Freely available translations of the Dhammapada

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The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories

Dhammapada is one of the best known books of the Pitaka. It is a collection of the teachings of the Buddha expressed in clear, pithy verses. These verses were culled from various discourses given by the Buddha in the course of forty-five years of his teaching, as he travelled in the valley of the Ganges (Ganga) and the sub-mountain tract of the Himalayas. These verses are often terse, witty and convincing. Whenever similes are used, they are those that are easily understood even by a child, e.g., the cart's wheel, a man's shadow, a deep pool, flowers. Through these verses, the Buddha exhorts one to achieve that greatest of all conquests, the conquest of self; to escape from the evils of passion, hatred and ignorance; and to strive hard to attain freedom from craving and freedom from the round of rebirths. Each verse contains a truth (dhamma), an exhortation, a piece of advice.

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Eight translations side by side

  • Pāḷi Tipiṭaka (PTS) [1]
  • Pāḷi Tipiṭaka (CSCD) [2]
  • Translated from the Pali by Ven Nārada Thera ) [3]
  • Translated from the Pali by Ven. Ācharya Buddharakkhita ) [4]
  • Translated from the Pali by Ven. Thanissaro Bhikkhu ) [5]
  • Translated from the Pali by Ven. Varado Bhikkhu ) [6]
  • Translated from the Pali by Friedrich Max Müller) [7]
  • Cited from DLMBS [8]

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