The Dhammapada

by The Buddha

Field
Philosophy
Translator
F. Max Müller
Licence
Public domain (Wikisource, PD-old)
Source
wikisource
Length
about 12,016 words in 27 sections

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The first paragraphs of "Chapter I: The Twin-Verses". Read the full section

1 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.

2 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.

3 "He abused me, he beat me, he defeated me, he robbed me,"--in those who harbour such thoughts hatred will never cease.

Contents

  1. Part 1 · 32 words
  2. Chapter I: The Twin-Verses · 613 words
  3. Chapter II: On Earnestness · 308 words
  4. Chapter III: Thought · 308 words
  5. Chapter IV: Flowers · 442 words
  6. Chapter V: The Fool · 479 words
  7. Chapter VI: The Wise Man (Pandita) · 413 words
  8. Chapter VII: The Venerable (Arhat) · 282 words
  9. Chapter VIII: The Thousands · 459 words
  10. Chapter IX: Evil · 422 words
  11. Chapter X: Punishment · 427 words
  12. Chapter XI: Old Age · 296 words
  13. Chapter XII: Self · 278 words
  14. Chapter XIII: The World · 312 words
  15. Chapter XIV: The Buddha (The Awakened) · 486 words
  16. Chapter XV: Happiness · 314 words
  17. Chapter XVI: Pleasure · 298 words
  18. Chapter XVII: Anger · 369 words
  19. Chapter XVIII: Impurity · 599 words
  20. Chapter XIX: The Just · 446 words
  21. Chapter XX: The Way · 495 words
  22. Chapter XXI: Miscellaneous · 423 words
  23. Chapter XXII: The Downward Course · 402 words
  24. Chapter XXIII: The Elephant · 400 words
  25. Chapter XXIV: Thirst · 844 words
  26. Chapter XXV: The Bhikshu (Mendicant) · 631 words
  27. Chapter XXVI - The Brahmana (Arhat) · 1,238 words
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