Dhammapada · Chapter 4
Flowers
16 verses · Just as the bee gathers nectar without harming the flower's colour or fragrance, so the sage moves through the village. The Buddha teaches that virtue's scent rises against the wind, and the gardener of dharma plucks well-chosen blossoms.
Chapter 4
पुप्फवग्गो
Pupphavagga
4.1
Who shall master this earth, and the realm of Yama with its gods
4.2
The disciple in training shall master this earth, and the realm of Yama with its gods
4.3
Knowing this body to be like foam, awakening to its mirage-nature, breaking the…
4.4
As a great flood sweeps away a sleeping village, so death carries off the one whose mind…
4.5
As one plucks flowers with attached mind, never satisfied in sense-pleasures — death…
4.6
As a bee, without injuring flower, color, or scent, departs with the nectar — so should…
4.7
Look not to the wrongs of others, nor to what others have done or not done
4.8
Just as a lovely flower bright in colour but scentless, so are well-spoken words…
4.9
As a lovely flower bright in colour and fragrant too, so are well-spoken words fruitful…
4.10
As many garlands can be strung from a heap of flowers, so by the mortal once born, many…
4.11
The scent of flowers does not travel against the wind — nor sandalwood, nor jasmine
4.12
Of all fragrances — sandalwood, tagara, lotus, jasmine — the fragrance of virtue is…
4.13
Slight is the scent of tagara and sandalwood; supreme among the gods is the scent of the…
4.14
Mara cannot find the track of those perfected in virtue, abiding in heedfulness, and…
4.15
Just as on a refuse-heap discarded by the great highway, a lotus might arise — sweetly…
4.16
Even so, among the rubbish-like beings, among the blind ordinary folk, the disciple of…