dhp129:0.1Minor Collection
dhp129:0.2Sayings of the Dhamma 129–145
dhp129:0.310. The Rod
dhp129:1All tremble at the rod,
dhp129:2all fear death.
dhp129:3Treating others like oneself,
dhp129:4neither kill nor incite to kill.
dhp130:1All tremble at the rod,
dhp130:2all love life.
dhp130:3Treating others like oneself,
dhp130:4neither kill nor incite to kill.
dhp131:1Creatures love happiness,
dhp131:2so if you harm them with a stick
dhp131:3in search of your own happiness,
dhp131:4after death you won’t find happiness.
dhp132:1Creatures love happiness,
dhp132:2so if you don’t harm them with a stick
dhp132:3in search of your own happiness,
dhp132:4after death you will find happiness.
dhp133:1Don’t speak harshly,
dhp133:2they may speak harshly back.
dhp133:3For aggressive speech is painful,
dhp133:4and the rod may spring back on you.
dhp134:1If you still yourself
dhp134:2like a broken gong,
dhp134:3you reach extinguishment
dhp134:4and know no conflict.
dhp135:1As a cowherd drives the cows
dhp135:2to pasture with the rod,
dhp135:3so too old age and death
dhp135:4drive life from living beings.
dhp136:1The fool does not understand
dhp136:2the evil that they do.
dhp136:3But because of those deeds, that simpleton
dhp136:4is tormented as if burnt by fire.
dhp137:1One who violently attacks
dhp137:2the peaceful and the innocent
dhp137:3swiftly falls
dhp137:4to one of ten bad states:
dhp138:1harsh pain; loss;
dhp138:2the breakup of the body;
dhp138:3serious illness;
dhp138:4mental distress;
dhp139:1hazards from rulers;
dhp139:2vicious slander;
dhp139:3loss of kin;
dhp139:4destruction of wealth;
dhp140:1or else their home
dhp140:2is consumed by fire.
dhp140:3When their body breaks up, that witless person
dhp140:4is reborn in hell.
dhp141:1Not nudity, nor matted hair, nor mud,
dhp141:2nor fasting, nor lying on bare ground,
dhp141:3nor wearing dust and dirt, or squatting on the heels,
dhp141:4will cleanse a mortal not free of doubt.
dhp142:1Dressed up they may be, but if they live well—
dhp142:2peaceful, tamed, committed to the spiritual path,
dhp142:3having laid aside violence toward all creatures—
dhp142:4they are a brahmin, an ascetic, a mendicant.
dhp143:1Can a person constrained by conscience
dhp143:2be found in the world?
dhp143:3Who shies away from blame,
dhp143:4like a fine horse from the whip?
dhp144:1Like a fine horse under the whip,
dhp144:2be keen and full of urgency.
dhp144:3With faith, ethics, and energy,
dhp144:4immersion, and investigation of principles,
dhp144:5accomplished in knowledge and conduct, mindful,
dhp144:6give up this vast suffering.
dhp145:1While irrigators guide water,
dhp145:2fletchers bend arrows straight,
dhp145:3and carpenters bend timber straight,
dhp145:4those true to their vows tame themselves.