Dhammapada 1:5“For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.”
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The Dhammapada · Buddhist Sutras
Dhammapada 1:5
“For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.” — read online, free, in a classic public domain translation.
“For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.”
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What does Dhammapada 1:5 teach?
One of the earliest statements of non-retaliation in world literature: answering hatred with hatred only continues the cycle; only love ends it. The verse predates the Christian formulation of the same principle by five centuries.
What translation of the Dhammapada is this?
This is the classic public domain English translation of the Dhammapada used throughout the FourFaiths library.
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