Dhammapada 254

Language: Pāli

254

Ākāseva padaṃ natthi,
samaṇo natthi bāhire;
Papañcābhiratā pajā,
nippapañcā tathāgatā.

There is no path through the air, a man is not a Samana by outward acts. The world
[249. This verse has evidently regard to the feelings of the Bhikshus or mendicants who receive either much or little, and who are exhorted not to be envious if others receive more than they themselves. Several of the Parables illustrate this feeling.
Friedrich Max Müller 1881, The Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East 10.1)

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)

PTS edition (von Hinüber & Norman 1994) — Pāli
Input by John Richards — Pāli

Linked texts (4)

法集要頌經 — Classical Chinese
法句經 — Classical Chinese
Udānavarga — Dharmatrāta, Sanskrit
Yogācārabhūmi — Asaṅga & Maitreyanātha, Sanskrit

Discussed in (1)

The Conception of Buddhist Nirvāṇa — Stcherbatsky 1927, English