Note the Punul and Tilak of Buddha in 4 Mudra Poses

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Twelve years ago (February calendar 2012) I posted just 28 quotations from Dhammapada, Veda of the Buddhists; here are 30 more quotations from the mouth of Gautama Buddha. Dhammapada has 423 slokas in Pali under 26 chapters.

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Festivals –Sep.4- Gokulashtami, Janmashtami, Lord Krishna’s Birth Day or Sri Jayanthi;11- Bharatiyar Remembrance /Memorial Day; 13- Samaveda Upakarma; 14- Ganesh Chaturthy; 15-Rishi Panchami;  27- Mahalaya Paksha begins (departed souls visit earth for next 15 days);29-Mahabharani (important day for honouring earth visiting souls).

Auspicious days-sep.13, 17;

Amavasyai/new moon day- Sep.10; Purnima/full moon day-26;

Ekaadasi ( Hindu Fasting Days)- Sep.7 and 22.

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September 1 Tuesday

7 He who lives looking for pleasures only, his senses uncontrolled, immoderate in his food, idle, and weak, Mara (the tempter) will certainly overthrow him, as the wind throws down a weak tree.

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September 2 Wednesday

⁴ As rain does not break through a well-thatched house, passion will not break through a well-reflecting mind.

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September 3 Thursday

¹⁸ The virtuous man is happy in this world, and he is happy in the next; he is happy in both. He is happy when he thinks of the good he has done; he is still more happy when going on the good path.

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September 4 Friday

²⁷ Follow not after vanity, nor after the enjoyment of love and lust! He who is earnest and meditative, obtains ample joy.

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September 5 Saturday

³⁴ As a fish taken from his watery home and thrown on dry ground, our thought trembles all over in order to escape the dominion of Mara (the tempter).

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September 6 Sunday

⁴⁶ He who knows that this body is like froth, and has learnt that it is as unsubstantial as a mirage, will break the flower-pointed arrow of Mara, and never see the king of death.

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September 7 Monday

⁵¹ Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are the fine but fruitless words of him who does not act accordingly.

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September 8 Tuesday

⁶⁰ Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

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September 9 Wednesday

⁶⁹ As long as the evil deed done does not bear fruit, the fool thinks it is like honey; but when it ripens, then the fool suffers grief.

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September 10 Thursday

⁷⁵ “One is the road that leads to wealth, another the road that leads to Nirvana;” if the Bhikshu, the disciple of Buddha, has learnt this, he will not yearn for honour, he will strive after separation from the world.

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September 11 Friday

⁷⁶ If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him.

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September 12 Saturday

⁷⁸ Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.

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September 13 Sunday

⁹² Men who have no riches, who live on recognised food, who have perceived void and unconditioned freedom (Nirvana), their path is difficult to understand, like that of birds in the air.

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September 14 Monday

¹⁰⁰ Even though a speech be a thousand (of words), but made up of senseless words, one word of sense is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet.

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September 15 Tuesday

¹⁰⁷ If a man for a hundred years worship Agni (fire) in the forest, and if he but for one moment pay homage to a man whose soul is grounded (in true knowledge), better is that homage than sacrifice for a hundred years.

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September 16 Wednesday

¹¹¹ And he who lives a hundred years, ignorant and unrestrained, a life of one day is better if a man is wise and reflecting.

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September 17 Thursday

¹¹⁷ If a man commits a sin, let him not do it again; let him not delight in sin: pain is the outcome of evil.

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September 18 Friday

¹²⁰ Even a good man sees evil days, as long as his good deed has not ripened; but when his good deed has ripened, then does the good man see happy days.

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September 19 Saturday

¹²⁴ He who has no wound on his hand, may touch poison with his hand; poison does not affect one who has no wound; nor is there evil for one who does not commit evil.

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September 20 Sunday

¹²⁷ Not in the sky, not in the midst of the sea, not if we enter into the clefts of the mountains, is there known a spot in the whole world where a man might be freed from an evil deed.

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September 21 Monday

¹³² He who seeking his own happiness does not punish or kill beings who also long for happiness, will find happiness after death.

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September 22 Tuesday

¹³⁷ He who inflicts pain on innocent and harmless persons, will soon come to one of these ten states:

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September 23 Wednesday

¹⁴⁴ Like a well-trained horse when touched by the whip, be ye active and lively, and by faith, by virtue, by energy, by meditation, by discernment of the law you will overcome this great pain (of reproof), perfect in knowledge and in behaviour, and never forgetful.

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September 24 Thursday

¹⁴⁸ This body is wasted, full of sickness, and frail; this heap of corruption breaks to pieces, life indeed ends in death.

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September 25 Friday

¹⁵² A man who has learnt little, grows old like an ox; his flesh grows, but his knowledge does not grow.

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September 26 Saturday

¹⁵⁵ Men who have not observed proper discipline, and have not gained treasure in their youth, perish like old herons in a lake without fish.

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September 27 Sunday

¹⁵⁸ Let each man direct himself first to what is proper, then let him teach others; thus a wise man will not suffer.

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September 28 Monday

¹⁶⁰ Self is the lord of self, who else could be the lord? With self well subdued, a man finds a lord such as few can find.

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September 29 Tuesday

¹⁶⁸ Rouse thyself! do not be idle! Follow the law of virtue! The virtuous rests in bliss in this world and in the next.

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September 30 Wednesday

¹⁷³ He whose evil deeds are covered by good deeds, brightens up this world, like the moon when freed from clouds.

–Subham—

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