dhp197:0.1Minor Collection
dhp197:0.2Sayings of the Dhamma 197–208
dhp197:0.315. Happiness
dhp197:1Let us live so very happily,
dhp197:2loving among the hostile.
dhp197:3Among hostile humans,
dhp197:4let us live with love.
dhp198:1Let us live so very happily,
dhp198:2healthy among the ailing.
dhp198:3Among ailing humans
dhp198:4let us live healthily.
dhp199:1Let us live so very happily,
dhp199:2content among the greedy.
dhp199:3Among greedy humans,
dhp199:4let us live content.
dhp200:1Let us live so very happily,
dhp200:2we who have nothing.
dhp200:3We shall feed on rapture,
dhp200:4like the gods of sublime luminosity.
dhp201:1Victory breeds enmity;
dhp201:2the defeated sleep badly.
dhp201:3The peaceful sleep at ease,
dhp201:4having left victory and defeat behind.
dhp202:1There is no fire like greed,
dhp202:2no crime like hate,
dhp202:3no suffering like the aggregates,
dhp202:4no bliss beyond peace.
dhp203:1Hunger is the worst illness,
dhp203:2conditions are the worst suffering.
dhp203:3When one has known this as it is,
dhp203:4extinguishment is the ultimate happiness.
dhp204:1Health is the ultimate blessing;
dhp204:2contentment, the ultimate wealth;
dhp204:3trust is the ultimate family;
dhp204:4extinguishment, the ultimate happiness.
dhp205:1Having drunk the nectar of seclusion
dhp205:2and the nectar of peace—
dhp205:3free of stress, free of evil,
dhp205:4drink the joyous nectar of truth.
dhp206:1It’s good to see the noble ones,
dhp206:2staying with them is always good.
dhp206:3Were you not to see fools,
dhp206:4you’d always be happy.
dhp207:1For one who consorts with fools
dhp207:2grieves long.
dhp207:3Painful is living with fools,
dhp207:4like being stuck with your enemy.
dhp207:5Happy is living with an attentive one,
dhp207:6like meeting with your kin.
dhp208:1Therefore:
dhp208:2An attentive one, wise and learned,
dhp208:3a behemoth of virtue, true to their vows, noble:
dhp208:4follow a true and intelligent person such as this,
dhp208:5as the moon tracks the path of the stars.