Publishers Weekly: The Dhammapada: A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic with Annotations
The Dhammapada (Pali: धम्मपद; Sanskrit: धर्मपद, romanized: Dharmapada) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. [1] The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikāya, a division of the Pāli Canon of Theravāda Buddhism.
Here you can read the entire Dhammapada, presented side-by-side in its original Pāli and a clear English translation. Use the navigation to select a chapter and begin your journey through these timeless verses.
The Dhammapada is probably the most popular book in the Pāḷi Canon, and has had innumerable translations into most modern languages.1 The timeless ethical teachings contained in these verses are still considered relevant to people’s lives, and they are a good guide to living well, and show how to reap the rewards of good living.
The Dhammapada, one of the most revered texts in Buddhist literature, is a collection of 423 verses spoken by the Buddha himself, offering profound insights into ending grief, anger, dissatisfaction.
Dhammapada, probably the best-known book in the Pali Buddhist canon. It is an anthology of basic Buddhist teachings (primarily ethical teachings) in a simple aphoristic style.
The Dhammapada, an anthology of verses attributed to the Buddha, has long been recognized as one of the masterpieces of early Buddhist literature. Only more recently have scholars realized that it is also one of the early masterpieces in the Indian tradition of kavya, or belles lettres.
The Dhammapada, possibly the most popular and best-known of all Buddhist texts, sums up ""in the simplest language the core teachings of the Buddha,"" as Jack Kornfield writes in the foreword.