Twenty-Fourth Chapter: Dhammapada
Compulsive Cravings
334. The cravings of a thoughtless man grow like a creeper. Like a monkey he jumps from one life to another, looking for fruit in the forest.
335-36. When a man’s cravings overcome him, his sorrows increase like the entangled creeper. But when a man overcomes his cravings his sorrows fall away like [...]
Twenty-Third Chapter: Dhammapada
Endurance
320. I will endure harsh words as the elephant endures arrows on the battlefield. People often lack self-control.
321. Only trained elephants go to the battlefield, only a trained elephant carries the king. The best among men are those who have trained their mind to endure harsh words patiently.
322-23. Mules are good [...]
The Downward Path
306. He who says what is not true, he who denies what he has done, both go towards downward path. After death these two become partners in falsehood.
307-08. Those who put on saffron robe but remain undisciplined and ill mannered are dragged down by their evil deeds. It is better for an undisciplined [...]