Daily Words of the Buddha for February 14, 2018

Na tena paṇḍito hoti

yāvatā bahu bhāsati.

Khemī, averī abhayo

‘‘paṇḍito’’ti pavuccati.

One is not wise

because one speaks much.

One who is peaceable, friendly and fearless

is called “wise”.

Dhammapada 19.258

The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita

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