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1. Dhammapada Dhp IV : Blossoms
    … among these scents, the scent of virtue is unsurpassed. Next to nothing, this scent –sandalwood, tagara– while the scent of virtuous conduct wafts to the devas, supreme. 54-56* Those consummate in virtue, dwelling in heedfulness, released through right knowing: Mara can’t follow their tracks. 57* As in a pile of rubbish cast by the side of a highway a lotus might grow … 
2. Dhammapada Dhp XVII : Anger
    … 227-228 If knowledgeable people praise him, having observed him day after day to be blameless in conduct, intelligent, endowed with discernment & virtue: like an ingot of gold– who’s fit to find fault with him? Even devas praise him. Even by Brahma he’s praised. 229-230 Guard against anger erupting in body; in body, be restrained. Having abandoned bodily misconduct, live conducting … 
3. Dhammapada Dhp XVI : Dear Ones
    … For one freed from craving there’s no grief –so how fear? 212-216 One consummate in virtue & vision, judicious, speaking the truth, doing his own task: the world holds him dear. 217 If you’ve given birth to a wish for what can’t be expressed, are suffused with heart, your mind not enmeshed in sensual passions: you’re said to be in … 
4. Dhammapada Dhp XXI : Miscellany
    … 302 The man of conviction endowed with virtue, glory, & wealth: wherever he goes he is honored. 303* The good shine from afar like the snowy Himalayas. The bad don’t appear even when near, like arrows shot into the night. 304 Sitting alone, resting alone, walking alone, untiring. Taming himself, he’d delight alone– alone in the forest. 305
5. Dhammapada Dhp VI : The Wise
    … he is righteous, rich in virtue, discernment. 84 Few are the people who reach the Far Shore. These others simply scurry along this shore. But those who practice Dhamma in line with the well-taught Dhamma, will cross over the realm of Death so hard to transcend. Forsaking dark practices, the wise person should develop the bright, having gone from home to no-home … 
6. Dhammapada Dhp VIII : Thousands
    … 109 Better than a hundred years lived without virtue, uncentered, is one day lived by a virtuous person absorbed in jhana. And better than a hundred years lived undiscerning, uncentered, is one day lived by a discerning person absorbed in jhana. And better than a hundred years lived apathetic & unenergetic, is one day lived energetic & firm. And better than a hundred years lived without … 
7. Dhammapada Dhp XXIII : Elephants
    … A blessing into old age is virtue. A blessing:   conviction established. A blessing:   discernment attained. The non-doing of evil things is a blessing. 331-333
8. Dhammapada Dhp X : The Rod
    … Through conviction virtue, persistence, concentration, judgment, consummate in knowledge & conduct, mindful, you’ll abandon this not-insignificant pain. 144 Irrigators guide the water. Fletchers shape the arrow shaft. Carpenters shape the wood. Those of good practices control themselves. 145
9. Dhammapada Dhp XX : The Path
    … Realizing this force of reasoning, the wise man, restrained by virtue, should make the path pure –right away– that goes all the way to Unbinding. 286-289*
10. Dhammapada Historical Notes to the Dhammapada
     … Although originality in teaching is appreciated, it is only one of a constellation of virtues expected of a teacher. Other expected virtues include a knowledge of common culture and an ability to play with that knowledge for the desired effect in terms of immediate impact or memorability. The Pali Dhp (verse 45) itself makes this point in comparing the act of teaching, not to … 
11. Dhammapada Introduction to the Dhammapada
     … If the person is a true example of the virtue espoused, his/her words are sweet. This point could be generalized to cover many of the other qualities as well. Another point from classic aesthetic theory that may be relevant to the Dhammapada is the principle of how a literary work is given unity. Although the text does not provide a step-by-step … 
12. Dhammapada End Notes to the Dhammapada
     … conviction, virtue, shame, compunction (at the thought of doing evil), erudition, generosity, discernment. 324: DhpA: Dhanapalaka was a noble elephant captured for the king of Kasi. Although given palatial quarters with the finest food, he showed no interest, but thought only of the sorrow his mother felt, alone in the elephant wood, separated from her son. 329-330: DhpA: The bull elephant named Matanga … 
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