Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses; Being One of the Canonical Books of the Buddhists
Translated by F. Max Müller
A collection of Buddhist teachings in 423 verses, arranged in twenty-six chapters. The verses discuss thought, conduct, suffering, anger and the path of religious practice.
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Chapter I. The Twin-Verses
The Twin-Verses
1. All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.
2. All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
3. “He abused me, he beat me, he defeated me, he robbed me,”—in those who harbour such thoughts hatred will never cease.
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Its accounts of punishment and its language about women and religious life are kept as the text gives them.