Minor Collection

Sayings of the Dhamma 100–115

8. The Thousands

dhp100:1 Better than a thousand

dhp100:2 meaningless sayings

dhp100:3 is a single meaningful saying,

dhp100:4 hearing which brings you peace.

dhp101:1 Better than a thousand

dhp101:2 meaningless verses

dhp101:3 is a single meaningful verse,

dhp101:4 hearing which brings you peace.

dhp102:1 Better than reciting

dhp102:2 a hundred meaningless verses

dhp102:3 is a single saying of Dhamma,

dhp102:4 hearing which brings you peace.

dhp103:1 The supreme conqueror is

dhp103:2 not he who conquers a million men in battle,

dhp103:3 but he who conquers a single man:

dhp103:4 himself.

dhp104:1 It is surely better to conquer oneself

dhp104:2 than all those other folk.

dhp104:3 When a person has tamed themselves,

dhp104:4 always living restrained,

dhp105:1 no angel nor spirit,

dhp105:2 nor Satan nor any power,

dhp105:3 can undo the victory

dhp105:4 of such a personage.

dhp106:1 Rather than a thousandfold sacrifice,

dhp106:2 every month for a full century,

dhp106:3 it’s better to honor for a single hour

dhp106:4 one who has developed themselves.

dhp106:5 That offering is better

dhp106:6 than the hundred year sacrifice.

dhp107:1 Rather than offer devotions

dhp107:2 in the forest for a hundred years,

dhp107:3 it’s better to honor for a single hour

dhp107:4 a personage who has developed themselves.

dhp107:5 That offering is better

dhp107:6 than the hundred year sacrifice.

dhp108:1 Whatever sacrifice or offering in the world

dhp108:2 a seeker of merit may make for a year,

dhp108:3 none of it is worth a quarter

dhp108:4 of bowing to the sincere.

dhp109:1 For one in the habit of bowing,

dhp109:2 always honoring the elders,

dhp109:3 four blessings grow:

dhp109:4 lifespan, beauty, happiness, and strength.

dhp110:1 Better to live a single day

dhp110:2 ethical and absorbed in meditation

dhp110:3 than to live a hundred years

dhp110:4 unethical and lacking immersion.

dhp111:1 Better to live a single day

dhp111:2 wise and absorbed in meditation

dhp111:3 than to live a hundred years

dhp111:4 witless and lacking immersion.

dhp112:1 Better to live a single day

dhp112:2 energetic and strong,

dhp112:3 than to live a hundred years

dhp112:4 lazy and lacking energy.

dhp113:1 Better to live a single day

dhp113:2 seeing rise and fall

dhp113:3 than to live a hundred years

dhp113:4 blind to rise and fall.

dhp114:1 Better to live a single day

dhp114:2 seeing the state free of death

dhp114:3 than to live a hundred years

dhp114:4 blind to the state free of death.

dhp115:1 Better to live a single day

dhp115:2 seeing the supreme teaching

dhp115:3 than to live a hundred years

dhp115:4 blind to the supreme teaching.