Thinker

Dhammapada quotes

7 passages in English · Dating varies by source tradition · Early Buddhism.

Overview

Dhammapada is represented in Philosophy Blind Box through curated English quotations. In some cases the name denotes a historical thinker; in others it denotes a scripture, school text, or traditional attribution. School label in this archive: Early Buddhism.

Main ideas

Recurring concerns in this selection include Philosophy, Power, Good, Self, Responsibility. Read each passage with its source note, then follow theme links to see how related thinkers frame the same questions.

Major works

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Legacy

Readers use Dhammapada as an entry point into Early Buddhism and into cross-cultural comparison within this archive.

Themes in this archive

Philosophy (4) · Self (2) · Dhammapada on self · Self-examination (1)

  1. Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is an eternal law.
  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.
  6. Hatreds never cease through hatred in this world.
  7. Conquer anger by non-anger; conquer evil by good.