Q0299

“Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone…” — Dhammapada (Dhammapada 5)

Verified English quotation. Primary source: Dhammapada 5. Theme: power.

English

Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is an eternal law.
Thinker Dhammapada
School Early Buddhism
Source Dhammapada 5
Theme Power
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The archive attributes this English wording to Dhammapada 5 and files it under Early Buddhism. That locator distinguishes the passage from loose internet attributions: readers can return to the named work or section to check translation, surrounding argument, and edition-specific wording.

About Dhammapada

Dhammapada appears in this archive through verified English quotations associated with the Early Buddhism tradition. Biographical certainty varies by figure and text; where the “author” is a scripture or school anthology, read the name as a traditional attribution rather than a modern individual biography.

How to read this passage

Philosophers analyze domination, authority, freedom, and the micro-politics of everyday life. Power can enable justice or crush it. This passage enters that discussion through power.

Concepts in this quote

Power
Power is the capacity to affect others and to shape what counts as possible—central to politics and ethics.

How to cite this quotation

APA: Dhammapada. (n.d.). Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is an eternal law. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0299

MLA: Dhammapada. “Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this….” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0299.

Chicago: Dhammapada. “Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this….” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0299.

Frequently asked questions

What is the source of the quotation “Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this…”?

The passage is attributed to Dhammapada, Dhammapada 5. The archive attributes this English wording to Dhammapada 5 and files it under Early Buddhism. That locator distinguishes the passage from loose internet attributions: readers can return to the named work or section to check translation, surrounding argument, and edition-specific wording.

What does Dhammapada mean by power?

Philosophers analyze domination, authority, freedom, and the micro-politics of everyday life. Power can enable justice or crush it. This passage enters that discussion through power.

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  1. Mind precedes all mental states; mind is their chief; they are mind-made.
  2. To avoid all evil, to cultivate the good, and to cleanse one's mind—this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
  3. One is one's own refuge; who else could be the refuge?
  4. Let one not regard the faults of others, nor what others have done or left undone; let one regard rather one's own deeds, done and undone.
  5. You yourselves must strive; the Buddhas only point the way.

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  4. Death is nothing to us: for what has been dissolved has no sensation, and what has no sensation is nothing to us.
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