Gotama Buddha
ascetic · teacher · the Ganges plain, India · c. 5th century BC
He is said to have been born a prince of the Sakyas, to have left home at twenty-nine and, after his awakening, to have walked and taught for forty-five years. Also called the Buddha or Shakyamuni. The Dhammapada is a collection of short verses handed down as his words.
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c. 5th century BC · The first verse of the Dhammapada, the collection of verses handed down as the Buddha's words
Mind goes before all things. Mind is their chief; they are made by mind.
Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā
Dhammapada 1
c. 5th century BC
Hatreds never cease through hatred in this world. Through non-hatred alone they cease. This is an ancient law.
Na hi verena verāni, sammantīdha kudācanaṁ; Averena ca sammanti, esa dhammo sanantano.
Dhammapada 5
c. 5th century BC
This is an old thing, Atula, not only of today: they blame the one who sits silent, they blame the one who speaks much, they blame the one who speaks in measure. There is no one in the world who is not blamed.
Porāṇametaṁ atula, netaṁ ajjatanāmiva; Nindanti tuṇhimāsīnaṁ, nindanti bahubhāṇinaṁ; Mitabhāṇimpi nindanti, natthi loke anindito.
Dhammapada 227
c. 5th century BC
Do not look at the faults of others, or at what others have done and left undone. Look at what you yourself have done and left undone.
Na paresaṁ vilomāni, na paresaṁ katākataṁ; Attanova avekkheyya, katāni akatāni ca.
Dhammapada 50
c. 5th century BC
The faults of others are easy to see; one's own are hard to see.
Sudassaṁ vajjamaññesaṁ, attano pana duddasaṁ
Dhammapada 252
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