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The Dhammapada (Pali: धम्मपद; Sanskrit: धर्मपद, romanized: Dharmapada) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. [1] The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.
Finally the realization struck her that there is no house free from mortality. She returned to the Buddha, who comforted her and preached to her the truth. She was awakened and entered the first stage of enlightenment. Eventually, she became an Arahat. The following Dhammapada verse [1] (in Pali and English) is associated with her story:
Dhammapada verses [ edit ] Khanti is the first word of the ovāda-pāṭimokkha gātha (Pāli for " pāṭimokkha Exhortation Verse"), found in the Dhammapada , verse 184:
Verse after verse shimmers with quiet, confident authority;" [23]: 222 the introduction is described as "sparkling." [ 23 ] : 222 Elsewhere, the publishers quote Smith as stating that no one else in "modern times" is as qualified as Easwaran to translate the Dhammapada and other Indian spiritual classics.
Next is a 57-page introduction that is divided into two main sections. The first introductory section, less than 3 pages in length, is entitled simply "The Dhammapada," and briefly summarizes the Dhammapada's historical context, noting that its verses connect with incidents in the Buddha's life "and illustrate the method of teaching adopted by ...
Comparatively, the most common version of the Dhammapada, in Pali, has 423 verses in 26 chapters. [3] Comparing the Udānavarga , Pali Dhammapada and the Gandhari Dharmapada, Brough (2001) identifies that the texts have in common 330 to 340 verses, 16 chapter headings and an underlying structure.
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Sādhu is also used as the opener in prayers to an image of the Buddha. [26] It is also widely used for non-Buddhist uses. For example, the word sādhu is used by soldiers offering obedience [27] to kings, [28] or by believers praying to deities such as Burmese nats [29] and devatas as the opener: Sathu, sathu, we are so poor and suffering.