Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Dhammapada 1:11

Those who fail to distinguish
The nonessential from the essential
And the essential from the nonessential,
Will in feeding on wrong thoughts,
Fail to attain the essential.




If we waste our time worried about useless things; the bills, the laundry, your hair... you will miss the really important things in your life; your family, your patience, your mind... Spending any more than a passing thought on the useless things is wasting too much time. Get down to the Dharma and get on with life.

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