Verses on Dhamma 80
The Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East 10.1) 80
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Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like); fletchers bend the arrow; carpenters bend a log of wood; wise people fashion themselves.
[78. It is hardly possible to take mitte kalyâne in the technical sense of kalyâna-mitra, 'ein geistlicher Rath,' a spiritual guide. Burnouf (Introd. p. 284) shows that in the technical sense kalyâna-mitra was widely spread in the Buddhist world.
Translations (8)
- Dhammavärsid — et
- Kinh Pháp Cú — vi
- Sayings of the Dhamma — English
- Dhamma-Sprüche — German
- Verses of Dhamma — English
- The Buddha's "Way of Virtue" — W. D. C. Wagiswara & Kenneth J. Saunders 1912, English
- დჰამმაპადა (ჭეშმარიტების სწავლება) — Georgian
- Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English
Commentaries (1)
- Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Other recensions (2)
Linked texts (1)
- Dhammapada — Pāli