Dhammapada · Chapter 10
The Rod (Punishment / Violence)
17 verses · All beings tremble at the rod, all fear death; placing yourself in another's place, do not kill or cause to kill. Harm met with harm only multiplies suffering — non-harming is the ancient golden law.
Chapter 10
दण्डवग्गो
Daṇḍavagga
10.1
All beings tremble at the rod; all fear death
10.2
All tremble at the rod; to all, life is dear
10.3
One who, seeking his own happiness, harms beings desiring happiness — that one does not…
10.4
One who, seeking his own happiness, does not harm beings desiring happiness — that one…
10.5
Speak harshly to no one; those spoken to may answer back
10.6
If you make yourself silent like a broken gong, you have attained nibbāna; no anger is…
10.7
As with a staff a cowherd drives cattle to pasture, so old age and death drive the life…
10.8
When the fool does evil deeds, he does not understand; by his own deeds, the dull-witted…
10.9
He who with the rod offends the rodless and the inoffensive — quickly comes to one of ten…
10.10
Sharp pain, loss of property, bodily injury, grievous sickness, or even derangement of…
10.11
Or trouble from the king, or terrifying accusation, or loss of relatives, or destruction…
10.12
Or burning fire consumes his houses; at the breaking of the body, the unwise is reborn in…
10.13
Not going naked, nor matted hair, nor smearing mud, nor fasting, nor sleeping on the…
10.14
Even if adorned, if one walks in calm — peaceful, tamed, settled, holy, having laid the…
10.15
A person restrained by moral shame is rarely found in the world — who, like a fine horse…
10.16
Like a fine horse touched by the whip, be ardent and deeply moved
10.17
Irrigators channel water; fletchers shape arrows; carpenters bend wood; the well-vowed…