Dhammapada · Chapter 14
The Buddha
18 verses · The Buddha cannot be tracked by signs, for craving is destroyed in him. This chapter contains the Ovada-Patimokkha — refrain from evil, do good, purify the mind — and the Three Refuges with the Four Noble Truths as supreme protection.
Chapter 14
बुद्धवग्गो
Buddhavagga
14.1
His conquest cannot be undone; in this world none can revive his defeats
14.2
In whom there is no entangling craving, no clinging snare to lead him anywhere — the…
14.3
The wise, devoted to jhana, delighting in renunciation and calm — the Buddhas, mindful…
14.4
Rare is the gaining of human birth, rare the life of mortals, rare the hearing of the…
14.5
Not to do any evil, to cultivate the good, to purify one's own mind — this is the…
14.6
Forbearing patience is the highest austerity; nibbana is supreme, say the Buddhas
14.7
Not insulting, not harming, restraint according to the Patimokkha, moderation in eating,…
14.8
Not by a shower of gold coins is satisfaction in sense-pleasures found
14.9
Even in divine pleasures he finds no delight; the disciple of the Fully Self-Awakened One…
14.10
To many a refuge they go — mountains, forests, groves, sacred trees, shrines — humans…
14.11
That is not a safe refuge; that is not the supreme refuge
14.12
Whoever goes for refuge to the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha sees with right wisdom…
14.13
Suffering, the arising of suffering, the overcoming of suffering, and the Noble Eightfold…
14.14
This is the safe refuge, this is the supreme refuge
14.15
A noble person is rare — not born everywhere
14.16
Blessed is the arising of Buddhas, blessed the teaching of the true Dhamma, blessed the…
14.17
Honoring those worthy of honor — Buddhas or their disciples — who have transcended mental…
14.18
The merit of those who honor such ones — the cooled, the fearless — cannot be reckoned by…