With desire the world is tied down.
With the subduing of desire it's freed.
With the abandoning of desire
all bonds are cut through.

Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.69

Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

#dhamma #buddhism #desire #freedom

Let no one deceive another
or despise anyone anywhere,
or through anger or irritation
wish for another to suffer.

Sutta Nipāta 1.148 - Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

#buddhism #dhamma #non-harming

"As I am, so are others;
as others are, so am I."
Having thus identified self and others,
harm no one nor have them harmed.

Sutta Nipāta 3.710

Gemstones of the Good Dhamma, compiled and translated by Ven. S. Dhammika

#dhamma #buddhism #inter-being #non-harming

May all creatures, all living things,
all beings one and all,
experience good fortune only.
May they not fall into harm.

Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.67

Gemstones of the Good Dhamma, compiled and translated by Ven. S. Dhammika

#buddhism #dhamma #loving-kindness

Freedom from lust is happiness in the world,
the going beyond all sensual desires.
But the crushing out of the conceit "I am"--
this is the highest happiness.

Udāna 2.11 - Gemstones of the Good Dhamma, compiled and translated by Ven. S. Dhammika

#dhamma #buddhism #ego #desire #happiness #freedom

The friend who is a helpmate,
the friend in happiness and woe,
the friend who gives good counsel,
the friend who sympathises too --
these four as friends the wise behold
and cherish them devotedly
as does a mother her own child.

Dīgha Nikāya 3.265

Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses by the Buddha (WH 14), translated by Narada Thera

#buddhism #dhamma #friendship

To have much wealth
and ample gold and food,
but to enjoy one's luxuries alone --
this is a cause of one's downfall.

Sutta Nipāta 1.102

Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses by the Buddha (WH 14), translated by Narada Thera

#buddhism #dhamma #ethics #wealth

Who is hospitable, and friendly,
Liberal and unselfish,
A guide, an instructor, a leader,
Such a one to honour may attain.

Dīgha Nikāya 3.273

Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses by the Buddha (WH 14), translated by Narada Thera

#buddhism #dhamma #hospitality #friendliness

At death a person abandons
what one construes as mine.
Realizing this, the wise
shouldn't incline
to be devoted to mine.

Sutta Nipāta 4.812

Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

#buddhism #dhamma #ego #ownership #property

One is not noble who injures living beings.
One is called "noble" because
one is harmless towards all living beings.

Dhammapada 19.270

The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita

#dhamma #buddhism #dhammapada #non-harming

One has broken the cycle,
attained freedom from desire.
The dried-up stream no longer flows.
The cycle, broken, no longer turns.
This, just this, is the end of misery.

Udāna 7.62

#buddhism #dhamma #freedom

The Light of Truth

Ven. Lokanātha (Salvatore Cioffi)

has been the first #Italian to be ordained as a Buddhist #monk back in the 1925 in Burma. He spent almost all his monastic life in Asia between #Burma, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand with an indefatigable missionary spirit to propagate #Buddhism worldwide.

• The book “The Light of Truth” is a collection of #Dhamma talks given in Singapore in 1947 where he had just begun his preaching tour headed to the USA.

  • His spiritual ardor and good humor are still well remembered In Burma.

    #Buddha #Italy #meditation

Happy indeed we live,
friendly amidst the hostility.
Amidst hostile people,
we dwell free from hatred.

Dhammapada 15.197

The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita

#dhammapada #buddhism #dhamma

With good will for the entire cosmos,
cultivate a limitless heart:
Above, below, & all around,
unobstructed, without hostility or hate.

Sutta Nipāta 1.150

Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

#dhamma #dharma #buddhism #loving-kindness