http://touchdownbuddha.vox.com/library/posts/tags/dhammapada/page/1/ en Vox Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:09:39 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss dhammapada http://touchdownbuddha.vox.com/library/post/fame.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(touchdown buddha) http://touchdownbuddha.vox.com/library/post/fame.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://touchdownbuddha.vox.com/library/post/fame.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:09:39 -0700 <p>Fame increases for the one who stands alert,<br />Mindful, and of pure deeds; <br />Who with due consideration acts, restrained,<br />Who lives dhamma, being aware. </p><p>- <em>From the Dhammapada</em></p><p>Obviously, Buddha lived long before Paris Hilton and her ilk!<br /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://touchdownbuddha.vox.com/library/post/fame.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251f6b40604a00f48ce6ccaf0003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> fame dhammapada http://touchdownbuddha.vox.com/library/post/the-dhammapada-on-refuge.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(touchdown buddha) http://touchdownbuddha.vox.com/library/post/the-dhammapada-on-refuge.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://touchdownbuddha.vox.com/library/post/the-dhammapada-on-refuge.html?_c=feed-rss-full Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:28:07 -0700 <dl><dd>Driven only by fear, do men go for refuge to many places — to hills, woods, groves, trees and shrines.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>Such, indeed, is no safe refuge; such is not the refuge supreme. Not by resorting to such a refuge is one released from all suffering.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>He who has gone for refuge to the Buddha, the Teaching and his Order, penetrates with transcendental wisdom the Four Noble Truths — suffering, the cause of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the Noble Eightfold Path leading to the cessation of suffering.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>This indeed is the safe refuge, this the refuge supreme. Having gone to such a refuge, one is released from all suffering.</dd></dl><p>- <em>Dhammapada 188-192 </em><br /></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://touchdownbuddha.vox.com/library/post/the-dhammapada-on-refuge.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251f6b40604a00d41432eb913c7f?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> refuge dhammapada