Dhammapada — Chapter 14: Buddhavagga

18 verses

Verse 1

Whose conquest cannot be undone, whose conquest no one in the world can reach — by what track can you trace that Awakened One, whose range is infinit…

Verse 2

In whom there is no entangling, embroiling craving to lead anywhere — by what track can you trace that Awakened One, whose range is infinite, who is …

Verse 3

Those wise ones devoted to meditation, delighting in the peace of renunciation — even the gods envy them, those fully awakened and mindful ones.

Verse 4

Hard it is to be born a human; hard to live as a mortal; hard it is to hear the true Dhamma; hard is the arising of Buddhas.

Verse 5

The avoidance of all evil, the undertaking of good, the purification of one's own mind — this is the teaching of all Buddhas.