HAPPINESS

HAPPINESS
T I T L E (1) :
Happily indeed do we live Unhating among those hating men.Among many hate-filled men,Thus we dwell unhating.
T I T L E (2) :
Happily indeed do we liveNot yearning among those who yearn.Among many yearning men,Thus we dwell unyearning.
T I T L E (3) :
Happily indeed do we liveNot anxious among those anxious men.Among many anxious men,Thus we dwell unanxious.
T I T L E (4) :
Happily indeed do we live-We that call nothing our own.Feeders on joy shall we beEven as the Abhassara gods.
T I T L E (5) :
The victor begets hate,While the defeated lives in distress.Happily the peaceful lives,Having given up victory and defeat.
T I T L E (6) :
No fire is there like lust,No crime like hatred,No ill like the Five Aggregates,No higher bliss than Nibbana's peace.
T I T L E (7) :
Of all diseases hunger is the greatest,Of all pains the comp[ounded things,Knowing this (the wise realize Nibbana)Which is the bliss supreme.
T I T L E (8) :
Health is the highest gain,Contentment is the greatest wealth,Trustful are the best kinsmen,Nibbana is the highest bliss.
T I T L E (9) :
Having tasted the flavour ofSeclusion and Nibbana's peace,Woeless and stainless becomes he,Drinking the taste of the Dharma's joy.
T I T L E (10) :
Good is it to see the Noble Ones,To dwell with them is happiness,By not seeing foolish men,One may ever be happy.
T I T L E (11) :
Frequenting the company of foolsOne surely grieves for long;For association with fools is ever illJust as ever that of foes.But to dwell with the wise is happinessJust as relatives together met.
T I T L E (12) :
Therefore - Him the intelligent, the wise, the learned,The devout, the dutiful and the Noble One-Such a wise and intelligent manShould one ever followAs the moon follows the track of stars.

Dhammapada