BUDDHIST WISDOM

[Pravin Kumar]

What now is the Noble Truth of Suffering? Birth is suffering; decay is suffering; death is suffering; sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair are suffering; not to get what one desires is suffering; in short the five groups of existence are suffering.

- Samyutta Nikaya


An evil deed, when done, doesn't,like ready milk come out right away. It follows the fool, smoldering like a fire hidden in ashes.

- Dhammapada, 5, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.


But when, having gone to the Buddha, Dhamma, & Sangha for refuge, you see with right discernment the four noble truths-- stress, the cause of stress, the transcending of stress, & the noble eightfold path, the way to the stilling of stress: that's the secure refuge, that, the supreme refuge, having gone to which, you gain release from all suffering & stress.

- Dhammapada 13, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu