The Path of Purification

Visuddhimagga, as translated by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu

• Only virtue's water can
  wash out the stain in living things.

• 1.24, p. 13

• Shine as they may, there are no kings
  Adorned with jewelry and pearls
  That shine as does a man restrained
  Adorned with virtue's ornament.
  • 1.24, pp. 13-14

• He whose mind is satisfied
  with virtue that has been achieved,
  Who never thinks to stir himself
  And take a meditation subject up,
  Contented with mere virtuousness,
  Nor striving for a higher state—
  His virtue bears the appellation
  Of that partaking of stagnation.

• 1:39, p. 18