Part 5 (1/2)

Covetousness and anger are as the serpent's poison.--Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.

They who do evil go to h.e.l.l; they who are righteous go to heaven.--Dhammapada.

He who, doing what he ought, ... gives pleasure to others, shall find joy in the other world.--Udanavarga.

The virtuous (when injured) grieve not so much for their own pain as for the loss of happiness incurred by their injurers.--Jatakamala.

He truly must have a loving heart, For all things living place in him entire confidence.

--Ta-chw.a.n.g-yan-king-lun.

Ofttimes while he mused--as motionless As the fixed rock his seat--the squirrel leaped Upon his knee, the timid quail led forth Her brood between his feet, and blue doves pecked The rice-grains from the bowl beside his hand.

--Sir Edwin Arnold.

Those who search after truth should have a heart full of sympathy.--Story of Virudhaka.

This (prince) feels for the welfare of the mult.i.tude.--Nalaka-sutta.

The Royal Prince, perceiving the tired oxen, ... the men toiling beneath the midday sun, and the birds devouring the hapless insects, his heart was filled with grief, as a man would feel upon seeing his own household bound in fetters: thus was he touched with sorrow for the whole family of sentient creatures--Fo-pen-hing-tsih-king.

This king felt the weal and the woe of his subjects as his own.--Jatakamala.

What is a true gift?

One for which nothing is expected in return.--Prasnottaramalika.

There is a way of giving, seeking pleasure by it (or) coveting to get more; some also give to gain a name for charity, some to gain the happiness of heaven.... But yours, O friend, is a charity free from such thoughts, the highest and best degree of charity, free from self-interest or thought of getting more.--Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.

'Tis thus men generally think and speak, they have a reference in all they do to their own advantage. But with this one it is not so: 'tis the good of others and not his own that he seeks.--Fo-pen-hing-tsih-king.

Above all things be not careless; for carelessness is the great foe to virtue.--Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.

You say that while young a man should be gay, and when old then religious.... Death, however, as a robber, sword in hand, follows us all, desiring to capture his prey: how then should we wait for old age, ere we turn our minds to religion?--Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.

If you urge that I am young and tender, and that the time for seeking wisdom is not yet, then you should know that to seek true religion, there never is a time not fit.--Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.

Work out your own salvation with diligence.--Mahaparinibbana-sutta.

No man can purify another.--Dhammapada.

The good man's love ends in love; the bad man's love in hate.--Kshemendra's Kalpalata.

He who holds up a torch to (lighten) mankind is always honored by me.--Rahula-sutta.

Where there is uprightness, wisdom is there, and where there is wisdom, uprightness is there.--Sonadanda-sutta.

Liberty, courtesy, benevolence, unselfishness, under all circ.u.mstances towards all people--these qualities are to the world what the linchpin is to the rolling chariot.--Sigalovada-sutta.

Let us be knit together ... as friends.--Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.