Good is restraint over the eye;good is restraint over the ear;good is restraint over the nose;good is restraint over the tongue.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 360
Good is restraint in the body;good is restraint in speech;good is restraint in thought.Restraint everywhere is good.The monk restrained in every way is freed from all suffering.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 361
He who has control over his hands, feet and tongue;who is fully controlled, delights in inward development,is absorbed in meditation, keeps to himself and is contentedÑ him do people call a monk.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 362
That monk who has control over his tongue,is moderate in speech, unassuming and who explains the Teaching in both letter and spiritÑ whatever he says is pleasing.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 363
The monk who abides in the Dhamma,delights in the Dhamma, meditates on the Dhamma,and bears the Dhamma well in mindÑ he does not fall away from the sublime Dhamma.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 364
One should not despise what one has received,nor envy the gains of others.The monk who envies the gains of others does not attain to meditative absorption.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 365
A monk who does not despise what he has received, even though it be little,who is pure in livelihood and unremitting in effortÑ him even the gods praise.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 366
He who has no attachment whatsoever for the mind and body, who does not grieve for what he has not Ñ he is truly called a monk.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 367
The monk who abides in universal loveand is deeply devoted to the Teaching of the Buddhaattains the peace of Nibbana,the bliss of the cessation of all conditioned things.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 368
Empty this boat, O monk!Emptied, it will sail lightly.Rid of lust and hatred,you shall reach Nibbana.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 369