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

“Here shall I live during the rains,here in winter and summer”Ñ thus thinks the fool.He does not realise the danger (that death might intervene).– Dhammapada XX. Maggavagga: The Path :: Verse 286

Difficult is life as a monk;difficult is it to delight therein.Also difficult and sorrowful is the household life.Suffering comes from association with unequals;suffering comes from wandering in samsara.Therefore, be not an aimless wanderer, be not a pursuer of suffering.– Dhammapada XXI. Pakinnakavagga: Miscellaneous :: Verse 302

As a great flood carries away a sleeping village,so death seizesand carries away the man with a clinging mind,doting on his children and cattle.-Dhammapada XX. Maggavagga: The Path :: Verse 287

He who is full of faith and virtue,and possesses good repute and wealthÑ he is respected everywhere, in whatever land he travels.– Dhammapada XXI. Pakinnakavagga: Miscellaneous :: Verse 303

For him who is assailed by deaththere is no protection by kinsmen.None there are to save himÑ no sons, nor father, nor relatives.– Dhammapada XX. Maggavagga: The Path :: Verse 288