#Tipitaka
Now I know exactly what I'll do. I'll take oath on a thumb drive containing OED!

Or maybe one with the Torah, the Talmud, the Bible, the Qur'an, the Bhagavad Gita/Vedas/Upanishads, the Tipitaka, and the Tao Te Ching.
November 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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Let one guard oneself against irritability in bodily action;
let one be controlled in deed.
Abandoning bodily misconduct,
let one practice good conduct in deed.
Dhammapada 17.231
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November 8, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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Those to whom the Dhamma is clear
are not led into other doctrines;
perfectly enlightened with perfect knowledge,
they walk evenly over the uneven.

Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.8
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November 8, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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Whatever an enemy might do to an enemy,
or a foe to a foe,
the ill-directed mind
can do to you even worse.
Udāna 4.33
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November 6, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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Things that are empty make a noise,
the full is always quiet.
The fool is like a half-filled pot,
the wise one is like a deep still pool.
Sutta Nipāta 3.726
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November 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
“Sir, what could I do but practice the teachings, practice morality, doing skillful and good actions?”
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November 2, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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One is not wise
because one speaks much.
One who is peaceable, friendly and fearless
is called "wise".

Dhammapada 19.258
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November 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Solitude is happiness for one who is content,
who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees.
Non-affliction is happiness in the world --
harmlessness towards all living beings.
Udāna 2.11
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November 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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Entangled by the bonds of hate,
one who seeks one's own happiness
by inflicting pain on others,
is never delivered from hatred.

Dhammapada 21.291
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November 1, 2026 at 7:56 PM
The simile of putrid fish and grass wrapper (Iti 76) is captivating. While watching an Epstein documentary, I came across Joi Ito. Knew of him through the SOI Asia project. His association with Epstein is the cause of his downfall.
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November 2, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Daily Words of the Buddha:

Entangled by the bonds of hate,
one who seeks one's own happiness
by inflicting pain on others,
is never delivered from hatred.

Dhammapada 21.291
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November 1, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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October 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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If by renouncing a lesser happiness
one may realize a greater happiness,
let the wise one renounce the lesser,
having regard for the greater.
Dhammapada 21.290
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October 31, 2026 at 3:24 PM
'…when anyone feels no shame in telling a deliberate lie, there is no evil, I tell you, he will not do' (MN 61).

That's obviously true of many politicians, but it's also true of all traditions of Buddhism, which quickly added myths and fantasies to their Canons.

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Ambalatthika-rahulovada Sutta: Instructions to Rahula at Mango Stone
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October 30, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Fight me, but the three verses by the unnamed courtesan in Thag 7.1 rank with the most subtle and sophisticated passages in the whole Pali canon.
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October 29, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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How short this life!
You die this side of a century,
but even if you live past,
you die of old age.

Sutta Nipāta 4.810
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October 29, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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By love they will quench the fire of hate,
by wisdom the fire of delusion.
Those supreme ones extinguish delusion
with wisdom that breaks through to truth.

Itivuttaka 3.93
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October 28, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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In every virtue all-accomplished,
with wisdom full and mind composed,
looking within and ever mindful--
thus one crosses the raging flood.

Sutta Nipāta 1.176
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October 27, 2026 at 4:29 PM
主人公(後の帝釈天)が天界に生天した話の元ネタの更に大元らしきお経では、そもそも「父母への孝行・年長者への敬意・柔和な言葉で喋る・中傷しない・物惜しみをしない・嘘をつかない・怒りを抱かない」の七戒を生涯保ったので現在の地位を得たことになっていて、村を整えた徳の話は直接は出ない。それらしい要素が出て来るのはその次のお経。

11.11. 掟の句の経
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11.12. 帝釈〔天〕の名前の経
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October 30, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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One who is virtuous and wise
shines forth like a blazing fire;
like a bee collecting nectar
one acquires wealth by harming none.

Dīgha Nikāya 3.265
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October 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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Consort only with the good,
come together with the good.
To learn the teaching of the good
gives wisdom like nothing else can.
Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.31
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October 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
... Dhammapada 1.2
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October 24, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Mind precedes all things;
mind is their chief, mind is their maker.
If one speaks or does a deed
with a mind that is pure within,
happiness then follows along
like a never departing shadow.
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October 24, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Difficult to detect and very subtle,
the mind seizes whatever it wants;
so let a wise one guard one's mind,
for a guarded mind brings happiness.

Dhammapada 3.36
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October 23, 2026 at 4:51 PM