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Chapter of Thousands (DHP100-115)

Dịch giả: suddhaso
Thông tin: Mã SuttaCentral: DHP100-115

Collection of Minor Texts

Verses of Dhamma

Chapter of Thousands

Rather than a thousand sayings

not connected to the goal,

it is better to have just one sentence about the goal

if one reaches peace after hearing it.

Rather than a thousand poems

not connected to the goal,

it is better to have just one line of a poem

if one reaches peace after hearing it.

One might utter a hundred poems

not connected to the goal;

it is better to have just one line of Dhamma

if one reaches peace after hearing it.

One might subjugate a million people

in battle,

but one who subjugates oneself

has won the ultimate victory.

It is better to subjugate yourself

than other people,

for one who is self-trained

always acts with restraint.

No angel or fairy,

demon or god,

can turn such a person’s

victory into defeat.

Every month one might conduct

a hundred sacrifices worth thousands;

Or for a single moment

one could pay homage to a self-developed person.

That homage is better

than a hundred years of sacrifices.

One might spend a hundred years

tending to a fire in a forest;

or for a single moment

one could pay homage to a self-developed person.

That homage is better

than a hundred years of sacrifices.

One could make any kind of offering or sacrifice in the world

for a year, pursuing merit;

but all of that is not even a quarter as good

as honoring those who are upright.

For one who is virtuous, respectful,

and always reverential towards the elderly,

four things increase:

vitality, beauty, pleasure, and strength.