Kinh Pháp Cú

The Dhammapada

The Dhammapada "Sutta of the Dhammapada" is one of the 15 sutras of the Small Sutras of the Pali Sutras. This is a very popular Buddhist scriptures and has been translated into many important languages ​​in the world. Many authors consider this sutra as the Holy Book of Buddhism.

"Dharma" means morality, truth, doctrine. "Owl" is a saying, a verse. "Dharma Owl" is the statement about the Dharma, the teachings of the Buddha, so the "Dharma Owl" is also known as the "Golden Sutra" or "The Buddha's Teaching".

The Dhammapada is a collection of concise but meaningful teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha in three hundred different cultural cases. These verses were spoken by the Buddha himself during his 45 years of teaching. These verses were later arranged by the great disciples of the Buddha into 423 "verses", divided into 26 "items" and recited in the Gathering of Sutras for the first time after the Buddha passed away.

The Dhamma Sutra captures the essence of the teachings of the Buddha. Reading the verses in this sutra, the reader feels like he has directly heard the Buddha's teachings from more than 2500 years ago. Each verse can be considered to contain the most concisely and faithfully the original basic teachings and teachings of the Buddha.