Dhammapada · Chapter 21
Miscellaneous
16 verses · If by giving up a small happiness one may see a great one, the wise will abandon the small to gain the great. Awakened ones are ever vigilant, taking delight in solitude and the calm of meditation, while their fame rises like a Himalayan peak.
Chapter 21
पकिण्णकवग्गो
Pakiṇṇakavagga
21.1
If by giving up a small happiness one can see a vast happiness, let the wise abandon the…
21.2
One who wishes happiness for himself by inflicting suffering on others — entangled in the…
21.3
What should be done is left undone, while what should not be done is done — for the proud…
21.4
But those whose mindfulness of the body is well-established, who do not pursue what…
21.5
Having killed mother and father and two warrior-kings, having killed the kingdom along…
21.6
Having killed mother and father and two learned kings and a fifth — a tiger — the brahmin…
21.7
Well-awakened, the disciples of Gotama always rise — those whose mindfulness, day and…
21.8
Well-awakened, the disciples of Gotama always rise — those whose mindfulness, day and…
21.9
Well-awakened, the disciples of Gotama always rise — those whose mindfulness, day and…
21.10
Well-awakened, the disciples of Gotama always rise — those whose mindfulness, day and…
21.11
Well-awakened, the disciples of Gotama always rise — those whose mind, day and night,…
21.12
Well-awakened, the disciples of Gotama always rise — those whose mind, day and night,…
21.13
Hard is going forth into the renunciate life; hard is it to delight in it
21.14
One who is faithful, virtuous, endowed with fame and wealth — wherever he goes, in every…
21.15
The good shine forth from afar, like the Himalayan mountain
21.16
Sitting alone, sleeping alone, walking alone unwearied, alone subduing oneself — let one…