When sleeping late becomes a habit
And night is seen as time to rise,
For one perpetually intoxicated,
A home life cannot be maintained.
~DN31
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Truly, an evil deed committed
does not immediately bear fruit,
like milk that does not turn sour all at once.
But smoldering, it follows the fool
like fire covered by ashes.
~Dhammapada 71
In the Cakka Sutta, the Buddha says:
Bhikkhus, there are these four wheels. When these four wheels turn,...
As a single slab of rock
won't budge in the wind,
so the wise are not moved
by praise,
by blame.
~Dhammapada 81
Ven. Koṇḍañña, the senior monk who was awakened right after the Buddha, said this:
My confidence grew
as I heard the teaching, so full of flavor.
Dispassion is what was taught,
without any grasping at all.
In the Brahmacariya Sutta, the Buddha says:
Ill done is that action of doing
which one repents later,
and the fruit of which
one, weeping, reaps with tears.
Well done is that action of doing
which one repents not later,
and the fruit of which
one reaps with delight and happiness.
~Dhammapada 67-8
At one time, the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery.
Then late at night, several glorious deities of the host of the fault-finders, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, and recited these verses:
Better than a thousand useless words
is one useful word,
hearing which one attains peace.
~Dhammapada 100
Before you say anything, ask yourself whether it’s necessary or not. If it’s not, don’t say it.
This is the first step in training the mind — for if you can’t have any control over your mouth, how can you expect to have any control over your mind?
~Ajahn Fuang
The Buddha says that habitually engaging in the following things is a drain on wealth:
*drinking alcohol;
*roaming the streets at night;
*frequenting festivals;
*gambling;
*bad friends; and
*laziness.
~DN31
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Irrigators guide the water.
Fletchers shape the arrow shaft.
Carpenters shape the wood.
The wise control
themselves.
~Dhammapada 80
In the Vitthatadhana Sutta, the Buddha says:
Monks, there are these seven treasures. Which seven?
The treasures of *faith/conviction,
*virtue/ethical conduct,
*conscience,
*prudence/concern,
*learning/listening,
*generosity, and
*wisdom/discernment.
~AN7.6
Not despising,
not harming,
restraint according to the code of monastic discipline,
moderation in food,
dwelling in solitude,
devotion to meditation
— this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
~Dhammapada 185
In the Brahma Sutta, the Buddha says:
Mendicants, a family where the children honor their parents in their home is said to live with divinity. ...
When overcome by hate
beings go to a bad place.
Having rightly understood that hate,
the discerning give it up.
Once they’ve given it up,
they never return to this world.
~Iti2
He who drinks deep the Dhamma lives happily with a tranquil mind. The wise man ever delights in the Dhamma made known by the Noble One (the Buddha).
~Dhammapada 79
Whoever is overcome
by this wretched and sticky craving,
his sorrows grow like grass after the rains.
But whoever overcomes
this wretched craving,
so difficult to overcome,
from him sorrows fall away
like water from a lotus leaf.
~Dhammapada 335-6
Mendicants, when a mendicant has four things their practice is unfailing, and they have laid the groundwork for ending the defilements. What four?
Thoughts of renunciation, good will, and harmlessness; and right view.
~AN4.72