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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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26: The Chapter about Brahmins – 327<br />

Appearance is not enough<br />

An ascetic was given lizard meat one day as his alms-food and<br />

developed a craving for it; when the king of lizards came to<br />

pay his respects the ascetic tried to kill him; the lizard escaped<br />

however and blamed the attacker for not being a true ascetic,<br />

saying he only had the appearance, not the true qualities, of<br />

an ascetic; the Buddha summed it up in this verse.<br />

394. Kiṁ te jaṭāhi dummedha, kiṁ te ajinasāṭiyā?<br />

Abbhantaraṁ te gahanaṁ, bāhiraṁ parimajjasi.<br />

Why do you have your hair matted,<br />

stupid one, and why your deer-skin?<br />

Within you there is a jungle,<br />

you only polish the outside.

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