6.29.2014

The Buddha Out West



85.
Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.



94.
He whose senses are mastered like horses well under the charioteer's control, he who is purged of pride, free from passions, such a steadfast one even the gods envy.



97.
The man who is not credulous, who knows the uncreated, who has severed all ties, who has put an end to the occasion of good and evil, who has vomited all desires, verily he is supreme among men.


Wisdom from: What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula: The Words of Truth, Selections from The Dhammapada. Page 128

Image #85 from The Hopper Juan
Image #94 bad ass horse
Image #97 Eanger Irving Couse, Kachina Painter, 1917