Chapter Four: Dhammapada
“Fragrant Life”
44. The garland-maker seeks flowers and gathers the most beautiful ones.
45. As when an aspirant searches for a spiritual path, and chooses the path of dharma. On this path he goes beyond the realms of death and of gods.
46. He who knows that this body is the foam of a wave, [...]
Chapter Three: Dhammapada
“Thoughts”
33. Thoughts are restless, difficult to restrain. The wise straighten their thoughts just as an arrow-maker straightens his arrows.
34. Like a fish on dry land thrashing in agony, a novice meditator agonizes to escape from the power of Mara, the lord of temptations and death.
35. Thoughts are difficult to restrain, they go wherever [...]
Chapter Two: Dhammapada
“Being Watchful”
21. Watchfulness is the path of immortality: unwatchful-ness is the path of death. Those who are watchful go beyond death: those who do not watch are already dead.
22. The wise understand the importance of vigilance and rejoice in the wisdom.
23. The wise strive for Nirvana in meditation and attain infinite joy and [...]