Editing Dhammapada (section)

== Excerpts ==
The following Pali verses and corresponding English translations are from Ānandajoti (2017), which also contains explanatory footnotes.
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===Chapter 1: Pairs (''Yamakavaggo'')===
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| width="50%" | Mind precedes thoughts, mind is their chief, their quality is made by mind,<br />if with a base mind one speaks or acts,<br />through that suffering follows him like a wheel follows the ox's foot.<sup>1</sup>
| width="50%" | ''Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā,<br />manasā ce paduṭṭhena bhāsati vā karoti vā,<br />tato naṁ dukkham-anveti cakkaṁ va vahato padaṁ.''
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| Mind precedes thoughts, mind is their chief, their quality is made by mind,<br />if with pure mind one speaks or acts,<br />through that happiness follows him like a shadow which does not depart.
| ''Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā,<br />manasā ce pasannena bhāsati vā karoti vā,<br />tato naṁ sukham-anveti chāyā va anapāyinī.''
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| For not by hatred do hatreds cease at any time in this place,''<br />''they only cease with non-hatred, this truth is surely eternal.
| ''Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṁ,<br />averena ca sammanti, esa dhammo sanantano.''
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The translation of this simile is debated. Suddhaso Bhikku interprets the simile as "just as a track follows a wheel." He argues that other interpretations involve adding words that are not a direct translation of the original text. Specifically, ''cakkaṁ'' means wheel, ''va'' means as, ''vahato'' means following, and ''padaṁ'' means track, path, or foot. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Dhammapada 1-20: Yamaka-Vagga |url=https://bhantesuddhaso.com/teachings/sutta/dhammapada-ch1-yamaka-vagga-annotated/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Bhante Suddhāso |language=en-US}}</ref> 
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===Chapter 10: The Stick (''Daṇḍavaggo'')===
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| One who harms with a stick beings who desire happiness,<br />while seeking happiness for himself, won't find happiness after death.
| ''Sukhakāmāni bhūtāni yo daṇḍena vihiṁsati,attano sukham-esāno, pecca so na labhate sukhaṁ.''
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| One who harms not with a stick beings who desire happiness,<br />while seeking happiness for himself, will find happiness after death.
| ''Sukhakāmāni bhūtāni yo daṇḍena na hiṁsati,<br />attano sukham-esāno, pecca so labhate sukhaṁ.''
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| Do not say anything harsh, spoken to they might answer back to you,<br />for arrogant talk entails misery, and they might strike you back with a stick. 
| ''Māvoca pharusaṁ kañci, vuttā paṭivadeyyu' taṁ,<br />dukkhā hi sārambhakathā, paṭidaṇḍā phuseyyu' taṁ.''
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===Chapter 12: The Self (''Attavaggo'')===
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| If one regards oneself as dear one should guard oneself right well,<br />during one of the three watches of the night the wise one should stay alert.
|''Attānañ-ce piyaṁ jaññā rakkheyya naṁ surakkhitaṁ,<br />tiṇṇam-aññataraṁ yāmaṁ paṭijaggeyya paṇḍito.''
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| First one should establish oneself in what is suitable,<br />then one can advise another, the wise one should not have any defilement.
|''Attānam-eva paṭhamaṁ patirūpe nivesaye,<br />athaññam-anusāseyya, na kilisseyya paṇḍito.''
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| He should do himself as he would advise another to do,<br />being well-trained, he could surely train another, for it is said the self is difficult to train.
|''Attānañ-ce tathā kayirā yathaññam-anusāsati,<br />sudanto vata dametha, attā hi kira duddamo.''
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| For the self is the friend of self, for what other friend would there be?
When the self is well-trained, one finds a friend that is hard to find. 
|''Attā hi attano nātho, ko hi nātho paro siyā?Attanā va sudantena nāthaṁ labhati dullabhaṁ.''
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| That wickedness done by oneself, born in oneself, arising in oneself,<br />crushes the one who is stupid, as a diamond crushes a rock-jewel.
|''Attanā va kataṁ pāpaṁ, attajaṁ attasambhavaṁ,<br />abhimatthati dummedhaṁ vajiraṁ vasmamayaṁ maṇiṁ.''
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| The one who has an exceeding lack of virtue, like a deadly creeper covering a Sal tree,<br />makes himself the same as his enemy wishes him to be.
|''Yassa accantadussīlyaṁ, māluvā Sālam-ivotataṁ,<br />karoti so tathattānaṁ yathā naṁ icchatī diso.''
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| Easily done are things not good, and unbeneficial for oneself,<br />but that which is beneficial and good is supremely hard to do. 
|''Sukarāni asādhūni, attano ahitāni ca,<br />yaṁ ve hitañ-ca sādhuñ-ca taṁ ve paramadukkaraṁ.''
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| Whoever reviles the worthy teaching of the Noble Ones who live by Dhamma,<br />that stupid one, depending on wicked views,<br />like the bamboo when it bears fruit, brings about his own destruction.
|''Yo sāsanaṁ arahataṁ Ari yānaṁ Dhammajīvinaṁ<br />paṭikkosati dummedho diṭṭhiṁ nissāya pāpikaṁ,<br />phalāni kaṭṭhakasseva attaghaññāya phallati.''
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| By oneself alone is a wicked deed done, by oneself is one defiled,<br />by oneself is a wicked deed left undone, by oneself is one purified,<br />purity and impurity come from oneself, for no one can purify another.
|''Attanā va kataṁ pāpaṁ, attanā saṅkilissati,<br />attanā akataṁ pāpaṁ, attanā va visujjhati,<br />suddhī asuddhī paccattaṁ, nāñño aññaṁ visodhaye.''
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| One should not neglect one's own good for another's, however great;<br />knowing what is good for oneself one should be intent on that good.
|''Atta-d-atthaṁ paratthena bahunā pi na hāpaye;<br />atta-d-attham-abhiññāya sa-d-atthapasuto siyā.''
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===Chapter 13: The World (''Lokavaggo'')===
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| One should not follow lowly things, one should not abide heedlessly,<br />one should not follow a wrong view, one should not foster worldliness.
|''Hīnaṁ dhammaṁ na seveyya, pamādena na saṁvase,<br />micchādiṭṭhiṁ na seveyya, na siyā lokavaḍḍhano.''
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===Chapter 14: The Buddha (''Buddhavaggo'')===
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| The non-doing of anything wicked, undertaking of what is good,<br />the purification of one's mind - this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
| ''Sabbapāpassa akaraṇaṁ, kusalassa upasampadā,<br />sacittapariyodapanaṁ - etaṁ Buddhāna' sāsanaṁ.''
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===Chapter 19: The One who stands by Dhamma (''Dhammaṭṭhavaggo'')===
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| Through not hurting breathing beings one is noble (Aryan), the one who does not hurt any breathing beings is truly said to be noble (Aryan).
| ''Na tena ariyo hoti yena pāṇāni hiṁsati, ahiṁsā sabbapāṇānaṁ ariyo ti pavuccati.''
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===Chapter 20: The Path (''Maggavaggo'')===
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| Your duty is to have ardour declare the Realised Ones,<br />entering this path meditators will be released from the bonds of [[Mara (demon)|Māra]].
| ''Tumhehi kiccaṁ ātappaṁ akkhātāro Tathāgatā,<br />paṭipannā pamokkhanti jhāyino Mārabandhanā.''
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| All conditions are impermanent, when one sees this with wisdom,<br />then one grows tired of suffering – this is the path to purity.
| ''Sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā ti, yadā paññāya passati,<br />atha nibbindatī dukkhe – esa maggo visuddhiyā.''
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| All conditions are suffering, when one sees this with wisdom,<br />then one grows tired of suffering – this is the path to purity.
| ''Sabbe saṅkhārā dukkhā ti, yadā paññāya passati,<br />atha nibbindatī dukkhe – esa maggo visuddhiyā.''
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| All components of mind and body are without self, when one sees this with wisdom,<br />then one grows tired of suffering – this is the path to purity.
| ''Sabbe dhammā anattā ti, yadā paññāya passati,<br />atha nibbindatī dukkhe – esa maggo visuddhiyā.''
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=== Chapter 24: Craving (''Taṇhāvaggo'') ===
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| People surrounded by craving<br />crawl round like a hare in a trap,<br />therefore he should remove craving –<br />the monk who longs for dispassion for himself.
| ''Tasiṇāya purakkhatā pajā<br />parisappanti saso va bādhito,<br />tasmā tasiṇaṁ vinodaye –<br />bhikkhu ākaṅkha' virāgam-attano.''
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| Whoever has delight in the calming of thoughts,<br />who always mindfully cultivates what is unattractive,<br />will surely abolish this craving,<br />he will cut off the bond of Māra.
| ''Vitakkupasame ca yo rato<br />asubhaṁ bhāvayatī sadā sato,<br />esa kho vyantikāhiti,<br />esacchecchati Mārabandhanaṁ.''
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