dhp116:0.1Minor Collection
dhp116:0.2Sayings of the Dhamma 116–128
dhp116:0.39. Wickedness
dhp116:1Rush to do good,
dhp116:2shield your mind from evil;
dhp116:3for when you’re slow to do good,
dhp116:4your thoughts delight in wickedness.
dhp117:1If you do something bad,
dhp117:2don’t do it again and again,
dhp117:3don’t set your heart on it,
dhp117:4for piling up evil is suffering.
dhp118:1If you do something good,
dhp118:2do it again and again,
dhp118:3set your heart on it,
dhp118:4for piling up goodness is joyful.
dhp119:1Even the wicked see good things,
dhp119:2so long as their wickedness has not ripened.
dhp119:3But as soon as that wickedness ripens,
dhp119:4then the wicked see wicked things.
dhp120:1Even the good see wicked things,
dhp120:2so long as their goodness has not ripened.
dhp120:3But as soon as that goodness ripens,
dhp120:4then the good see good things.
dhp121:1Think not lightly of evil,
dhp121:2that it won’t come back to you.
dhp121:3The pot is filled with water
dhp121:4falling drop by drop;
dhp121:5the fool is filled with wickedness
dhp121:6piled up bit by bit.
dhp122:1Think not lightly of goodness,
dhp122:2that it won’t come back to you.
dhp122:3The pot is filled with water
dhp122:4falling drop by drop;
dhp122:5the attentive one is filled with goodness
dhp122:6piled up bit by bit.
dhp123:1Avoid wickedness,
dhp123:2as a merchant with rich cargo and small escort
dhp123:3would avoid a dangerous road,
dhp123:4or one who loves life would avoid drinking poison.
dhp124:1You can carry poison in your hand
dhp124:2if it has no wound,
dhp124:3for poison does not infect without a wound;
dhp124:4nothing bad happens unless you do bad.
dhp125:1Whoever wrongs a man who has done no wrong,
dhp125:2a pure man who has not a blemish,
dhp125:3the evil backfires on the fool,
dhp125:4like fine dust thrown upwind.
dhp126:1Some are born in a womb;
dhp126:2evildoers go to hell;
dhp126:3the virtuous go to heaven;
dhp126:4the undefiled are fully extinguished.
dhp127:1Not in midair, nor mid-ocean,
dhp127:2nor hiding in a mountain cleft;
dhp127:3you’ll find no place on the planet
dhp127:4to escape your wicked deeds.
dhp128:1Not in midair, nor mid-ocean,
dhp128:2nor hiding in a mountain cleft;
dhp128:3you’ll find no place on the planet
dhp128:4where you won’t be vanquished by death.