Dhammapada Part I
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Dhammapada Part I
A series on the Dhammapada, a set of 423 verse teachings given by the Buddha, including explanation of the Pali verse, a synopsis of the background story and application of the teaching to our practice by Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu. This Dhammapada Part I podcast includes Chapters 1-17 (Verses 1-234). Plea...
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Dhammapada Verses 231 - 234: Guarding the Doors
Verse 231
Let a man guard himself against irritability in bodily action; let him be controlled in deed. Abandoning bodily misconduct, let him p...
Dhammapada Verse 227 - 230: Blamed
Verse 227
O Atula! Indeed, this is an ancient practice, not one only of today: they blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak m...
Dhammapada Verse 226: Ever Awake
Verse 226
Those who are ever vigilant, who discipline themselves day and night, and are ever intent upon Nibbana—their defilements fade away.
Dhammapada Verse 225: Never Falling Away
Verse 225
Those sages who are inoffensive and ever restrained in body, go to the Deathless State, where, having gone, they grieve no more.
Dhammapada Verse 224: The Abode of Angels
Verse 224
Speak the truth; yield not to anger; when asked, give even if you only have a little. By these three means can one reach the presence...
Dhammapada Verse 223: Conquer
Verse 223
Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth.
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Dhammapada Verse 222: A Charioteer
Verse 222
He who checks rising anger as a charioteer checks a rolling chariot, him I call a true charioteer. Others only hold the reins.
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Dhammapada Verse 221: Nothing to Get Hung About
Verse 221
One should give up anger, renounce pride, and overcome all fetters. Suffering never befalls him who clings not to mind and body and i...
Dhammapada Verse 219 & 220: Receiving a Loved One
Verse 219
When, after a long absence, a man safely returns from afar, his relatives, friends and well-wishers welcome him home on arrival.
Dhammapada Verse 218: Ineffable Upstream
Verse 218
One who is intent upon the Ineffable (Nibbana), dwells with mind inspired (by supramundane wisdom), and is no more bound by sense ple...
Dhammapada Verse 217: They Are Dear
Verse 217
People hold dear him who embodies virtue and insight, who is principled, has realized the truth, and who himself does what he ought t...
Dhammapada Verse 216: Dangerous Thirst
Verse 216
From craving springs grief, from craving springs fear. For one who is wholly free from craving there is no grief; whence then fear?
Dhammapada Verse 215: Dangerous Desire
Verse 215
From lust springs grief, from lust springs fear. For one who is wholly free from craving there is no grief; whence then fear?
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Dhammapada Verse 214: Dangerous Love
Verse 214
From attachment springs grief, from attachment springs fear. For one who is wholly free from attachment there is no grief, whence the...
Dhammapada Verse 213: Dangerous Affection
Verse 213
From affection springs grief, from affection springs fear. For one who is wholly free from affection there is no grief, whence then f...
Dhammapada Verse 212: No Sorrow, Whence Fear?
Verse 212
From endearment springs grief, from endearment springs fear. For one who is wholly free from endearment there is no grief, whence the...
Dhammapada Verses 209 - 211: Cherished
Verse 209
Giving himself to things to be shunned and not exerting where exertion is needed, a seeker after pleasures, having given up his true...
Dhammapada Verses 206 - 208: Happy with the Noble
Verse 206
Good is it to see the Noble Ones; to live with them is ever blissful. One will always be happy by not encountering fools.
Dhammapada Verse 205: Flavour of Dhamma
Verse 205
Having savored the taste of solitude and peace (of Nibbana), pain-free and stainless he becomes, drinking deep the taste of the bliss...
Dhammapada Verse 204: Four Ultimates
Verse 204
Health is the most precious gain and contentment the greatest wealth. A trustworthy person is the best kinsman, Nibbana the highest b...
Dhammapada Verse 203: Having Known as It Is
Verse 203
Hunger is the worst disease, conditioned things the worst suffering. Knowing this as it really is, the wise realize Nibbana, the high...
Dhammapada Verse 202: Nothing Like It
Verse 202
There is no fire like lust and no crime like hatred. There is no ill like the aggregates (of existence) and no bliss higher than the...
Dhammapada Verse 201: Victory and Defeat
Verse 201
Victory begets enmity; the defeated dwell in pain. Happily the peaceful live, discarding both victory and defeat.
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Dhammapada Verse 200: Happy With Nothing
Verse 200
Happy indeed we live, we who possess nothing. Feeders on joy we shall be, like the Radiant Gods.
(Translated by Acharya...
Dhammapada Verses 197-199: Happy Among the Unhappy
Verse 197
Happy indeed we live, friendly amidst the hostile. Amidst hostile men we dwell free from hatred.
Verse 198
Happy...
Dhammapada Verses 195 & 196: Worthy of Worship
Verse 195
He who reveres those worthy of reverence, the Buddhas and their disciples, who have transcended all obstacles and passed beyond the r...
Dhammapada Verse 194: Happiness
Verse 194
Blessed is the birth of the Buddhas; blessed is the enunciation of the sacred Teaching; blessed is the harmony in the Order, and bles...
Dhammapada Verse 193: A Thoroughbred
Verse 193
Hard to find is the thoroughbred man (the Buddha); he is not born everywhere. Where such a wise man is born, that clan thrives happil...
Dhammapada Verses 188 - 192: A Safe Haven
Verse 188
Driven only by fear, do men go for refuge to many places—to hills, woods, groves, trees and shrines.
Verse 189
Su...
Dhammapada Verses 186 & 187: A Rain of Gold Coins
Verse 186
There is no satisfying sensual desires, even with the rain of gold coins. For sensual pleasures give little satisfaction and much pai...
Dhammapada Verses 183-185: The Teaching of the Buddhas
Verse 183
To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one’s mind—this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
Verse 184
En...
Dhammapada Verse 182: Hard Things
Verse 182
Hard is it to be born a man; hard is the life of mortals. Hard is it to gain the opportunity of hearing the Sublime Truth, and hard t...
Dhammapada Verse 181: Even the Divine Envy Them
Verse 181
Those wise ones who are devoted to meditation and who delight in the calm of renunciation—such mindful ones, Supreme Buddhas, even th...
Dhammapada Verses 179 & 180: Unbound
Verse 179
By what track can you trace that trackless Buddha of limitless range, whose victory nothing can undo, whom none of the vanquished def...
Dhammapada Verse 178: More Excellent
Verse 178
Better than sole sovereignty over the earth, better than going to heaven, better even than lordship over all the worlds is the supram...
Dhammapada Verse 177: Fools Do Not Applaud
Verse 177
Truly, misers fare not to heavenly realms; nor, indeed, do fools praise generosity. But the wise man rejoices in giving, and by that...
Dhammapada Verse 176: A Liar
Verse 176
For a liar who has violated the one law (of truthfulness) who holds in scorn the hereafter, there is no evil that he cannot do.
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Dhammapada Verse 175: The Way Within
Verse 175
Swans fly on the path of the sun; men pass through the air by psychic powers; the wise are led away from the world after vanquishing...
Dhammapada Verse 174: Blind Is This World
Verse 174
Blind is the world; here only a few possess insight. Only a few, like birds escaping from the net, go to realms of bliss.
Dhammapada Verse 173: Overcome Evil with Good
Verse 173
He, who by good deeds covers the evil he has done, illuminates this world like the moon freed from clouds.
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