Didun

 

Friends and relatives welcome with joy a loved one,

Returning from abroad after a long absence.

In exactly the same way will the fruit of right action,

Welcome the doer as she travels from one life to the next.

- The Dhammapada

Thampu

A single day's life of one who puts out great effort
Is better than a life of a hundred years
Lived in idleness and sluggishness

-The Dhammapada

The Patriarch

To be considered truly an elder
A man must practice truthfulness,
Righteousness, harmlessness,
Restraint, and self-control,
Be free of stain and rich in wisdom.

-The Dhammapada