Dhammapada

Maggavagga ⧸ The Way

  1. Maggānaṭṭhaṅgiko seṭṭho saccānaṃ caturo padOf paths, the eightfold is best.
  2. Eso va maggo natthañño dassanassa visuddhiy Just this
  3. Etaṃ hi tumhe paṭipannā dukkhassantaṃ karissathFollowing it,
  4. Tumhehi kiccaṃ ātappaṃ akkhātāro tathāgatIts for you to strive
  5. Sabbe baṅkhārā aniccā ti yadā paññāya passatWhen you see with discernment,
  6. Sabbe baṅkhārā dukkhā ti yadā paññāya passatWhen you see with discernment,
  7. Sabbe dhammā anattā ti yadā paññāya passatWhen you see with discernment,
  8. Uṭṭhānakālamhi anuṭṭhahānAt the time for initiative
  9. Vācānurakkhī manasā susaṃvut Guarded in speech,
  10. Yogā ve jāti bhūri ayogā bhūrisaṅkhayFrom striving comes wisdom;
  11. Vanaṃ chindatha mā rukkhaṃ vanato jāyatī bhayaCut down
  12. Yāvaṃ vanatho na chijjati anumatto pi narassa nārisFor as long as the least
  13. Ucchinda sinehamattano kumudaṃ sāradikaṃ va pāṇinCrush
  14. Idha vassaṃ vasissāmi idha hemanta gimbhisHere Ill stay for the rains.
  15. Taṃ puttapasusammattaṃ byāsattamanasaṃ naraThat drunk-on-his-sons-&-cattle man,
  16. Na santi puttā tāṇāya na pitā napi bandhavThere are no sons
  17. Etamatthavasaṃ ñatvā paṇḍito sīlasaṃvut Conscious

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