dhp100:0.1Minor Collection
dhp100:0.2Sayings of the Dhamma 100–115
dhp100:0.38. The Thousands
dhp100:1Better than a thousand
dhp100:2meaningless sayings
dhp100:3is a single meaningful saying,
dhp100:4hearing which brings you peace.
dhp101:1Better than a thousand
dhp101:2meaningless verses
dhp101:3is a single meaningful verse,
dhp101:4hearing which brings you peace.
dhp102:1Better than reciting
dhp102:2a hundred meaningless verses
dhp102:3is a single saying of Dhamma,
dhp102:4hearing which brings you peace.
dhp103:1The supreme conqueror is
dhp103:2not he who conquers a million men in battle,
dhp103:3but he who conquers a single man:
dhp103:4himself.
dhp104:1It is surely better to conquer oneself
dhp104:2than all those other folk.
dhp104:3When a person has tamed themselves,
dhp104:4always living restrained,
dhp105:1no god nor centaur,
dhp105:2nor Māra nor divinity,
dhp105:3can undo the victory
dhp105:4of such a personage.
dhp106:1Rather than a thousandfold sacrifice,
dhp106:2every month for a full century,
dhp106:3it’s better to honor for a single hour
dhp106:4one who has developed themselves.
dhp106:5That offering is better
dhp106:6than the hundred year sacrifice.
dhp107:1Rather than serve the sacred flame
dhp107:2in the forest for a hundred years,
dhp107:3it’s better to honor for a single hour
dhp107:4a personage who has developed themselves.
dhp107:5That offering is better
dhp107:6than the hundred year sacrifice.
dhp108:1Whatever sacrifice or offering in the world
dhp108:2a seeker of merit may make for a year,
dhp108:3none of it is worth a quarter
dhp108:4of bowing to the sincere.
dhp109:1For one in the habit of bowing,
dhp109:2always honoring the elders,
dhp109:3four blessings grow:
dhp109:4lifespan, beauty, happiness, and strength.
dhp110:1Better to live a single day
dhp110:2ethical and absorbed in meditation
dhp110:3than to live a hundred years
dhp110:4unethical and lacking immersion.
dhp111:1Better to live a single day
dhp111:2wise and absorbed in meditation
dhp111:3than to live a hundred years
dhp111:4witless and lacking immersion.
dhp112:1Better to live a single day
dhp112:2energetic and strong,
dhp112:3than to live a hundred years
dhp112:4lazy and lacking energy.
dhp113:1Better to live a single day
dhp113:2seeing rise and fall
dhp113:3than to live a hundred years
dhp113:4blind to rise and fall.
dhp114:1Better to live a single day
dhp114:2seeing the state free of death
dhp114:3than to live a hundred years
dhp114:4blind to the state free of death.
dhp115:1Better to live a single day
dhp115:2seeing the supreme teaching
dhp115:3than to live a hundred years
dhp115:4blind to the supreme teaching.