A Collection of Buddhist Wisdom Verses - Ancient Buddhist Texts

24: Mind
459. “Asanthutaṁ no pi ca diṭṭhapubbaṁ,
Yo āsanenāpi nimantayeyya,
Tasseva atthaṁ puriso kareyya,
Yātānuyāyī ti tam-āhu Paṇḍitā.
“He who would invite to a seat
Even a stranger unseen before,
He who works for his own welfare,
Is one who follows good customs.
460. Yassekarattim-pi ghare vaseyya,
Yatthannapānaṁ puriso labhetha,
Na tassa pāpaṁ manasā pi cetaye,
Adubbhapāṇiṁ dahate mittadubbho.
For he who spends a night as guest,
Let him receive good food and drinks,
You should not think bad about him,
He who scorches an honest hand
Is a great deceiver of friends.
461. Puṇṇam-pi cemaṁ pathaviṁ dhanena,
Dajjitthiyā puriso sammatāya,
Laddhā khaṇaṁ atimaññeyya tam-pi,
Tāsaṁ vasaṁ asatīnaṁ na gacche.
Let a man give the whole earth's wealth
To the woman he will marry,
Even so, she might despise him –
By bad women do not be moved.
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