Dhammapada · Chapter 9
Evil
13 verses · Do not think evil small; drop by drop the pot is filled. Neither sky, sea, nor mountain cave can hide one from the fruit of one's own deeds — there is no escape from the karma one has made.
Chapter 9
पापवग्गो
Pāpavagga
9.1
Hasten to do good; restrain the mind from evil
9.2
If a person does evil, let them not do it again and again, nor take delight in it
9.3
If a person does good, let them do it again and again, and take delight in it
9.4
Even an evildoer sees good as long as evil has not ripened
9.5
Even a good person sees evil as long as good has not ripened
9.6
Do not think lightly of evil, saying 'it will not come to me
9.7
Do not think lightly of good, saying 'it will not come to me
9.8
Like a merchant on a dangerous road with little caravan and great wealth, like one who…
9.9
If there is no wound in the hand, one may carry poison in the hand
9.10
Whoever offends a person who has not offended, who is pure and without blemish — evil…
9.11
Some are reborn in the womb; evildoers go to hell; the well-going go to heaven; the…
9.12
Not in the sky, nor in the middle of the ocean, nor entering a cleft of the mountains —…
9.13
Not in the sky, nor in the middle of the ocean, nor entering a cleft of the mountains —…