DhammapadaBuddhismAccepted ScripturePaliShareDhammapada 8F. 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: The ThousandsDhammapada 8ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter100Even though a speech be a thousand (of words), but made up of senseless words, one word of sense is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet. 101Even though a Gatha (poem) be a thousand (of words), but made up of senseless words, one word of a Gatha is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet. 102Though a man recite a hundred Gathas made up of senseless words, one word of the law is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet. 103If one man conquer in battle a thousand times thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors. 104One's own self conquered is better than all other people; not even a god, a Gandharva, not Mara with Brahman could change into defeat the victory of a man who has vanquished himself, and always lives under restraint. 106If a man for a hundred years sacrifice month after month with a thousand, and if he but for one moment pay homage to a man whose soul is grounded (in true knowledge), better is that homage than sacrifice for a hundred years. 107If a man for a hundred years worship Agni (fire) in the forest, and if he but for one moment pay homage to a man whose soul is grounded (in true knowledge), better is that homage than sacrifice for a hundred years. 108Whatever a man sacrifice in this world as an offering or as an oblation for a whole year in order to gain merit, the whole of it is not worth a quarter (a farthing); reverence shown to the righteous is better. 109He who always greets and constantly reveres the aged, four things will increase to him, viz. life, beauty, happiness, power. 110But he who lives a hundred years, vicious and unrestrained, a life of one day is better if a man is virtuous and reflecting. 111And he who lives a hundred years, ignorant and unrestrained, a life of one day is better if a man is wise and reflecting. 112And he who lives a hundred years, idle and weak, a life of one day is better if a man has attained firm strength. 113And he who lives a hundred years, not seeing beginning and end, a life of one day is better if a man sees beginning and end. 114And he who lives a hundred years, not seeing the immortal place, a life of one day is better if a man sees the immortal place. 115And he who lives a hundred years, not seeing the highest law, a life of one day is better if a man sees the highest law. ‹Previous chapterDhammapada 7Next chapterDhammapada 9›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