EVERYDAY LIFE · DHAMMAPADA 300

Wisdom Where You Are

The disciples of Gotama are always well awake, and their mind day and night always delights in compassion.

Dhammapada 300 · Chapter 21, Miscellaneous · trans. F. Max Müller · Read the full text at Project Gutenberg

Reflection

The verse begins, “The disciples of Gotama are always well awake, and their mind day and night always delights….” In its chapter, this image points toward finding the teaching in mixed, everyday circumstances. It locates the turning point before outward action, in the quality of attention you repeatedly cultivate. Because this is a historic English translation, test the teaching in experience rather than treating its wording as a demand for belief.

Practice prompt

Where could your actions speak more clearly than your words?