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Dhammapada | Chapter 10
Verse 129
All beings fear punishment. All beings fear death.
Seeing others as you see yourself, do not kill and do not cause others to kill.
Verse 130
All beings fear punishment. Life is dear to all beings.
Seeing others as you see yourself, do not harm and do not cause others to harm.
Verse 131
One who seeks happiness for oneself by causing suffering to other beings, who also seek happiness, will not find happiness after death.
Verse 132
One who seeks happiness for oneself without causing suffering to other beings, who also seek happiness, will find happiness after death.
Verse 133
Do not speak harshly to anyone. Those who are spoken to harshly may answer in the same way.
Angry words bring pain, and retaliation may come back to you.
Verse 134
If you remain silent (calm and peaceful) like a broken bell that no longer rings, then you have reached peace and no conflict remains within you.
Verse 135
As a cowherd drives cattle to pasture with a stick, so old age and death drive forward the lives of all beings.
Verse 136
When a fool does evil, he does not understand its consequences.
Later, his own actions burn him like fire burns the one who touches it.
Verse 137
Whoever harms innocent, harmless, and peaceful people will quickly meet one of these ten results:
Verse 138
Severe pain, loss, injury to the body, or serious illness;
Verse 139
Mental suffering, trouble from rulers, or serious accusations;
Verse 140
Loss of relatives, destruction of wealth, or fire destroying one's home. And when the body dies, such a person may be reborn in a state of suffering.
Verse 141
Neither going naked, nor matted hair, nor dirt on the body, nor fasting, nor sleeping on the ground, nor dust on the body, nor sitting motionless can purify a person who has not overcome doubt.
Verse 142
Even if someone wears fine clothes, if they are peaceful, disciplined, self-controlled, truthful, pure in conduct, and do not harm living beings, that person is truly noble and spiritual.
Verse 143
Rare in this world is the person who is restrained by conscience and humility, and who avoids blame as a well-trained horse avoids the whip.
Verse 144
Like a well-trained horse touched by the whip, be energetic and alert. Through faith, virtue, effort, concentration, and wisdom, you can overcome suffering.
Verse 145
Irrigators guide water where they want it to flow.
Arrow makers shape arrows.
Carpenters shape wood.
The wise shape themselves.
Dhammapada | Chapter 10
Danda Vagga
Punishment
17 Verses, 129-145
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