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The Dhammapada

Traditionally attributed to the Buddha · translated by F. Max Müller (1881)

Verses of the Buddha's teaching, one of the best-known texts of the Pali canon.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1: The Twin-Verses20 verses
  2. Chapter 2: On Earnestness12 verses
  3. Chapter 3: Thought11 verses
  4. Chapter 4: Flowers15 verses
  5. Chapter 5: The Fool16 verses
  6. Chapter 6: The Wise Man (Pandita)13 verses
  7. Chapter 7: The Venerable (Arhat)10 verses
  8. Chapter 8: The Thousands15 verses
  9. Chapter 9: Evil13 verses
  10. Chapter 10: Punishment17 verses
  11. Chapter 11: Old Age10 verses
  12. Chapter 12: Self10 verses
  13. Chapter 13: The World12 verses
  14. Chapter 14: The Buddha (The Awakened)17 verses
  15. Chapter 15: Happiness12 verses
  16. Chapter 16: Pleasure12 verses
  17. Chapter 17: Anger13 verses
  18. Chapter 18: Impurity21 verses
  19. Chapter 19: The Just14 verses
  20. Chapter 20: The Way17 verses
  21. Chapter 21: Miscellaneous16 verses
  22. Chapter 22: The Downward Course14 verses
  23. Chapter 23: The Elephant14 verses
  24. Chapter 24: Thirst26 verses
  25. Chapter 25: The Bhikshu (Mendicant)23 verses
  26. Chapter 26: The Brahmana (Arhat)41 verses

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Edition and rights

The Sacred Books of the East, vol. 10, part I, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1881

Translation published 1881; translator F. Max Müller died 1900. Public domain worldwide (life+70) and in the US (published before 1929).

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2017 Text taken from Project Gutenberg with the PG header, footer and licence removed, as PG's terms allow for public-domain works. Normalisation: ASCII backtick open-quote -> ‘: 10; verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 58-59; verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 87-88; trailing period dropped from chapter title 'The Venerable (Arhat).'; verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 104-105; verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 153-154; verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 195-196; verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 229-230; verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 256-257; verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 268-269; verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 271-272; Muller's verse numerals moved into keys.

Changes made in transcription (12)
  • ASCII backtick open-quote -> ‘: 10
  • verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 58-59
  • verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 87-88
  • trailing period dropped from chapter title 'The Venerable (Arhat).'
  • verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 104-105
  • verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 153-154
  • verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 195-196
  • verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 229-230
  • verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 256-257
  • verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 268-269
  • verse pair printed as one paragraph kept as one unit: 271-272
  • Muller's verse numerals moved into keys

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