Texts from the Buddhist Canon commonly known as Dhammapada, with accompanying narratives
Translation of 法句譬喻經
- Language
- English
- Date
- 1825–1889 CE
- Translator
- Samuel Beal
- Extent
- 495 passages, 38,135 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- suttacentral · Samuel Beal (tr.), Texts from the Buddhist Canon commonly known as Dhammapada, with accompanying narratives… · Public domain (first published 1878); SuttaCentral's digital text
Contents
- 1 Impermanency (aniccatā) — 23 parts
- 2 Inciting to wisdom — 18 parts
- 3 The disciple, or “śrāvaka.” — 18 parts
- 4 Simple faith — 12 parts
- 5 Careful observance of moral duties — 9 parts
- 6 On reflection — 9 parts
- 7 On love or mercifulness (mettā) — 14 parts
- 8 On words (conversation) — 9 parts
- 9 Twin verses — 21 parts
- 10 On carelessness (thoughtlessness) — 11 parts
- 11 Thought (cittavaggo) — 9 parts
- 12 Flowers (pupphavaggo) — 12 parts
- 13 The fool (balavaggo) — 12 parts
- 14 The wise man (panditavaggo) — 12 parts
- 15 The rahat (arahantavaggo) — 8 parts
- 16 The thousands (sahassavaggo) — 17 parts
- 17 Evil conduct (pāpavaggo) — 12 parts
- 18 Punishment (daṇḍavaggo) — 18 parts
- 19 Old age (jarāvaggo) — 14 parts
- 20 Loving the body (self) (attavaggo) — 12 parts
- 21 The world (lokavaggo) — 9 parts
- 22 Buddha (buddhavaggo) — 16 parts
- 23 Rest and repose (sukhavaggo) — 12 parts
- 24 Pleasure (piyavaggo) — 9 parts
- 25 Anger (kodhavaggo) — 9 parts
- 26 Impurity (malavaggo) — 9 parts
- 27 Firmly holding by the law (dhammatthvaggo) — 9 parts
- 28 The way (maggavaggo) — 9 parts
- 29 Wide and diffusive (sentences) — 14 parts
- 30 Hell (nirayavaggo) — 9 parts
- 31 The elephant (nāgavaggo) — 12 parts
- 32 Lust (tanhāvaggo) — 23 parts
- 33 Advantageous service — 9 parts
- 34 The shaman (bhikkhuvaggo) — 9 parts
- 35 The brahmachārin — 11 parts
- 36 Nirvāna — 9 parts
- 37 Birth and death — 11 parts
- 38 The profit of religion — 16 parts
- 39 Good fortune (mahāmangala) — 9 parts