Patna Dhamma Verses (Patna Dhammapada)
A simple text and translation of the collection of the Dhammapada verses maintained in Patna, India.
A simple text and translation of the collection of the Dhammapada verses maintained in Patna, India.
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<strong>Patna</strong> Dharma <strong>Verses</strong> - 165<br />
360. Eseva māggo nāstañño,<br />
daṁśanassa viśuddhiye,<br />
taṁ māggaṁ paṭipajjahvo,<br />
Mārassesā pramohanī,<br />
etāhi tubbhe paṭipannā dukkhassa antaṁ kariṣyatha.<br />
This is the path, there is no other,<br />
for insight and for purity,<br />
you should enter upon this path,<br />
this is the confounding of Māra,<br />
having entered upon this path you will make an end to suffering.<br />
361. Vanaṁ chindatha mā rukkhe,<br />
vanāto jāyate bhayaṁ,<br />
chettā vanañ-ca vanadhañ-ca,<br />
nibbanena gamiśśatha.<br />
Cut down the forest of defilements not just the trees,<br />
from the forest arises a danger,<br />
having cut down the forest and thicket,<br />
you will go further without forests.
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