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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15: The Chapter about Happiness – 88<br />
Sukhakāmāni bhūtāni yo daṇḍena na hiṁsati,<br />
One who harms not with a stick beings who desire happiness,<br />
attano sukham-esāno, pecca so labhate sukhaṁ. [132]<br />
while seeking happiness for himself, will find happiness after death.<br />
Uttiṭṭhe nappamajjeyya, <strong>Dhamma</strong>ṁ sucaritaṁ care,<br />
One should strive, not be heedless, one should live by <strong>Dhamma</strong>, with good conduct,<br />
<strong>Dhamma</strong>cārī sukhaṁ seti asmiṁ loke paramhi ca. [168]<br />
living by <strong>Dhamma</strong> one lives at ease in this world and the next.<br />
<strong>Dhamma</strong>ṁ care sucaritaṁ, na naṁ duccaritaṁ care,<br />
One should live by <strong>Dhamma</strong>, with good conduct, not with bad conduct,<br />
<strong>Dhamma</strong>cārī sukhaṁ seti asmiṁ loke paramhi ca. [169]<br />
living by <strong>Dhamma</strong> one lives at ease in this world and the next.<br />
Na ve kadar i yā devalokaṁ vajanti,<br />
The miserly go not to the world of the gods,<br />
bālā have nappasaṁsanti dānaṁ,<br />
fools surely do not praise giving,<br />
dhīro ca dānaṁ anumodamāno,<br />
but the wise one rejoices in giving,<br />
teneva so hoti sukhī parattha. [177]<br />
and through that he is happy hereafter.<br />
Dullabho purisājañño, na so sabbattha jāyati,<br />
A person of good breed is rare, that one is not born everywhere,<br />
yattha so jāyate dhīro, taṁ kulaṁ sukham-edhati. [193]<br />
wherever that wise one is born, that family gains happiness.<br />
Sukho Buddhānam-uppādo, sukhā Saddhammadesanā,<br />
The arising of the Buddhas is good, the teaching of the True <strong>Dhamma</strong> is good,<br />
sukhā Saṅghassa sāmaggī, samaggānaṁ tapo sukho. [194]<br />
the harmony of the Saṅgha is good, devotion to harmony is good.