Just as a brahman priest reveres his sacrificial fire,even so should one devoutly revere the personfrom whom one has learned the Dhamma taught by the Buddha.– Dhammapada XXVI. Brahmanavagga: The Holy Man :: Verse 392

Just as the jasmine creeper sheds its withered flowers,even so, O monks, should you totally shed lust and hatred!– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 377

Not by matted hair, nor by lineage,nor by birth does one become a holy man.But he in whom truth and righteousness existÑ he is pure, he is a holy man.– Dhammapada XXVI. Brahmanavagga: The Holy Man :: Verse 393

The monk who is calm in body, calm in speech, calm in thought, well-composedand who has spewn out worldlinessÑ he, truly, is called serene.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 378

What is the use of your matted hair, O witless man?What of your garment of antelope’s hide?Within you is the tangle (of passion);only outwardly do you cleanse yourself.– Dhammapada XXVI. Brahmanavagga: The Holy Man :: Verse 394

By oneself one must censure oneself and scrutinise oneself.The self-guarded and mindful monk will always live in happiness.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 379

One is one’s own protector, one is one’s own refuge.Therefore, one should control oneself,even as a trader controls a noble steed.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 380

Full of joy, full of faith in the Teaching of the Buddha,the monk attains the Peaceful State,the bliss of cessation of conditioned things.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 381

That monk who while young devotes himself to the Teaching of the Buddhaillumines this world like the moon freed from clouds.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 382

Weeds are the bane of fields, desire is the bane of mankind.Therefore, what is offered to those free of desire yields abundant fruit.– Dhammapada XXIV. Tanhavagga: Craving :: Verse 359