Dhammapada · Chapter 20
The Path
17 verses · The Eightfold Path is the supreme path; the Four Noble Truths are the supreme truths. All conditioned things are impermanent, suffering, and without self — seeing this with wisdom, one turns away. You yourselves must strive; the Buddhas only point the way.
Chapter 20
मग्गवग्गो
Maggavagga
20.1
Of paths, the Eightfold is best
20.2
This alone is the path; there is no other for the purification of vision
20.3
Following this path, you shall make an end of suffering
20.4
You yourselves must strive
20.5
'All conditioned things are impermanent' — when one sees this with wisdom, then one turns…
20.6
'All conditioned things are unsatisfactory' — when one sees this with wisdom, then one…
20.7
'All dhammas are not-self' — when one sees this with wisdom, then one turns away from…
20.8
He who, at the time for rising, does not rise — young, strong, full of laziness — with…
20.9
Watching speech, well-restrained in mind, doing no unwholesome bodily deed — purifying…
20.10
From application, wisdom is born; from non-application, wisdom is lost
20.11
Cut down the forest of desires, not just the tree
20.12
As long as the underbrush of lust toward women is not cut down by a man — even the…
20.13
Cut off your own affection, like plucking an autumn lily with the hand
20.14
'Here I shall dwell in the rains; here in the winter and summer' — thus the fool thinks
20.15
The man whose mind is intoxicated with sons and cattle, who is entangled in attachments —…
20.16
Sons are no shelter, nor father nor kin
20.17
Knowing this purpose, the wise one, restrained by virtue, should swiftly purify the path…