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Within Khuddaka Nikaya there are fifteen books. One of these fifteen books is the Dhammapada. The essential teachings of the Buddha on various matters are presented in the Dhammapada.
Here give some examples from the Dhammapada:
One should not associate with friends who are evildoers, nor with persons who are despicable. Associate with friends who are virtuous, and who are the best (in conduct) of men. (Panditavago)
Whatever an enemy may do to an enemy and whatever a hater may do to a hater, a wrongly directed mind will do us greater harm. (Chitavaggo)
Sandalwood or tagara, a lotus flower or a Juhi flower, all possess pleasant fragrance. However, the fragrance of virtue surpasses even these. (Puphaavaggo)
A person who constantly practices reverence, and who gives respect to the elders and seniors, for that person four things will increase: life span, beauty, happiness and strength. (Sahasavaggo)
One who has not practiced control of sexual desires and has not acquired wealth in youth pines away (in old age) like old cranes in a lake without fish. (Jaravaggo)
Follow the law of virtue but do not follow the path of unrighteousness. He who practices virtue lives happily
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