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The DHAMMAPADA is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the DHAMMAPADA is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.
The Buddhist scholar and commentator Buddhaghosa explains that each saying recorded in the collection was made on a different occasion in response to a unique situation that had arisen in the life of the Buddha and his monastic community. His commentary, the Dhammapada Atthakatha, presents the details of these events and is a rich source of legend for the life and times of the Buddha.
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CHAPTER I
THE TWIN-VERSES
THE TWIN-VERSES
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage. |
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him. |
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“He abused me, he beat me, he defeated me, he robbed me,”—in those who harbour such thoughts hatred will never cease. |
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“He abused me, he beat me, he defeated me, he robbed me,”—in those who do not harbour such thoughts hatred will cease. |
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For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule. |
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The world does not know that we must all come to an end here; —but those who know it, their quarrels cease at once. |
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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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He who lives without looking for pleasures, his senses well controlled, moderate in his food, faithful and strong, him Mara will certainly not overthrow, any more than the wind throws down a rocky mountain. |
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He who wishes to put on the yellow dress without having cleansed himself from sin, who disregards temperance and truth, is unworthy of the yellow dress. |
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But he who has cleansed himself from sin, is well grounded in all virtues, and regards also temperance and truth, he is indeed worthy of the yellow dress. |
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They who imagine truth in untruth, and see untruth in truth, never arrive at truth, but follow vain desires. |
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They who know truth in truth, and untruth in untruth, arrive at truth, and follow true desires. |
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As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind. |
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As rain does not break through a well-thatched house, passion will not break through a well-reflecting mind. |
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The evil-doer mourns in this world, and he mourns in the next; he mourns in both. He mourns and suffers when he sees the evil of his own work. |
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The virtuous man delights in this world, and he delights in the next; he delights in both. He delights and rejoices, when he sees the purity of his own work. |
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The evil-doer suffers in this world, and he suffers in the next; he suffers in both. He suffers when he thinks of the evil he has done; he suffers more when going on the evil path. |
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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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The thoughtless man, even if he can recite a large portion (of the law), but is not a doer of it, has no share in the priesthood, but is like a cowherd counting the cows of others. |
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The follower of the law, even if he can recite only a small portion (of the law), but, having forsaken passion and hatred and foolishness, possesses true knowledge and serenity of mind, he, caring for nothing in this world or that to come, has indeed a share in the priesthood.
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CHAPTER II
ON EARNESTNESS
ON EARNESTNESS
21. | Earnestness is the path of immortality (Nirvana), thoughtlessness the path of death. Those who are in earnest do not die, those who are thoughtless are as if dead already. |
22. | Those who are advanced in earnestnes... |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Chapter I The Twin-Verses
- Chapter II On Earnestness
- Chapter III Thought
- Chapter IV Flowers
- Chapter V The Fool
- Chapter VI The Wise Man (Pandita)
- Chapter VII The Venerable (Arhat)
- Chapter VIII The Thousands
- Chapter IX Evil
- Chapter X Punishment
- Chapter XI Old Age
- Chapter XII Self
- Chapter XIII The World
- Chapter XIV The Buddha (The Awakened)
- Chapter XV Happiness
- Chapter XVI Pleasure
- Chapter XVII Anger
- Chapter XVIII Impurity
- Chapter XIX The Just
- Chapter XX The Way
- Chapter XXI Miscellaneous
- Chapter XXII The Downward Course
- Chapter XXIII The Elephant
- Chapter XXIV Thirst
- Chapter XXV The Bhikshu (Mendicant)
- Chapter XXVI The Brahmana (Arhat)