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2001 Int | Dhammapada, approximately one tenth of the verses contain compounds
2002 Notes | message is sometimes fairly tenuous. ~Fortunately for anyone
2003 19 | one become noble.~One is termed noble~ for being
2004 19(265)| Throughout ancient cultures, the terminology of music was used to describe
2005 Int | accuracy and allows for a terse directness that conforms
2006 Notes | is immaterial. The true test of the reading -- and the
2007 Notes | Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka, and Thailand; two incomplete manuscripts
2008 Notes | memorization, whereas in a theater, the emphasis is reversed.
2009 Notes | and which ones follow it. Theoretically, the obvious choice would
2010 | Therefore
2011 2(23) | attraction, infatuation, thirst, fever, fascination, craving
2012 Glo | devas in the Heaven of the Thirty-three.~
2013 14 | s hard to come by~ a thoroughbred of a man.~It's simply not
2014 23 | are tamed mules,~ tamed thoroughbreds,~ tamed horses from Sindh.~
2015 25 | world,~a monk is called~ thoroughly~ calmed. ~ ~
2016 8(100)| thousands" rather than "a thousand." The same principle would
2017 8 | man who would conquer~a thousand-thousand men,~is he who would conquer~
2018 14 | and tree shrines:~people threatened with danger.~That's not
2019 18 | like a cheat, an unlucky throw.~
2020 Notes | Dharmapada found in a library in Tibet, called the Patna Dharmapada
2021 24 | more.~He's the one~ who tightens the bond.~But one who delights~
2022 5 | the fool might eat~only a tip-of-grass measure of food,~but he
2023 Glo | destined for further rebirth. A title for the Buddha and the highest
2024 Glo | at the same time a useful tool for cutting through the
2025 5 | have wealth' -- ~the fool torments himself.~When even he himself~
2026 23 | When torpid & over-fed,~a sleepy-head
2027 6 | of favor or gains.~When touched~ now by pleasure,~
2028 Notes | Purana was wandering on a tour of the Southern Hills with
2029 | toward
2030 | towards
2031 2 | having climbed the high tower~of discernment,~ sorrow-free,~
2032 4 | Mara can't follow their tracks. ~ ~
2033 25 | watch over yourself -- ~as a trader, a fine steed. ~ ~
2034 Notes | original with him, or more traditional teachings -- sometime lightly
2035 14(183)| Awakening. Verse 183 is traditionally viewed as expressing the
2036 Pre | Stiles, Clark Strand, Paula Trahan, and Jane Yudelman offered
2037 17 | who always stay wakeful,~training by day & by night,~keen
2038 26(384)| DhpA: two things = tranquillity meditation and insight meditation. ~
2039 6 | realm of Death~so hard to transcend. ~
2040 14 | their disciples -- ~who've transcended~ complications,~ lamentation,~ &
2041 13 | person who tells a lie,~who transgresses in this one thing,~transcending
2042 Int | astonishment -- but also its transient emotions, such as humor,
2043 Glo | Samsara:~Transmigration; the "wandering-on"; the
2044 Notes | if their translators and transmitters were so incompetent, how
2045 Int | make the translation as transparent as possible, in order to
2046 21 | dissonant people,~painful to travel the road.~ So be
2047 7 | Such -- ~there's no traveling on.~
2048 6 | points out~ treasure,~the wise one who~seeing
2049 11 | flesh & blood,~whose hidden treasures are:~ pride & contempt,~
2050 Notes | recent translators, I am treating the Pali Dhp as a text with
2051 Int | the work would turn into a treatise. There must be reversals
2052 Int | Ancient Indian aesthetic treatises devoted a great deal of
2053 21(301)| see note 191). For a full treatment of this topic, see The Wings
2054 20 | desire,~not the forest of trees.~From the forest of desire~
2055 Notes | the earliest version by triangulating among the texts themselves.
2056 Notes | assumptions, the methods of triangulation based on an assumed original
2057 8 | Brahmas,~could turn that triumph~back into defeat. ~ ~
2058 10 | mental derangement, trouble with the government,~
2059 14(195)| contexts -- in connection with troubles and disputes -- and in artistic
2060 15 | Contentment: the foremost wealth.~Trust: the foremost kinship.~Unbinding:
2061 Notes | how can any of them be trusted? This distrust comes from
2062 Notes | traditions: each accepted the trustworthiness of the others. As time passed,
2063 19 | But whoever tunes out~the dissonance~of his
2064 23 | Sindh.~Excellent, tamed tuskers,~ great elephants.~But
2065 21(294)| at death); kingdom = the twelve sense spheres (the senses
2066 20 | qualities, dispassion.~Of two-footed beings,~ the one with
2067 20(285)| first word in this verse, ucchinda, literally means "crush," "
2068 Int | hetu) [1-2], illustrations (udaharana) [344], implications (arthapatti) [
2069 3(42) | would wish: He/she becomes ugly, sleeps badly, mistakes
2070 24 | regard to all things,~ unadhering.~All-abandoning,~released
2071 26 | He endures -- unangered -- ~insult, assault, & imprisonment.~
2072 10 | harasses an innocent man, unarmed,~quickly falls into any
2073 26 | and their re-~arising;~unattached, awakened,~well-gone:~
2074 19 | of effluents~ is still unattained. ~ ~
2075 26 | unbound among the armed,~unclinging among those who cling:~
2076 Notes | distrust comes from accepting, unconsciously, the assumptions concerning
2077 26 | Uncontaminated~by householders~& houseless
2078 24 | If its root remains~undamaged & strong,~a tree, even if
2079 18 | unblemished,~you won't again undergo birth~ & aging. ~ ~
2080 18(235)| underworld. Yama's minions or underlings were believed to appear
2081 18(235)| Yama = the god of the underworld. Yama's minions or underlings
2082 1 | hut,~so passion,~ the undeveloped mind.~
2083 8 | than a hundred years~lived undiscerning, uncentered, is~ one
2084 Notes | Purana maintained -- and undoubtedly taught to his followers --
2085 Notes | provided a useful service in unearthing so many variant readings
2086 14 | lamentation,~ & grief,~who are unendangered,~ fearless,~ unbound:~
2087 1 | non-hostility:~ this, an unending truth.~
2088 10(143)| they go through what is uneven~ evenly;~ go through
2089 2 | they touch Unbinding,~the unexcelled rest~ from the yoke.~
2090 17 | his words.~There's no one unfaulted in the world.~
2091 11 | pole destroyed,~gone to the Unformed, the mind~has come to the
2092 Glo | However -- despite the unfortunate connotations it has picked
2093 Notes | Handel oratorio to perform. ~Unfortunately for the translator, though,
2094 24 | Arrived at the finish,~unfrightened, unblemished, free~of craving,
2095 24 | last.~Free from craving,~ungrasping,~astute in expression,~knowing
2096 7 | beyond conviction~ ungrateful / knowing the Unmade~
2097 19 | judges others impartially -- ~unhurriedly, in line with the Dhamma,~
2098 Int | anthology it is much more unified than most Indian examples
2099 Int | This is precisely what unifies the Dhammapada: it begins
2100 Glo | has the advantage of being universally recognized as something
2101 19 | does someone confused~ & unknowing~turn into a sage.~But whoever --
2102 | unlikely
2103 11 | This unlistening man~matures like an ox.~
2104 18 | own -- ~like a cheat, an unlucky throw.~
2105 26 | Unopposing among opposition,~unbound
2106 26 | found.~Through knowing~he is unperplexed,~has attained the plunge~
2107 Int | emotions were decidedly unpleasant, while the savor of the
2108 22 | glowing, aflame -- ~than that, unprincipled &~ unrestrained,~you
2109 23 | could you go~to the land unreached,~as the tamed one goes~by
2110 6 | his own fulfillment,~by unrighteous means:~he is righteous,
2111 18 | reckless.~Don't let greed & unrighteousness~oppress you with long-term
2112 18 | easy to live~for someone unscrupulous,~ cunning as a crow,~
2113 3 | For a person of unsteady mind,~not knowing true Dhamma,~
2114 4 | the scent of virtue~is unsurpassed. ~
2115 Int | is at work in the fairly unsystematic ordering of the Dhammapada'
2116 | until
2117 24(337)| to the point where it is untouched by the vagaries of the world. ~
2118 5 | He would want unwarranted status,~preeminence
2119 17 | restrained in body,~go to the unwavering state~where, having gone,~
2120 Int | 137-140], admonitions (upadista) [47-48, 246-248, et. al.],
2121 26(385)| conversation (Sn.V.6): ~Upasiva:~He who has reached the
2122 20(285)| translate it as "cut out" or "uproot," which weakens the image.
2123 24(337)| own skillful kamma: the uprooting of craving and the resulting
2124 Int | together with a feeling of urgency in trying to find a way
2125 7(95) | disrespect for this custom would urinate and defecate on the post.
2126 18(240)| this refers to one who uses the requisites of food,
2127 24(346)| Elastic": The usual translation of the word
2128 7(97) | suggested that the last word -- uttamaporiso, the ultimate person --
2129 11(153)| were the Buddha's first utterance after his full Awakening.
2130 7(97) | that would weaken the shock value of the verse. ~
2131 Notes | different Pali redactions are at variance with one another, and the
2132 Notes | release -- he taught different variations on the theme of that taste
2133 Int | as one of the three basic varieties of the heroic savor (the
2134 Notes | the texts contain so many varying reports, the feeling goes,
2135 26 | his body lean & lined with veins -- ~absorbed in jhana,~alone
2136 Bib | Byrom, Cleary, Kaviratna, Vens. Khantipalo and Susañña,
2137 19(256)| that he can pass a correct verdict. The remaining verses in
2138 6 | VI - The Wise~Translated from
2139 | via
2140 8 | VIII - Thousands~Translated from
2141 26 | Having put aside violence~against beings fearful or
2142 6(79) | calm": two meanings of vipasannena.
2143 Int | asis) [337], distinctions (visesana) [19-20, 21-22, 318-319],
2144 26(394)| etc., were regarded as visible signs of spiritual status. ~
2145 12(165)| one phrase, nañño aññam visodhaye. ~
2146 20(275)| this path": reading akkhato vo maya maggo with the Thai
2147 Int | substituting active for passive voice; and replacing "one who
2148 13(170)| world, Mogharaja,~ as void -- ~always mindful~to have
2149 Bib | Indian Kavya Literature, vols. I and II, 2nd rev. eds.
2150 7 | chances / conditions~who eats vomit: / has disgorged expectations:~
2151 19(268)| was a person who took a vow of silence (mona) and was
2152 12(157)| too early or too late to wake up and begin nurturing the
2153 Glo | Samsara:~Transmigration; the "wandering-on"; the round of death and
2154 Int | deal with generosity and war): thus we would expect the
2155 Bib | Pali Text Society, 1997. ~Warder, A.K. Indian Kavya Literature,
2156 24(354)| of the heroic -- yuddha (warfare) -- is suggested by the
2157 Notes | reports of his words, he warned that anyone who put words
2158 26 | want,~ awakened, washed:~ he's what I call~
2159 7(97) | audacity," but that would weaken the shock value of the verse. ~
2160 2(22) | and delusion are further weakened; (3) non-returning, at which
2161 20(285)| out" or "uproot," which weakens the image. On the role played
2162 14(195)| taking up rods & bladed weapons, of arguments, quarrels,
2163 26 | Wearing cast-off rags~-- his body
2164 5 | the night.~Long for the weary, a league.~For fools~unaware
2165 24 | like a spider snared in its web.~But, having cut it, the
2166 19 | he's a sage.~Whoever can weigh~both sides of the world:~
2167 19 | re a judge.~The wise one, weighing both~the right judgment &
2168 14(195)| nothing there to relish, welcome, or remain fastened to,
2169 21 | But for those who~are well-applied, constantly,~to mindfulness
2170 25 | body,~calmed in speech,~well-centered & calm,~having disgorged
2171 3 | kinsman~might do for you,~the well-directed mind~can do for you~
2172 Notes | seems likely that, as a well-educated aristocrat of the time,
2173 11 | Even royal chariots~well-embellished~get run down,~and so does
2174 1 | self-control,~ well-established~ in the
2175 26 | arising;~unattached, awakened,~well-gone:~ he's what I call~
2176 9 | merchant with a small~but well-laden caravan~ -- a
2177 1 | alert,~ his mind well-released,~ not clinging~
2178 20 | Guarded in speech,~well-restrained in body & mind,~
2179 Notes | Dhamma and Vinaya have been well-standardized by the elders. Still, I
2180 3 | taming is good.~The mind well-tamed~ brings ease. ~
2181 23 | tamed one goes~by taming, well-taming, himself. ~ ~
2182 1 | rain doesn't seep into~a well-thatched hut,~so passion does not,~
2183 19(265)| harmonious intervals and well-tuned instruments, for good. Thus
2184 Notes | after more than a century of Western scholarship on the topic --
2185 1 | suffering follows you -- ~as the wheel of the cart,~ the track
2186 1(1) | it, and the weight of its wheels obliterates the ox's track.
2187 | whereby
2188 Notes | something totally useless: a wholesale sense of distrust for the
2189 Notes | meter that never achieved widespread recognition. There is also
2190 23 | aptly in check -- ~as one wielding a goad, an elephant in rut. ~ ~
2191 18 | hard to see~your own.~You winnow like chaff~the errors of
2192 20 | Here, for the summer & winter.'~So imagines the fool,~
2193 25 | as a jasmine would,~its withered flowers. ~ ~
2194 26 | heavens & states of woe,~has attained the ending
2195 20 | underbrush~of a man for women~is not cleared away,~the
2196 Int | multiple levels of meaning and wordplay typical of polished kavya.
2197 Notes | they give. ~Those who have worked on the issues raised by
2198 Glo | ancient Indian views of the workings of fire (see The Mind Like
2199 24(337)| fame, status, or other worldly forms of good fortune, this
2200 11 | Worn out is this body,~a nest
2201 Notes | possibility, but not overly worried by it. As the Buddha himself
2202 7(95) | was an ancient custom of worshipping this post with flowers and
2203 5 | food,~but he wouldn't be worth~ one sixteenth~of those
2204 Int | 102 states that the most worthwhile verse is the meaningful
2205 24(340)| which sends thoughts out to wrap around its objects, while
2206 Int | was supposed to dominate. Writers made a common practice of
2207 Notes | committing their canons to writing, approximately at the beginning
2208 14 | XIV - Awakened~Translated from
2209 12(166)| welfare nor that of others. S.XLVII.19 makes the point that
2210 15 | XV - Happy~Translated from
2211 16 | XVI - Dear Ones~Translated from
2212 17 | XVII - Anger~Translated from
2213 18 | XVIII - Impurities~Translated
2214 20 | XX - The Path~Translated from
2215 21 | XXI - Miscellany~Translated
2216 22 | XXII - Hell~Translated from the
2217 23 | XXIII - Elephants~Translated from
2218 24 | XXIV - Craving~Translated from
2219 25 | XXV - Monks~Translated from
2220 26 | XXVI - Brahmans~Translated from
2221 1(1) | reality (on this point, see S.XXXV.145). Thus, following a
2222 19(271)| Don't, on account of x, do y"). "The renunciate ease
2223 18 | You are now~like a yellowed leaf.~ Already~Yama's
2224 18(240)| could mean "overly," thus yielding, "one overly scrupulous
2225 6(86) | The syntax of this verse yields the best sense if we take
2226 16(209)| the various meanings of yoga (task, striving, application,
2227 Bib | ed. The Dhammapada. New York: Oxford University Press,
2228 24(354)| sub-type of the heroic -- yuddha (warfare) -- is suggested
2229 Pre | Paula Trahan, and Jane Yudelman offered many helpful comments
2230 15 | moon, the path~ of the zodiac stars. ~ ~
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