Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 268-269: na monena muni hoti mūḷharūpo aviddasu |yo ca tulaṃ'va paggayha varamādāya paṇḍito || 268 ||pāpāni parivajjeti …
Dhammapada, Verse 264-265 – The Story of Venerable Hatthaka
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 264-265: na muṇḍakena samaṇo abbato alikaṃ bhaṇaṃ |icchālobhasamāpanno samaṇo kiṃ bhavissati || 264 ||yo ca sameti …
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Dhammapada, Verse 262-263 – The Story of Some Monks
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 262-263: na vākkaraṇamattena vaṇṇapokkharatāya vā |sādhurūpo naro hoti issukī maccharī saṭho || 262 ||yassa c'etaṃ …
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Dhammapada, Verse 260-261 – The Story of Venerable Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 260-261: na tena thero hoti yen'assa palitaṃ siro |paripakko vayo tassa moghajiṇṇo'ti vuccati || 260 ||yamhi saccaṃ ca …
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Dhammapada, Verse 259 – The Story of Ekūdāna the Arahat
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 259: na tāvatā dhammadharā yāvatā bahu bhāsati |yo ca appam'pi sutvāna dhammaṃ kāyena passati |sa ve dhammadharo hoti …
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Dhammapada, Verse 258 – The Story of a Group of Six Monks
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 258: na tena paṇḍito hoti yāvatā bahu bhāsati |khemī averī abhayo paṇḍito'ti pavuccati || 258 || 258. Just because …
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