Hi,
Can somebody have any idea of a place from where I can find the original sources of all the Dhammapada verses? Are these dhammapada verses all mentioned among the suttas? if not how they only came to Dhammapada?
Original Sutta quotations of Dhammapada verses
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Re: Original Sutta quotations of Dhammapada verses
Gil Fronsdals translation cross references all of the verses found in the suttas. Its a great translation and can be gotten for cheap from Amazon.canadianbuddhist wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2017 12:52 am Hi,
Can somebody have any idea of a place from where I can find the original sources of all the Dhammapada verses? Are these dhammapada verses all mentioned among the suttas? if not how they only came to Dhammapada?
Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.
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Thank you bodom
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Re: Original Sutta quotations of Dhammapada verses
Fronsdal's book, mentioned already, will tell you where (if anywhere) each Dhammapada verse is to be found elsewhere in the Sutta Piṭaka. Buddhaghosa's Dhammapada Commentary, available online, gives origin accounts for all of the verses, but these don't always coincide with those given in the Suttas.canadianbuddhist wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2017 12:52 amCan somebody have any idea of a place from where I can find the original sources of all the Dhammapada verses?
https://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/ ... t-Legends/
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
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Re: Original Sutta quotations of Dhammapada verses
Thank you Ven.Dhammanando.