"When understood, the Buddha’s universe..is anything but alien and inhibiting. It is a world full of hope, where everything we need to do can be done and everything that matters is within human reach. It is a world where kindness, unselfishness, non-violence, and compassion achieve what self-interest and arrogance cannot. It is a world where any human can be happy in goodness and the fullness of giving." ❦ Eknath Easwara

September 16, 2011

Phenomena are Preceded by the Heart

Phenomena are
preceded by the heart
ruled by the heart
made of the heart.

If you speak or act with a corrupted heart,
then suffering follows you,
as the wheel of the cart follows
the track of the ox that pulls it.

Phenomena are
preceded by the heart
ruled by the heart
made of the heart.

If you speak or act with a calm, bright heart,
then happiness follows you,
like a shadow that never leaves.

The Dhammapada, Chapter 1
Thanissaro Bhikkh translation

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