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Dhammapada

The Dhammapada (Pali, translated: The path of Dharma. Also Prakrit/Sanskrit Dharmapada) is a Buddhist religious scripture, containing 423 verses in 26 categories. According to tradition, these are the answers to questions posed to Siddartha Gautama, the Buddha, most of them deal with ethics.

Part of the Tipitaka, the Dhammapada is considered to be one of the most important pieces of Theravada literature.

Although the Pali edition is most well known, a Gandhari edition written in Kharosthi and a seemingly related text in Sanskrit text known as the Udanavarga have also been discovered.

Table of contents

1 Excerpt from the Dhammapada 2 External links 3 References

Excerpt from the Dhammapada

Check your mind,
Be on your guard,
Pull yourself out,
As an elephant from mud
(xxiii.8)

External links

• "Dhammapada". Electronic Buddhist Archives.
• "Dhammapada : A Translation". Access to Insight.
• Muller, F. Max, "The Dhammapada".
• Jung, Chng Tiak, and Tan Chade Meng, "The Dhammapada The path of the Dhamma".
• "E-Sangha Buddhism Portal - Dhammapada".

References

• Brough, John. The Gandhari Dharmapada. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited. Delhi, 2001.