Dhammapada, Dhamma Verses (KN 2)
Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with a discussion of their meaning and their collection.
Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with a discussion of their meaning and their collection.
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25: The Chapter about Monastics – 135<br />
Alaṅkato ce pi samaṁ careyya,<br />
Even if he were to adorn himself,<br />
santo danto niyato brahmacārī,<br />
(but) is peaceful, trained, settled, spiritual,<br />
sabbesu bhūtesu nidhāya daṇḍaṁ,<br />
and has put aside the stick towards all beings,<br />
so brāhmaṇo so samaṇo sa bhikkhu. [142]<br />
he is a brahmin, an ascetic, a monastic.<br />
Na tena bhikkhu hoti yāvatā bhikkhate pare,<br />
One is not a monastic merely through eating others’ almsfood,<br />
vissaṁ <strong>Dhamma</strong>ṁ samādāya bhikkhu hoti na tāvatā. [266]<br />
the one who undertakes a false <strong>Dhamma</strong> to that extent is not a monastic.<br />
Yodha puññañ-ca pāpañ-ca bāhetvā brahmacar i yavā,<br />
* If he is one who lives the holy life here, warding off both merit and demerit,<br />
saṅkhāya loke carati sa ce, bhikkhū ti vuccati. [267]<br />
and wanders with discrimination in the world, that one is said to be a monastic.<br />
Na sīlabbatamattena, bāhusaccena vā pana,<br />
Not merely through virtue or vows, or through great learning,<br />
atha vā samādhilābhena, vivittasayanena vā, [271]<br />
or through the attainment of concentration, or through a secluded dwelling,<br />
phusāmi nekkhammasukhaṁ, aputhujjanasevitaṁ;<br />
do I attain the happiness of renunciation, not practised by worldly people;<br />
bhikkhu vissāsa’ māpādi appatto āsavakkhayaṁ. [272]<br />
let a monastic not be confident (as long as) the destruction of the pollutants is unattained.