Compass for the Heart

"The compass will always show you the right direction, so you will stop relying on your own guesses. Like this, wherever you are, you have this sense that shows you the truth." - Ajahn Chah


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15 May, 2009

Securing this life and the next (Part 3 of 3)

The Buddha concludes in verses, saying:

Heedful at taking care of things
Diligent at one's occupation,

Living in a well tuned and balanced life,
One protects one's store of wealth.

A person with faith,
virtuous,
magnanimous, free of selfishness,

Constantly clears the path
to security in the lives to come.

Thus for one who seeks the household life,
these eight qualities, leading to welfare & happiness

Both in this life & in lives to come,

have been declared by the one
whose name is truth.

And this is how, for householders,
generosity & merit increase.

-Dighajanu Sutta, Anguttara Nikaya 8.54

Of all the frangrances - sandal, tagara, blue lotus & jasmine - the fragance of virtue is by far the sweetest.
- Dhammapada, Chapter 4, Verse 55.