Read, reflect, pray
Dhammapada
A collection of short verses on mind, conduct and awakening, transmitted in Pali. Read the full 423 verses in 26 chapters.
English translation by F. Max Müller, 1881. Older vocabulary is retained; this is not a newly commissioned modern translation.
Translation, numbering and rights
F. Max Müller, 1881. Public-domain 1881 translation. Transcription produced by Tom Weiss and David Widger for Project Gutenberg. The source omits the introduction, notes and index; all 423 verses are included here.
This historical English translation uses older vocabulary. It is independent of the Japanese translation linked from this site. The Japanese edition’s translator and license are credited there.
- 1 · The Twin-Verses
- 2 · On Earnestness
- 3 · Thought
- 4 · Flowers
- 5 · The Fool
- 6 · The Wise Man (Pandita)
- 7 · The Venerable (Arhat).
- 8 · The Thousands
- 9 · Evil
- 10 · Punishment
- 11 · Old Age
- 12 · Self
- 13 · The World
- 14 · The Buddha (The Awakened)
- 15 · Happiness
- 16 · Pleasure
- 17 · Anger
- 18 · Impurity
- 19 · The Just
- 20 · The Way
- 21 · Miscellaneous
- 22 · The Downward Course
- 23 · The Elephant
- 24 · Thirst
- 25 · The Bhikshu (Mendicant)
- 26 · The Brahmana (Arhat)