Page 295 - Hinduism
P. 295

increase of goodness and happiness. It is in this way that the world ceases to be one's object."
-Digha Nikaya
• [BUDDHISM]Take no pleasure in worldly talk; Take delight in what passes beyond the world. Cause good qualities to grow in others In the same way (you wish them) for yourself.
-Nagarjuna, "Precious Garland"
• What is virtuous conduct? It is never destroying life, for killing leads to every other sin. Of all virtues summed by ancient sages, the foremost are to share one's food and to protect all living creatures.
-Tirukkural 33: 321-322
• The benevolent expect no return for their dutiful giving.
How can the world ever repay the rain cloud? It is to meet the needs of the deserving That the worthy labor arduously to acquire wealth.
-Tirukkural 22: 211-213
• Amassing great wealth is gradual, like the gathering of a theater crowd.
Its dispersal is sudden, like that same crowd departing.
Wealth's nature is to be unenduring.
Upon acquiring it, do that which is enduring right away.
-Tirukkural 34: 332-333
• Bodhicitta - sometimes translated as 'the awakening mind' is a key concept in Mahayana
295



















































































   293   294   295   296   297