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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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20: The Chapter about the Path – 247<br />

Undertaking the seers’ path<br />

Ven. Moggallāna saw a ghost with a pig’s head and reported it<br />

to the Buddha who explained that in a previous life he was<br />

someone who broke up a sincere friendship, and after arising<br />

in Avīci, the hell of relentless suffering, was later reborn as a<br />

ghost with a pig’s head because of his misdeed, and then the<br />

Buddha spoke this verse.<br />

281. Vācānurakkhī manasā susaṁvuto,<br />

kāyena ca akusalaṁ na kay i rā,<br />

ete tayo kammapathe visodhaye,<br />

ārādhaye maggaṁ isippaveditaṁ.<br />

Verbally guarded, well-restrained in mind,<br />

not doing demerit with the body,<br />

one should purify three paths of action,<br />

and undertake the path shown by seers.

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