BUSL External Degree Program Buddhist Literature

Dhammapada
1.	If a person speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.		Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā manoseṭṭhā manomayā Manasā ce paduṭṭhena bhāsati vā karoti vā Tato naṃ dukkhamanveti cakkaṃ'va vahato padaṃ.
2.	If a person speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.		Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā manoseṭṭhā manomayā Manasā ce pasannena bhāsati vā karoti vā Tato naṃ sukhamanveti chāyā'va anapāyinī.
3.	For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an eternal rule.		Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ Averena ca sammanti esa dhammo sanantano.