Meditate, O monk! Do not be heedless.Let not your mind whirl on sensual pleasures.Heedless, do not swallow a red-hot iron ball,lest you cry when burning, “O this is painful!”– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 371

Weeds are the bane of fields,lust is the bane of mankind.Therefore, what is offered to those free of lust yields abundant fruit.– Dhammapada XXIV. Tanhavagga: Craving :: Verse 356

There is no meditative concentration for him who lacks insight,and no insight for him who lacks meditative concentration.He in whom are found both meditative concentration and insight,indeed, is close to Nibbana.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 372

Weeds are the bane of fields, hatred is the bane of mankind.Therefore, what is offered to those free of hatred yields abundant fruit.– Dhammapada XXIV. Tanhavagga: Craving :: Verse 357

The monk who has retired to a solitary abodeand calmed his mind,who comprehends the Dhamma with insight,in him there arises a delight that transcends all human delights.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 373

Weeds are the bane of fields, delusion is the bane of mankind.Therefore, what is offered to those free of delusion yields abundant fruit.– Dhammapada XXIV. Tanhavagga: Craving :: Verse 358

Whenever he sees with insight the rise and fall of the aggregates,he is full of joy and happiness.To the discerning one this reflects the Deathless.– Dhammapada XXV. Bhikkhuvagga: The Monk :: Verse 374

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

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

But whoever overcomes this wretched craving so difficult to overcome,from him sorrows fall away like water from a lotus leaf.– Dhammapada XXIV. Tanhavagga: Craving :: Verse 336