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The texts

Words worth returning to

The Buddha's discourses, the chants of the forest monasteries, and verses to carry through the day — in the Pāli and in English, side by side wherever we can.

Short passages in verse — the Dhammapada and others.

Verse Dhp 1–2

Mind Goes Before All Things

Yamakavagga

The Dhammapada's first two verses: everything we do is led by the mind, and what follows depends on the state it's in.

Verse Dhp 183–185

The Teaching of the Buddhas

Ovāda Pāṭimokkha

The whole of the teaching in three verses — not doing evil, doing good, purifying the mind — remembered each year on Māgha Pūjā.