BUSL External Degree Program Buddhist Literature First Year Students 2019

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.

 

Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā,
manoseṭṭhā manomayā;
Manasā ce paduṭṭhena,
bhāsati vā karoti vā;
Tato naṃ dukkhamanveti,
cakkaṃva vahato padaṃ.

1. All actions in this life are preceded by mind. Mind is their chief. They are made by mind. If one speaks or acts with an impure mind, suffering follows one like the wagon wheel that follows the foot of the ox.

Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā,
manoseṭṭhā manomayā;
Manasā ce pasannena,
bhāsati vā karoti vā;
Tato naṃ sukhamanveti,
chāyāva anapāyinī.

2. All actions in this life are preceded by mind. Mind is their chief. They are made by mind. If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows one like one’s never-departing shadow.

Akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ,
ajini maṃ ahāsi me;
Ye ca taṃ upanayhanti,
veraṃ tesaṃ na sammati.

3. “He abused me, he attacked me, he defeated me, and he robbed me.” Those who harbour such thoughts will never end their hatred.

Akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ,
ajini maṃ ahāsi me;
Ye ca taṃ nupanayhanti,
veraṃ tesūpasammati.

4. “He abused me, he attacked me, he defeated me, and he robbed me.” Those who do not harbour such thoughts will end their hatred.

Na hi verena verāni,
sammantīdha kudācanaṃ;
Averena ca sammanti,
esa dhammo sanantano.

5. Hatred never ends through hatred; by non-hatred alone does it end. This is an eternal law in this world.