Happy indeed we live,friendly amidst the hostile.Amidst hostile men we dwell free from hatred.– Dhammapada XV. Sukhavagga: Happiness :: Verse 197
By what track can you trace that trackless Buddha of limitless range,whose victory nothing can undo,whom none of the vanquished defilements can ever pursue?– Dhammapada XIV. Buddhavagga: The Buddha :: Verse 179
Happy indeed we live,friendly amidst the afflicted (by craving).Amidst afflicted men we dwell free from affliction.– Dhammapada XV. Sukhavagga: Happiness :: Verse 198
By what track can you trace that trackless Buddha of limitless rangein whom exists no longer,the entangling and embroiling craving that perpetuates becoming?– Dhammapada XIV. Buddhavagga: The Buddha :: Verse 180
Happy indeed we live,free from avarice amidst the avaricious.Amidst the avaricious men we dwell free from avarice.– Dhammapada XV. Sukhavagga: Happiness :: Verse 199
Those wise ones who are devoted to meditationand who delight in the calm of renunciationÑ such mindful ones, Supreme Buddhas,even the gods hold dear.– Dhammapada XIV. Buddhavagga: The Buddha :: Verse 181
Happy indeed we live,we who possess nothing.Feeders on joy we shall be,like the Radiant Gods.– Dhammapada XV. Sukhavagga: Happiness :: Verse 200
Hard is it to be born a man; hard is the life of mortals.Hard is it to gain the opportunity of hearing the Sublime Truth,and hard to encounter is the arising of the Buddhas.– Dhammapada XIV. Buddhavagga: The Buddha :: Verse 182
Victory begets enmity the defeated dwell in pain.Happily the peaceful live,discarding both victory and defeat.– Dhammapada XV. Sukhavagga: Happiness :: Verse 201
To avoid all evil, to cultivate good,and to cleanse one’s mindÑ this is the teaching of the Buddhas.– Dhammapada XIV. Buddhavagga: The Buddha :: Verse 183