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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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25: The Chapter about Monastics – 304<br />

The monastic who speaks well<br />

Ven. Kokālika once spent the Rains Retreat with the two Chief<br />

Disciples, but was not honoured as they were, and then went<br />

about abusing them, saying they were full of defilements; the<br />

Buddha tried to restrain him but he fell into the underworld;<br />

the Buddha then explained how a monk should behave with<br />

this verse.<br />

363. Yo mukhasaṁyato bhikkhu, mantabhāṇī anuddhato,<br />

atthaṁ <strong>Dhamma</strong>ñ-ca dīpeti, madhuraṁ tassa bhāsitaṁ.<br />

That monastic who controls mouth,<br />

who speaks well, and who is modest,<br />

who explains the meaning of the<br />

<strong>Dhamma</strong>, his speech is surely sweet.

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