Dhammapada 227
Dhammapada 227
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- Pāli
227
Porāṇametaṃ atula,
netaṃ ajjatanāmiva;
Nindanti tuṇhimāsīnaṃ,
nindanti bahubhāṇinaṃ;
Mitabhāṇimpi nindanti,
natthi loke anindito.
This is an old saying, O Atula, this is not only of to-day: 'They blame him who sits silent,
[221. 'Name and form' or 'mind and body' is the translation of nâma-rûpa, the ninth of the Buddhist Nidânas. Cf. Burnouf, Introduction, p. 501; see also Gogerly, Lecture on Buddhism, and Bigandet, The Life of Gaudama, p. 454.
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 (5)
- 出曜經 — Classical Chinese
- Patna Dharmapada — Prakrit
- 法集要頌經 — Classical Chinese
- 法句經 — Classical Chinese
- Udānavarga — Dharmatrāta, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- Pāli Literature and Language — Geiger 1916, English