The document contains passages from the Dhammapada, an ancient Buddhist scripture, discussing themes of wisdom, non-attachment, avoiding evil, cultivating good, and the dangers of craving and ignorance. The passages encourage purifying the mind, restraining oneself from evil, associating with noble people, enduring insults with patience, and acting with care as evil deeds have consequences and one's mind shapes reality and experience.

1. 1

2. 2
To cease from all
evil, to cultivate
good, to purify
one’s mind
This is the
teaching of all
the Buddhas.
Dhammapada
Verse 183

3. 3
Mind is the
forerunner of all
states. Mind is their
chief; and they are
mind-made.
If one speaks or
acts with an impure
mind, then suffering
follows one even as
the wheel follows
the hoof of the ox.
Dhammapada
Verse 1

4. 4
Come, look at this
world, resembling
an ornamented
royal chariot.
Herein fools are
sunk, but for the
wise there is no
attachment.
Dhammapada
Verse 171

5. 5
The man of little
learning grows
old like an ox:
his flesh
increases, but his
wisdom does not.
Dhammapada
Verse 152

6. 6
There is no fire
like lust;
no grip like hate;
no net like delusion;
no river
like craving.
Dhammapada
Verse 251

7. 7
He, who has
pacified mental
disturbances,
uprooted and
removed, will
surely attain
concentration
( samadhi )
by day
or by night.
Dhammapada
Verse 250

8. 8
Whosoever in this
world destroys life,
tells lies, takes what
is not given, goes to
others’ wives, and is
addicted to
intoxicating drinks,
such a one digs up
his own root in this
world.
Dhammapada
Verses 246 & 247

9. 9
From craving
arises grief;
from craving
arises fear.
To him who is free
from craving
there is no grief,
much less fear.
Dhammapada
Verse 216

10. 10
When one has
obtained freedom
through right
knowledge and has
become tranquil
and equipoise,
his mind is calm, his
words as well as his
deeds are calm.
Dhammapada
Verse 96

11. 11
Do not think lightly of
evil, saying ‘it will not
come to me.’
Even a water pot is
filled by the
falling of drops.
Similarly the fool,
gathering little by little,
fills himself with evil.
Dhammapada
Verse 121

12. 12
The evil doer
laments here, he
laments hereafter.
He laments more
when he goes to the
woeful state.
Dhammapada
Verse 17

13. 13
The well-doer
rejoices here, he
rejoices hereafter.
He rejoices
even more when
he goes to
the blissful state.
Dhammapada
Verse 18

14. 14
When the wise man
drives away
negligence by
vigilance, ascending
the palace of wisdom,
he gazes sorrowless
on the ignorant,
sorrowing men
like a mountaineer
views the
groundlings.
Dhammapada
Verse 28

15. 15
So long an evil deed
does not ripen, the
fool thinks that it is
like honey, but when
it ripens, then the
fool comes to grief.
Dhammapada
Verse 69

16. 16
Irrigators lead
the water.
Fletchers shape
the shaft.
Carpenters bend
the wood.
The wise restrain
themselves.
Dhammapada
Verse 80

17. 17
Make haste in
doing good;
check the mind
from evil.
The mind of one
who is slack
in doing good
delights in evil.
Dhammapada
Verse 116

18. 18
When a fool
commits evil deeds,
he does not realize
their evil nature.
The foolish man burns
from his own deeds,
like one burnt by fire.
Dhammapada
Verse 136

19. 19
Realizing that this body is
as fragile as a jar, he
should establish the mind
as firmly as a fortified city,
and he should attack Mara
with the weapon of
wisdom . He should guard
his conquest and be
without attachment.
Dhammapada
Verse 40

20. 20
Associate not
with evil friends,
associate not with
despicable men.
Associate with good
friends, associate
with noble men.
Dhammapada
Verse 78

21. 21
I will endure abuse
even as the elephant
in battle withstands
the arrows
shot from a bow.
Verily,
most people are
undisciplined.
Dhammapada
Verse 320

22. 22
The
End
When Words of Wisdom
are actualized in the mind,
you are on the way to Enlightenment,
to The Truth Sublime.
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin