35. It is good to tame the mind, which is difficult to hold in and
flighty, rushing wherever it listeth; a tamed mind brings happiness. DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM
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34. As a fish taken from his watery home and thrown on dry ground, our
thought trembles all over in order to escape the dominion of Mara (the
tempter). DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM
33. As a fletcher makes straight his arrow, a wise man makes straight
his trembling and unsteady thought, which is difficult to guard,
difficult to hold back. DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM
32. A Bhikshu (mendicant) who delights in reflection, who looks with
fear on thoughtlessness, cannot fall away (from his perfect state)–he
is close upon Nirvana. DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM
31. A Bhikshu (mendicant) who delights in earnestness, who looks with
fear on thoughtlessness, moves about like fire, burning all his
fetters, small or large. DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM
30. By earnestness did Maghavan (Indra) rise to the lordship of the
gods. People praise earnestness; thoughtlessness is always blamed. DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM
29. Earnest among the thoughtless, awake among the sleepers, the wise
man advances like a racer, leaving behind the hack. DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM
28. When the learned man drives away vanity by earnestness, he, the
wise, climbing the terraced heights of wisdom, looks down upon the
fools, serene he looks upon the toiling crowd, as one that stands on a
mountain looks down upon them that stand upon the plain DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM
27. Follow not after vanity, nor after the enjoyment of love and lust!
He who is earnest and meditative, obtains ample joy. DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM
26. Fools follow after vanity, men of evil wisdom. The wise man keeps
earnestness as his best jewel DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM
25. By rousing himself, by earnestness, by restraint and control, the
wise man may make for himself an island which no flood can overwhelm. DHAMMAPADA, BUDDHISM
