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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.

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

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19: The Chapter about One who stands by <strong>Dhamma</strong> – 233<br />

One who truly bears the <strong>Dhamma</strong><br />

Ven. Ekuddāna knew but one verse, which he recited on the<br />

fast-day, and all the deities applauded; when two learned<br />

monks, with their followings, came by they recited the<br />

Tipiṭaka, but received no applause; the Buddha explained that<br />

a monastic who knows one verse, and practised accordingly, is<br />

better than someone who knows the words but practices not.<br />

259. Na tāvatā <strong>Dhamma</strong>dharo yāvatā bahu bhāsati,<br />

yo ca appam-pi sutvāna, <strong>Dhamma</strong>ṁ kāyena passati,<br />

sa ve <strong>Dhamma</strong>dharo hoti, yo <strong>Dhamma</strong>ṁ nappamajjati.<br />

One is not a <strong>Dhamma</strong>-bearer<br />

merely through speaking much, but the<br />

one who, having heard a little,<br />

sees <strong>Dhamma</strong> for himself, is one<br />

who bears <strong>Dhamma</strong>, the one who is<br />

not heedless regarding <strong>Dhamma</strong>.

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