At the end of the way is freedom.
Till then, patience. - Buddha
Hard it is to be born,
Hard it is to live,
Harder still to hear of the way,
And hard to rise, follow, and
awaken.
Yet the reaching is simple.
Do what is right. Be pure.
At the end of the way is freedom.
Till then, patience.
If
you wound or grieve another,
You have not learned detachment.
Offend in neither word nor deed.
Eat with moderation,
Live in your heart.
Seek the highest consciousness.
Master yourself according to the
dharma.
This is the simple teaching of the
awakened.
The rain could turn to gold
And still your thirst would not be
slaked.
Desire is unquenchable
Or it ends in tears, even in
heaven.
He who wishes to awaken
Consumes his desires joyfully
Buddha
The Dhammapada
The Dhammapada is a collection of the sayings of the Buddha in verse
form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist Scriptures.
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