Verse · Dhp 183–185
The Teaching of the Buddhas
Ovāda Pāṭimokkha
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Sabbapāpassa akaraṇaṃ,
kusalassa upasampadā,
sacittapariyodapanaṃ:
etaṃ buddhāna sāsanaṃ.
Not doing any evil,
taking up what is skilful,
purifying one’s own mind:
this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
Khantī paramaṃ tapo titikkhā,
nibbānaṃ paramaṃ vadanti buddhā.
Na hi pabbajito parūpaghātī,
na samaṇo hoti paraṃ viheṭhayanto.
Patient endurance is the highest austerity;
nibbāna is the highest, say the Buddhas.
One who harms another is no renunciant;
one who troubles others is no contemplative.
Anūpavādo anūpaghāto,
pātimokkhe ca saṃvaro,
mattaññutā ca bhattasmiṃ,
pantañca sayanāsanaṃ,
adhicitte ca āyogo:
etaṃ buddhāna sāsanaṃ.
Not disparaging, not harming,
restraint by the code of discipline,
knowing moderation in food,
a secluded place to sit and sleep,
devotion to the higher mind:
this is the teaching of the Buddhas.