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Khuddakanikāya
Minor Collection
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Dhammapada
Sayings of the Dhamma 100–115
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Sahassavagga
8. The Thousands
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Tambadāṭhikacoraghātakavatthu
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Sahassamapi ce vācā,
Better than a thousand
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anatthapadasaṁhitā;
meaningless sayings
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Ekaṁ atthapadaṁ seyyo,
is a single meaningful saying,
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yaṁ sutvā upasammati.
hearing which brings you peace.
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Bāhiyadārucīriyattheravatthu
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Sahassamapi ce gāthā,
Better than a thousand
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anatthapadasaṁhitā;
meaningless verses
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Ekaṁ gāthāpadaṁ seyyo,
is a single meaningful verse,
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yaṁ sutvā upasammati.
hearing which brings you peace.
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Yo ca gāthā sataṁ bhāse,
Better than reciting
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anatthapadasaṁhitā;
a hundred meaningless verses
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Ekaṁ dhammapadaṁ seyyo,
is a single saying of Dhamma,
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yaṁ sutvā upasammati.
hearing which brings you peace.
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Yo sahassaṁ sahassena,
The supreme conqueror is
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saṅgāme mānuse jine;
not he who conquers a million men in battle,
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Ekañca jeyyamattānaṁ,
but he who conquers a single man:
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sa ve saṅgāmajuttamo.
himself.
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Anatthapucchakabrāhmaṇavatthu
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Attā have jitaṁ seyyo,
It is surely better to conquer oneself
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yā cāyaṁ itarā pajā;
than all those other folk.
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Attadantassa posassa,
When a person has tamed themselves,
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niccaṁ saññatacārino.
always living restrained,
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Neva devo na gandhabbo,
no god nor centaur,
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na māro saha brahmunā;
nor Māra nor divinity,
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Jitaṁ apajitaṁ kayirā,
can undo the victory
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tathārūpassa jantuno.
of such a personage.
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Sāriputtattherassa mātulabrāhmaṇavatthu
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Māse māse sahassena,
Rather than a thousandfold sacrifice,
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yo yajetha sataṁ samaṁ;
every month for a full century,
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Ekañca bhāvitattānaṁ,
it’s better to honor for a single hour
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muhuttamapi pūjaye;
one who has developed themselves.
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Sāyeva pūjanā seyyo,
That offering is better
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yañce vassasataṁ hutaṁ.
than the hundred year sacrifice.
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Sāriputtattherassa bhāgineyyavatthu
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Yo ca vassasataṁ jantu,
Rather than serve the sacred flame
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aggiṁ paricare vane;
in the forest for a hundred years,
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Ekañca bhāvitattānaṁ,
it’s better to honor for a single hour
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muhuttamapi pūjaye;
a personage who has developed themselves.
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Sāyeva pūjanā seyyo,
That offering is better
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yañce vassasataṁ hutaṁ.
than the hundred year sacrifice.
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Sāriputtatherassa sahāyakabrāhmaṇavatthu
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Yaṁ kiñci yiṭṭhaṁ va hutaṁ va loke,
Whatever sacrifice or offering in the world
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Saṁvaccharaṁ yajetha puññapekkho;
a seeker of merit may make for a year,
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Sabbampi taṁ na catubhāgameti,
none of it is worth a quarter
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Abhivādanā ujjugatesu seyyo.
of bowing to the sincere.
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Āyuvaḍḍhanakumāravatthu
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Abhivādanasīlissa,
For one in the habit of bowing,
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niccaṁ vuḍḍhāpacāyino;
always honoring the elders,
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Cattāro dhammā vaḍḍhanti,
four blessings grow:
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āyu vaṇṇo sukhaṁ balaṁ.
lifespan, beauty, happiness, and strength.
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Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve,
Better to live a single day
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dussīlo asamāhito;
ethical and absorbed in meditation
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Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo,
than to live a hundred years
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sīlavantassa jhāyino.
unethical and lacking immersion.
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Khāṇukoṇḍaññattheravatthu
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Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve,
Better to live a single day
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duppañño asamāhito;
wise and absorbed in meditation
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Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo,
than to live a hundred years
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paññavantassa jhāyino.
witless and lacking immersion.
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Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve,
Better to live a single day
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kusīto hīnavīriyo;
energetic and strong,
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Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo,
than to live a hundred years
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vīriyamārabhato daḷhaṁ.
lazy and lacking energy.
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Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve,
Better to live a single day
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apassaṁ udayabbayaṁ;
seeing rise and fall
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Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo,
than to live a hundred years
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passato udayabbayaṁ.
blind to rise and fall.
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Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve,
Better to live a single day
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apassaṁ amataṁ padaṁ;
seeing the state free of death
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Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo,
than to live a hundred years
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passato amataṁ padaṁ.
blind to the state free of death.
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Bahuputtikattherīvatthu
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Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve,
Better to live a single day
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apassaṁ dhammamuttamaṁ;
seeing the supreme teaching
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Ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo,
than to live a hundred years
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passato dhammamuttamaṁ.
blind to the supreme teaching.
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