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Khuddakanikāya
Minor Collection
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Dhammapada
Sayings of the Dhamma 179–196
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Buddhavagga
14. The Buddhas
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Yassa jitaṁ nāvajīyati,
He whose victory may not be undone,
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Jitaṁ yassa noyāti koci loke;
a victory unrivaled in all the world;
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Taṁ buddhamanantagocaraṁ,
by what track would you trace that Buddha,
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Apadaṁ kena padena nessatha.
who leaves no track in his infinite range?
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Yassa jālinī visattikā,
Of craving, the weaver, the clinger, he has none:
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Taṇhā natthi kuhiñci netave;
so where can he be traced?
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Taṁ buddhamanantagocaraṁ,
By what track would you trace that Buddha,
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Apadaṁ kena padena nessatha.
who leaves no track in his infinite range?
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Ye jhānapasutā dhīrā,
The attentive intent on absorption,
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nekkhammūpasame ratā;
who love the peace of renunciation,
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Devāpi tesaṁ pihayanti,
the Buddhas, ever mindful,
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sambuddhānaṁ satīmataṁ.
are envied by even the gods.
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Erakapattanāgarājavatthu
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Kiccho manussapaṭilābho,
It’s hard to gain a human birth;
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kicchaṁ maccāna jīvitaṁ;
the life of mortals is hard;
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Kicchaṁ saddhammassavanaṁ,
it’s hard to hear the true teaching;
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kiccho buddhānamuppādo.
the arising of Buddhas is hard.
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Ānandattherapañhavatthu
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Sabbapāpassa akaraṇaṁ,
Not to do any evil;
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kusalassa upasampadā;
to embrace the good;
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Sacittapariyodapanaṁ,
to purify one’s mind:
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etaṁ buddhāna sāsanaṁ.
this is the instruction of the Buddhas.
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Khantī paramaṁ tapo titikkhā,
Patient acceptance is the ultimate fervor.
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Nibbānaṁ paramaṁ vadanti buddhā;
Extinguishment is the ultimate, say the Buddhas.
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Na hi pabbajito parūpaghātī,
No true renunciate injures another,
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Na samaṇo hoti paraṁ viheṭhayanto.
nor does an ascetic hurt another.
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Anūpavādo anūpaghāto,
Not speaking ill nor doing harm;
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Pātimokkhe ca saṁvaro;
restraint in the monastic code;
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Mattaññutā ca bhattasmiṁ,
moderation in eating;
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Pantañca sayanāsanaṁ;
staying in remote lodgings;
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Adhicitte ca āyogo,
commitment to the higher mind—
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Etaṁ buddhāna sāsanaṁ.
this is the instruction of the Buddhas.
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Anabhiratabhikkhuvatthu
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Na kahāpaṇavassena,
Even if it were raining money,
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titti kāmesu vijjati;
you’d not be sated in sensual pleasures.
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Appassādā dukhā kāmā,
An astute person understands that sensual pleasures
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iti viññāya paṇḍito.
offer little gratification and much suffering.
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Api dibbesu kāmesu,
Thus they find no delight
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ratiṁ so nādhigacchati;
even in celestial pleasures.
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Taṇhakkhayarato hoti,
A disciple of the fully awakened Buddha
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sammāsambuddhasāvako.
delights in the ending of craving.
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Aggidattabrāhmaṇavatthu
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Bahuṁ ve saraṇaṁ yanti,
So many go for refuge
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pabbatāni vanāni ca;
to mountains and forest groves,
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Ārāmarukkhacetyāni,
to shrines in tended parks;
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manussā bhayatajjitā.
those people are driven by fear.
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Netaṁ kho saraṇaṁ khemaṁ,
But such refuge is no sanctuary,
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netaṁ saraṇamuttamaṁ;
it is no supreme refuge.
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Netaṁ saraṇamāgamma,
By going to that refuge,
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sabbadukkhā pamuccati.
you’re not released from all suffering.
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Yo ca buddhañca dhammañca,
One gone for refuge to the Buddha,
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saṅghañca saraṇaṁ gato;
to his teaching and to the Saṅgha,
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Cattāri ariyasaccāni,
sees the four noble truths
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sammappaññāya passati.
with right understanding:
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Dukkhaṁ dukkhasamuppādaṁ,
suffering, suffering’s origin,
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dukkhassa ca atikkamaṁ;
suffering’s transcendence,
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Ariyaṁ caṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ,
and the noble eightfold path
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dukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.
that leads to the stilling of suffering.
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Etaṁ kho saraṇaṁ khemaṁ,
Such refuge is a sanctuary,
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etaṁ saraṇamuttamaṁ;
it is the supreme refuge.
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Etaṁ saraṇamāgamma,
By going to that refuge,
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sabbadukkhā pamuccati.
you’re released from all suffering.
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Ānandattherapañhavatthu
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Dullabho purisājañño,
It’s hard to find a thoroughbred man:
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na so sabbattha jāyati;
they’re not born just anywhere.
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Yattha so jāyati dhīro,
A family where that attentive one is born
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taṁ kulaṁ sukhamedhati.
prospers in happiness.
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Sukho buddhānamuppādo,
Happy, the arising of Buddhas!
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sukhā saddhammadesanā;
Happy, the teaching of Dhamma!
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Sukhā saṅghassa sāmaggī,
Happy is the harmony of the Saṅgha,
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samaggānaṁ tapo sukho.
and the striving of the harmonious is happy.
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Kassapadasabalassasuvaṇṇacetiyavatthu
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Pūjārahe pūjayato,
When a person venerates the worthy—
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buddhe yadi va sāvake;
the Buddha or his disciple,
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Papañcasamatikkante,
who have transcended proliferation,
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tiṇṇasokapariddave.
and have left behind grief and lamentation,
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Te tādise pūjayato,
quenched, fearing nothing from any quarter—
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nibbute akutobhaye;
the merit of one venerating such as these,
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Na sakkā puññaṁ saṅkhātuṁ,
cannot be calculated by anyone,
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imettamapi kenaci.
saying it is just this much.
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