Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 72: yāvadeva anatthāya ñattaṃ bālassa jāyati |hanti bālassa sukkaṃsaṃ muddhamassa vipātayaṃ || 72 || 72. Truly to …
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Dhammapada, Verse 71 – The Story of Snake-Ghost
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 71: na hi pāpaṃ kataṃ kamma sajju khīraṃ'va muccati |ḍahantaṃ bālamanveti bhasmacchanno'va pāvako || 71 || 71. As …
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Dhammapada, Verse 70 – The Story of Monk Jambuka
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 70: māse māse kusaggena bālo bhuñjetha bhojanaṃ |na so saṅkhatadhammānaṃ kalaṃ agghati soḷasiṃ || 70 || 70. Month …
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Dhammapada, Verse 69 – The Story of Nun Uppalavaṇṇā
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 69: madhuvā maññati bālo yāva pāpaṃ na paccati |yadā ca paccati pāpaṃ atha bālo dukkhaṃ nigacchati || 69 || 69. When …
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Dhammapada, Verse 68 – The Story of Sumana, the Florist
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 68: tañca kammaṃ kataṃ sādhu yaṃ katvā nānutappati |yassa patīto sumano vipākaṃ paṭisevati || 68 || 68. But …
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Dhammapada, Verse 67 – The Story of a Farmer
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 67: na taṃ kammaṃ kataṃ sādhu yaṃ katvā nānutappati |yassa assumukho rodaṃ vipākaṃ paṭisevati || 67 || 67. …
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