Buddhist Wisdom

[Pravin Kumar]

Blinded this world how few see clearly! Just as birds who've escaped from a net are few, few are the people who make it to heaven.

- Dhammapada 13, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Drink deeply. Live in serenity and joy. The wise person delights in the truth And follows the law of the awakened. The farmer channels water to his land. The fletcher whittles his arrows. And the carpenter turns his wood. So the wise direct their mind.

- Dhammapada, translated by Thomas Byrom


As a cowherd with a rod drives cows to the field, so aging and death drive the life of living beings.

- Dhammapada, 135, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu