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Dhamma Verses (Dhammapada, KN 2)

Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with their story and moral.

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13: The Chapter about the World – 165<br />

One should live by <strong>Dhamma</strong><br />

The Buddha returned to his home town, Kapilavatthu, and was<br />

received with great honour, but no one invited him for a meal,<br />

so the next day he went on almsround, which upset his father,<br />

the King, as being beneath his dignity; the Buddha explained<br />

that in the lineage of the Buddhas they always go on<br />

almsround, and then he spoke these verses.<br />

168. Uttiṭṭhe nappamajjeyya, <strong>Dhamma</strong>ṁ sucaritaṁ care,<br />

<strong>Dhamma</strong>cārī sukhaṁ seti asmiṁ loke paramhi ca.<br />

One should strive and not be heedless,<br />

live by <strong>Dhamma</strong>, with good conduct,<br />

living by <strong>Dhamma</strong> one will live<br />

at ease in this world and the next.<br />

169. <strong>Dhamma</strong>ṁ care sucaritaṁ, na naṁ duccaritaṁ care,<br />

<strong>Dhamma</strong>cārī sukhaṁ seti asmiṁ loke paramhi ca.<br />

One should live by <strong>Dhamma</strong>, with good<br />

conduct and not with bad conduct,<br />

living by <strong>Dhamma</strong> one will live<br />

at ease in this world and the next.

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