Chapter Eight: Dhammapada
Chapter Eight: Dhammapada "One Against Thousands" 100-103. Better than a speech of thousand useless words is one thoughtful word, which brings peace to the mind. Better than a poem of thousand vain verses is single thoughtful verse, which brings peace to the mind. Better than a hundred useless poems is one single verse, which brings peace to the mind. 103-105 A man who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand men on battlefields. Be victorious over yourself and not over others. When you attain victory over yourself, not even gods can turn it into defeat. 106. Better than performing a thousand rituals month by month for a thousand years is reverence for a man who has conquered the self. 107. Better than worshiping or tending sacrificial...
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