Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
Dhammapada (Verses on the Dhamma)
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Dhammapada (Verses on the Dhamma)
Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
The most widely read and translated Buddhist text. Its short, memorable verses condense the ethics of the path: the primacy of mind ("Phenomena are preceded by the mind"), hatred that ceases only through non-hatred, vigilance against heedlessness, the sage likened to a deep and serene lake, the summary of the teaching of all buddhas (do no evil, cultivate the good, purify the mind). It is recited in Theravada countries and was among the first Buddhist texts translated in the West (Fausbøll into Latin, 1855; Max Müller into English, 1870 and 1881).
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Traduzione di F. Max Müller · 27 capitoli · 1 h di lettura
- 1Translated from Pali by F. Max Muller1′
- 2Chapter I. The Twin-Verses3′
- 3Chapter II. On Earnestness1′
- 4Chapter III. Thought1′
- 5Chapter IV. Flowers2′
- 6Chapter V. The Fool2′
- 7Chapter VI. The Wise Man (Pandita)2′
- 8Chapter VII. The Venerable (Arhat).1′
- 9Chapter VIII. The Thousands2′
- 10Chapter IX. Evil2′
- 11Chapter X. Punishment2′
- 12Chapter XI. Old Age1′
- 13Chapter XII. Self1′
- 14Chapter XIII. The World1′
- 15Chapter XIV. The Buddha (The Awakened)2′
- 16Chapter XV. Happiness1′
- 17Chapter XVI. Pleasure1′
- 18Chapter XVII. Anger2′
- 19Chapter XVIII. Impurity3′
- 20Chapter XIX. The Just2′
- 21Chapter XX. The Way2′
- 22Chapter XXI. Miscellaneous2′
- 23Chapter XXII. The Downward Course2′
- 24Chapter XXIII. The Elephant2′
- 25Chapter XXIV. Thirst4′
- 26Chapter XXV. The Bhikshu (Mendicant)3′
- 27Chapter XXVI. The Brahmana (Arhat)5′