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Khuddakanikāya
Minor Collection
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Dhammapada
Sayings of the Dhamma 197–208
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Sukhavagga
15. Happiness
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Ñātikalahavūpasamanavatthu
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Susukhaṁ vata jīvāma,
Let us live so very happily,
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verinesu averino;
loving among the hostile.
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Verinesu manussesu,
Among hostile humans,
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viharāma averino.
let us live with love.
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Susukhaṁ vata jīvāma,
Let us live so very happily,
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āturesu anāturā;
healthy among the ailing.
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Āturesu manussesu,
Among ailing humans
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viharāma anāturā.
let us live healthily.
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Susukhaṁ vata jīvāma,
Let us live so very happily,
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ussukesu anussukā;
content among the greedy.
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Ussukesu manussesu,
Among greedy humans,
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viharāma anussukā.
let us live content.
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Susukhaṁ vata jīvāma,
Let us live so very happily,
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yesaṁ no natthi kiñcanaṁ;
we who have nothing.
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Pītibhakkhā bhavissāma,
We shall feed on rapture,
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devā ābhassarā yathā.
like the gods of streaming radiance.
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Kosalaraññoparājayavatthu
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Jayaṁ veraṁ pasavati,
Victory breeds enmity;
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dukkhaṁ seti parājito;
the defeated sleep badly.
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Upasanto sukhaṁ seti,
The peaceful sleep at ease,
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hitvā jayaparājayaṁ.
having left victory and defeat behind.
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Aññatarakuladārikāvatthu
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Natthi rāgasamo aggi,
There is no fire like greed,
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Natthi dosasamo kali;
no crime like hate,
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Natthi khandhasamā dukkhā,
no suffering like the aggregates,
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Natthi santiparaṁ sukhaṁ.
no bliss beyond peace.
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Jighacchāparamā rogā,
Hunger is the worst illness,
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saṅkhāraparamā dukhā;
conditions are the worst suffering.
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Etaṁ ñatvā yathābhūtaṁ,
For one who truly knows this,
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nibbānaṁ paramaṁ sukhaṁ.
extinguishment is the ultimate happiness.
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Ārogyaparamā lābhā,
Health is the ultimate blessing;
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Santuṭṭhiparamaṁ dhanaṁ;
contentment, the ultimate wealth;
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Vissāsaparamā ñāti,
trust is the ultimate family;
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Nibbānaṁ paramaṁ sukhaṁ.
extinguishment, the ultimate happiness.
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Pavivekarasaṁ pitvā,
Having drunk the nectar of seclusion
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rasaṁ upasamassa ca;
and the nectar of peace—
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Niddaro hoti nippāpo,
free of stress, free of evil,
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dhammapītirasaṁ pivaṁ.
drink the joyous nectar of truth.
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Sāhu dassanamariyānaṁ,
It’s good to see the noble ones,
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sannivāso sadā sukho;
staying with them is always good.
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Adassanena bālānaṁ,
Were you not to see fools,
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niccameva sukhī siyā.
you’d always be happy.
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Bālasaṅgatacārī hi,
For one who consorts with fools
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dīghamaddhāna socati;
grieves long.
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Dukkho bālehi saṁvāso,
Painful is living with fools,
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amitteneva sabbadā;
like being stuck with your enemy.
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Dhīro ca sukhasaṁvāso,
Happy is living with an attentive one,
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ñātīnaṁva samāgamo.
like meeting with your kin.
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Dhīrañca paññañca bahussutañca,
An attentive one, wise and learned,
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Dhorayhasīlaṁ vatavantamariyaṁ;
a behemoth of virtue, true to their vows, noble:
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Taṁ tādisaṁ sappurisaṁ sumedhaṁ,
follow a true and intelligent person such as this,
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Bhajetha nakkhattapathaṁva candimā.
as the moon tracks the path of the stars.
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Sukhavaggo pannarasamo.
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