DhammapadaBuddhismAccepted ScripturePaliShareDhammapada 21F. Max Muller 1881 - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableF. Max Muller 1881LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Dhammapada 1Dhammapada 2Dhammapada 3Dhammapada 4Dhammapada 5Dhammapada 6Dhammapada 7Dhammapada 8Dhammapada 9Dhammapada 10Dhammapada 11Dhammapada 12Dhammapada 13Dhammapada 14Dhammapada 15Dhammapada 16Dhammapada 17Dhammapada 18Dhammapada 19Dhammapada 20Dhammapada 21Dhammapada 22Dhammapada 23Dhammapada 24Dhammapada 25Dhammapada 26›Dhammapada: MiscellaneousDhammapada 21ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter290If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great. 291He who, by causing pain to others, wishes to obtain pleasure for himself, he, entangled in the bonds of hatred, will never be free from hatred. 292What ought to be done is neglected, what ought not to be done is done; the desires of unruly, thoughtless people are always increasing. 293But they whose whole watchfulness is always directed to their body, who do not follow what ought not to be done, and who steadfastly do what ought to be done, the desires of such watchful and wise people will come to an end. 294A true Brahmana goes scatheless, though he have killed father and mother, and two valiant kings, though he has destroyed a kingdom with all its subjects. 295A true Brahmana goes scatheless, though he have killed father and mother, and two holy kings, and an eminent man besides. 296The disciples of Gotama (Buddha) are always well awake, and their thoughts day and night are always set on Buddha. 297The disciples of Gotama are always well awake, and their thoughts day and night are always set on the law. 298The disciples of Gotama are always well awake, and their thoughts day and night are always set on the church. 299The disciples of Gotama are always well awake, and their thoughts day and night are always set on their body. 300The disciples of Gotama are always well awake, and their mind day and night always delights in compassion. 301The disciples of Gotama are always well awake, and their mind day and night always delights in meditation. 302It is hard to leave the world (to become a friar), it is hard to enjoy the world; hard is the monastery, painful are the houses; painful it is to dwell with equals (to share everything in common) and the itinerant mendicant is beset with pain. Therefore let no man be an itinerant mendicant and he will not be beset with pain. 303Whatever place a faithful, virtuous, celebrated, and wealthy man chooses, there he is respected. 304Good people shine from afar, like the snowy mountains; bad people are not seen, like arrows shot by night. 305He alone who, without ceasing, practises the duty of sitting alone and sleeping alone, he, subduing himself, will rejoice in the destruction of all desires alone, as if living in a forest. ‹Previous chapterDhammapada 20Next chapterDhammapada 22›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public domain in the United States via Project Gutenberg