Dhammapada

Dhammapada (Pāli; Sanskrit: dharmapāda ) means the worms of the Dharma .

It is one of the texts of Canon pāli, the Tipitaka; more precisely, the dhammapada belongs to the Khuddaka Nikāya. It would be about one of the oldest Buddhist texts which are preserved nowadays.

The worms of the dhammapada are short and percussion, it is about a popular collection.

Extracts

to abstain from making the evil, cultivating the good, purifying its spirit, here the Teaching of the Buddhas (Verse 183)

References

A.Chédel, worms of the doctrines , Albin Michel
J-P Wicker, Dhammapada, stanzas of the law , Garnier-Flammarion, Paris
Andre Bareau, While following Buddha
Translation in French * Dhammapada translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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