Wisdom through Mindfulness

An evil deed, when done, doesn't — like ready milk — come out right away. It follows the fool, smoldering like a fire hidden in ashes. ...

"Now, suppose that there were a water-pot set on a stand, full of water up to the brim so that crows could drink out of it, and a man ...

Going alone is better, there's no companionship with a fool. Go alone, doing no evil, at peace, like the elephant in the Matanga wilds. ...

"Magandiya, it's just as if there were a man blind from birth who couldn't see black objects... white... blue... yellow... red....

" Now suppose a vulture , a kite, or a hawk, seizing a lump of flesh, were to take off, and other vultures, kites, or hawks — following...

Just as a silver smith step by step, bit by bit, moment to moment, blows away the impurities of molten silver —so the wise man, his own. -...

Heedful among the heedless, wakeful among those asleep, just as a fast horse advances, leaving the weak behind: so the wise. -Dhammapada

"Monks, suppose there were four vipers of utmost heat & horrible venom. Then a man would come along — desiring life, desiring not t...

"Even if a monk is not skilled in the ways of the minds of others, he should train himself: ' I will be skilled in reading my own ...

If its root remains undamaged & strong, a tree, even if cut, will grow back. So too if latent craving is not rooted out, this suffering ...

" It is just as if a man, traveling along a wilderness track, were to see an ancient path, an ancient road, traveled by people of form...

You make things worse when you flare up at someone who's angry. Whoever doesn't flare up at someone who's angry wins a battle ha...

Excellent are tamed mules, tamed thoroughbreds, tamed horses from Sindh. Excellent, tamed tuskers, great elephants. But even more excellent ...

Focus, not on the rudenesses of others, not on what they've done or left undone, but on what you have & haven't done yourself. -...

The man immersed in gathering blossoms (sensual pleasures), his heart distracted:death sweeps him away — as a great flood, a village asleep ...

Make an island for yourself! Work quickly! Be wise! With impurities all blown away, unblemished, you won't again undergo birth & agi...

Just as the ocean has a gradual shelf, a gradual slope, a gradual inclination, with a sudden drop-off only after a long stretch, in the sam...

Blinded this world — how few here see clearly! Just as birds who've escaped from a net are few, few are the people who make it to heaven...

Like ripe fruits whose downfall, whose danger is falling, so for mortals, once born, the constant danger is death Salla Sutta -The Arrow