Monks, I know of no other sound by which a man's heart is so enslaved as it is by that of a woman !
Monks, a woman's voice obsesses a man's heart !
From the First Chapter of the Anguttara Nikaya
After His brutal mistreatment at the hands of earthlings, Christ
finally ascends to Heaven, never to be seen or heard from again ...
Monks, I know of no other sound by which a man's heart is so enslaved as it is by that of a woman !
Monks, a woman's voice obsesses a man's heart !
Monks, I know of no other scent by which a man's heart is so enslaved as it is by that of a woman !
Monks, a woman's scent obsesses a man's heart !
Monks, I know of no other form by which a man's heart is so enslaved as it is by that of a woman !
Monks, a woman's form obsesses a man's heart !
The greatest hero is he who turns his worst enemy into a friend.
Here he grieves, hereafter he grieves : In both worlds does the evil-doer grieve, perceiving the impurity of his own deeds.
Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world; through love alone does it cease: This is an eternal law!
"He hurt me, he hit me, he beat me, he robbed me" : In those who harbour such thoughts hatred is never appeased.
- Give up on one thing, monks, and I promise you deliverance !
- Which one?
- Anger, by which men are led to evil places, enraged... By rightly discerning that hatred, those who see clearly let go, and are thus delivered...
- Give up on one thing, monks, and I promise you deliverance !
- Which one?
- Lust, by which men are led to evil places, craving... By rightly discerning that desire, those who see clearly let go, and are thus delivered...
Though thousands still looked up to him as being a great Oriental guru, he ended up a broken-down, cynical drunk, who used to say: "I'm not at peace with myself when I'm sober".