Dhammapada 21: 2. Diligence
Dhammapada 21
- Language
- Pāli
21
Appamādo amatapadaṃ,
pamādo maccuno padaṃ;
Appamattā na mīyanti,
ye pamattā yathā matā.
Earnestness is the path of immortality (Nirvâna), thoughtlessness the path of death. Those who are in earnest do not die, those who are thoughtless are as if dead already.
Translations (9)
- The Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East 10.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1881, English
- Dhammavärsid — et
- Kinh Pháp Cú — vi
- Dhamma-Sprüche — German
- დჰამმაპადა (ჭეშმარიტების სწავლება) — Georgian
- Sayings of the Dhamma — English
- Verses of Dhamma — English
- The Buddha's "Way of Virtue" — W. D. C. Wagiswara & Kenneth J. Saunders 1912, English
- Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English
Commentaries (1)
- Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Other recensions (2)
Linked texts (9)
- Jātaka — Pāli
- Peṭakopadesa — Mahākaccāna, Pāli
- Nettippakaraṇa — Mahākaccāna, Pāli
- 出曜經 — Classical Chinese
- Patna Dharmapada — Prakrit
- 法集要頌經 — Classical Chinese
- 法句經 — Classical Chinese
- Udānavarga — Dharmatrāta, Sanskrit
- Yogācārabhūmi — Asaṅga & Maitreyanātha, Sanskrit
Discussed in (4)
- A History of Indian Literature — Winternitz 1927, English
- Geschichte der indischen Litteratur — Winternitz 1905, German
- Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories — Mehta 1939, English
- A History of Pāli Literature — Law 1933, English