The Dhammapada is one of the most celebrated texts of the Pali Canon, containing 423 verses attributed to the Buddha himself, arranged in twenty-six chapters on topics from mindfulness and vigilance to the nature of the wise man and the path to nirvana. It is among the most widely read texts in world literature and central to Theravada Buddhist practice.
As verse, the Dhammapada‘s epigrammatic couplets and quatrains have a memorable clarity that has made them treasured across cultures. This free EPUB presents the complete text in clear English translation, cleanly formatted for any device.