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Khuddakanikāya
Minor Collection
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Dhammapada
Sayings of the Dhamma 273–289
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Maggavagga
20. The Path
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Pañcasatabhikkhuvatthu
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Maggānaṭṭhaṅgiko seṭṭho,
Of paths, the eightfold is the best;
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saccānaṁ caturo padā;
of truths, the four statements;
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Virāgo seṭṭho dhammānaṁ,
dispassion is the best of things,
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dvipadānañca cakkhumā.
and the Clear-eyed One is the best of humans.
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Eseva maggo natthañño,
<em>This</em> is the path, there is no other
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Dassanassa visuddhiyā;
for the purification of vision.
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Etañhi tumhe paṭipajjatha,
You all must practice this,
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Mārassetaṁ pamohanaṁ.
it is the way to baffle Māra.
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Etañhi tumhe paṭipannā,
When you all are practicing this,
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dukkhassantaṁ karissatha;
you will make an end of suffering.
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Akkhāto vo mayā maggo,
I have explained the path to you
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aññāya sallakantanaṁ.
for extracting the thorn with wisdom.
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Tumhehi kiccamātappaṁ,
You yourselves must do the work,
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akkhātāro tathāgatā;
the Realized Ones just show the way.
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Paṭipannā pamokkhanti,
Meditators practicing absorption
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jhāyino mārabandhanā.
are released from Māra’s bonds.
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“Sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā”ti,
All conditions are impermanent—
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yadā paññāya passati;
when this is seen with wisdom,
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Atha nibbindati dukkhe,
one grows disillusioned with suffering:
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esa maggo visuddhiyā.
this is the path to purity.
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“Sabbe saṅkhārā dukkhā”ti,
All conditions are suffering—
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yadā paññāya passati;
when this is seen with wisdom,
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Atha nibbindati dukkhe,
one grows disillusioned with suffering:
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esa maggo visuddhiyā.
this is the path to purity.
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“Sabbe dhammā anattā”ti,
All things are not-self—
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yadā paññāya passati;
when this is seen with wisdom,
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Atha nibbindati dukkhe,
one grows disillusioned with suffering:
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esa maggo visuddhiyā.
this is the path to purity.
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Padhānakammikatissattheravatthu
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Uṭṭhānakālamhi anuṭṭhahāno,
They don’t get going when it’s time to start;
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Yuvā balī ālasiyaṁ upeto;
they’re young and strong, but given to sloth.
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Saṁsannasaṅkappamano kusīto,
Their mind depressed in sunken thought,
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Paññāya maggaṁ alaso na vindati.
lazy and slothful, they can’t discern the path.
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Vācānurakkhī manasā susaṁvuto,
Guarded in speech, restrained in mind,
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Kāyena ca nākusalaṁ kayirā;
doing no unskillful bodily deed.
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Ete tayo kammapathe visodhaye,
Purify these three ways of performing deeds,
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Ārādhaye maggamisippaveditaṁ.
and win the path known to seers.
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Yogā ve jāyatī bhūri,
From meditation springs wisdom,
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ayogā bhūrisaṅkhayo;
without meditation, wisdom ends.
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Etaṁ dvedhāpathaṁ ñatvā,
Knowing these two paths—
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bhavāya vibhavāya ca;
of progress and decline—
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Tathāttānaṁ niveseyya,
you should conduct yourself
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yathā bhūri pavaḍḍhati.
so that wisdom grows.
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Pañcamahallakabhikkhuvatthu
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Vanaṁ chindatha mā rukkhaṁ,
Cut down the jungle, not just a tree;
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vanato jāyate bhayaṁ;
from the jungle springs fear.
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Chetvā vanañca vanathañca,
Having cut down jungle and snarl,
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nibbanā hotha bhikkhavo.
be free of jungles, mendicants!
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Yāva hi vanatho na chijjati,
So long as the vine, no matter how small,
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Aṇumattopi narassa nārisu;
that ties a man to women is not cut,
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Paṭibaddhamanova tāva so,
his mind remains trapped,
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Vaccho khīrapakova mātari.
like a calf suckling its mother.
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Suvaṇṇakārattheravatthu
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Ucchinda sinehamattano,
Cut out affection for oneself,
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Kumudaṁ sāradikaṁva pāṇinā;
like plucking an autumn lotus.
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Santimaggameva brūhaya,
Foster only the path to peace,
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Nibbānaṁ sugatena desitaṁ.
the extinguishment the Holy One taught.
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Idha vassaṁ vasissāmi,
“Here I will stay for the rains;
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idha hemantagimhisu;
here for winter, here the summer”;
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Iti bālo vicinteti,
thus the fool thinks,
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antarāyaṁ na bujjhati.
not realizing the danger.
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Taṁ puttapasusammattaṁ,
As a mighty flood sweeps away a sleeping village,
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byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ;
death steals away a man
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Suttaṁ gāmaṁ mahoghova,
who dotes on children and cattle,
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maccu ādāya gacchati.
his mind caught up in them.
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Na santi puttā tāṇāya,
Children provide you no shelter,
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na pitā nāpi bandhavā;
nor does father, nor relatives.
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Antakenādhipannassa,
When you’re seized by the terminator,
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natthi ñātīsu tāṇatā.
there’s no shelter in family.
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Etamatthavasaṁ ñatvā,
Knowing the reason for this,
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paṇḍito sīlasaṁvuto;
astute, and ethically restrained,
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Nibbānagamanaṁ maggaṁ,
one would quickly clear the path
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khippameva visodhaye.
that leads to extinguishment.
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