Original recording of The Mother’s recitations of the Dhammapada and her Explanations in French language
Music by Michel Montecrossa: ‘New Love Star’
2 May 1958
If a man holds himself dear, let him guard himself closely. The sage should watch through one of the three vigils of his existence (youth, maturity, or old age).
One should begin by establishing oneself in the right path; then, one will be able to advise others. Thus the sage is above all reproach.
If one puts into practice what he teaches to others, being master of himself, he can very well guide others; for in truth it is difficult to master oneself.
In truth, one is one’s own master, for what other master can there be? By mastering oneself, one acquires a mastery which is difficult to achieve.
The evil done by himself, originated by himself, emanating from him, crushes the fool as the diamond crushes a hard gem.
Just as the creeper clings to the Sal tree, even so one entrapped by his own evil actions does to himself the harm his enemy would wish him.
It is so easy to do oneself wrong and harm, but how difficult it is to do what is good and profitable!
The fool who, because of his wrong views, rejects the teachings of the adepts, the Noble Ones and the Just, brings about his own destruction, as the fruit of the bamboo kills the plant.
Doing evil, one harms oneself; avoiding evil, one purifies oneself; purity and impurity depend on ourselves; no one can purify another.
No man should neglect his supreme Good to follow another, however great. Knowing clearly what is his best line of conduct, he should not swerve from it.
Dhammapada
“… if through effort, through discipline, through progressive mastery, you surmount your ego and go beyond it, even if only in the tiniest part of your being, this acts like the opening of a small window somewhere, and by looking carefully through the window, you will be able to glimpse the supermind.
And that is a promise. When you glimpse it, you find it so beautiful that you
immediately want to get rid of all the rest… of the ego!”
Mira Alfassa – The Mother
Tracks:
- 2.5.1958 ‘The Ego’
- New Love Star
