tsan-king.
Keep watch over your hearts.--Mahaparinibbana-sutta.
Let no evil desire whatever arise within you.--Cullavagga.
So soon as there springs up within him an angry, malicious thought,
some sinful, wrong disposition, ... he puts it away, removes it,
destroys it, he makes it not to be.--Sabbasava-sutta.
With not a thought of selfishness or covetous
desire.--Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
Covetousness and anger are as the serpent's
poison.--Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
They who do evil go to hell; they who are righteous go to
heaven.--Dhammapada.
He who, doing what he ought, ... gives pleasure to others, shall find
joy in the other world.--Udanavarga.
The virtuous (when injured) grieve not so much for their own pain as
for the loss of happiness incurred by their injurers.--Jatakamala.
He truly must have a loving heart,
For all things living place in him entire confidence.
--Ta-chwang-yan-king-lun.
Ofttimes while he mused--as motionless
As the fixed rock his seat--the squirrel leaped
Upon his knee, the timid quail led forth
Her brood between his feet, and blue doves pecked
The rice-grains from the bowl beside his hand.
--Sir Edwin Arnold.
Those who search after truth should have a heart full of
sympathy.--Story of Virudhaka.
This (prince) feels for the welfare of the multitude.--Nalaka-sutta.
The Royal Prince, perceiving the tired oxen, ... the men toiling
beneath the midday sun, and the birds devouring the hapless insects,
his heart was filled with grief, as a man would feel upon seeing his
own household bound in fetters: thus was he touched with sorrow for
the whole family of sentient creatures--Fo-pen-hing-tsih-king.
This king felt the weal and the woe of his subjects as his
own.--Jatakamala.
What is a true gift?
One for which nothing is expected in return.--Prasnottaramalika.
There is a way of giving, seeking pleasure by it (or) coveting to get
more; some also give to gain a name for charity, some to gain the
happiness of heaven.... But yours, O friend, is a charity free from
such thoughts, the highest and best degree of charity, free from
self-interest or thought of getting more.--Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
'Tis thus men generally think and speak, they have a reference in all they
do to their own advantage. But with this one it is not so: 'tis the good of
others and not his own that he seeks.--Fo-pen-hing-tsih-king.
Above all things be not careless; for c
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