous :: Verse 305
This is the only path;there is none other for the purification of insight.Tread this path,and you will bewilder Mara.– Dhammapada XX. Maggavagga: The Path :: Verse 274
If by renouncing a lesser happiness one may realise a greater happiness,let the wise man renounce the lesser,having regard for the greater.– Dhammapada XXI. Pakinnakavagga: Miscellaneous :: Verse 290
The liar goes to the state of woe;also he who, having done (wrong), says, “I did not do it.”Men of base actions both,on departing they share the same destiny in the other world.– Dhammapada XXII. Nirayavagga: Hell :: Verse 306
Walking upon this path you will make an end of suffering.Having discovered how to pull out the thorn of lust,I make known the path.– Dhammapada XX. Maggavagga: The Path :: Verse 275
Entangled by the bonds of hate,he who seeks his own happiness by inflicting pain on others,is never delivered from hatred.– Dhammapada XXI. Pakinnakavagga: Miscellaneous :: Verse 291
There are many evil charactersand uncontrolled men wearing the saffron robe.These wicked men will be born in states of woebecause of their evil deeds.– Dhammapada XXII. Nirayavagga: Hell :: Verse 307
You yourselves must strive;the Buddhas only point the way.Those meditative ones who tread the pathare released from the bonds of Mara.– Dhammapada XX. Maggavagga: The Path :: Verse 276
The cankers only increase for those who are arrogant and heedless,who leave undone what should be done and do what should not be done.– Dhammapada XXI. Pakinnakavagga: Miscellaneous :: Verse 292
It would be better to swallow a red-hot iron ball,blazing like fire, than as an immoraland uncontrolled monk to eat the alms of the people.– Dhammapada XXII. Nirayavagga: Hell :: Verse 308

