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Dhammapada

The second book of the Khuddakanikāya of the Sutta Pitaka.

It is probably a later anthology than the Thera-Therī-Gāthā, and its earliest mention by name is in the Milindapañha (p.408).

It includes verses (gāthā) collected together from various books in the Canon, but contains hardly any from the Jātaka collection, or directly derived from the Suttanipāta.

The present text of the Dhammapada contains four hundred and twenty-three verses divided into twenty-six chapters (vagga).

Verses and Commentary

1. Yamaka Vagga — Twin Verses
2. Appamāda Vagga — Heedfulness
3. Citta Vagga — The Mind
4. Puppha Vagga — Flowers
5. Bāla Vagga — The Fool
6. Paṇḍita Vagga — The Wise
7. Arahanta Vagga — The Worthy
8. Sahassa Vagga — Thousands
9. Pāpa Vagga — Evil
10. Daṇḍa Vagga — Punishment
11. Jarā Vagga — Old Age
12. Atta Vagga — The Self
13. Loka Vagga — The World
14. Buddha Vagga — The Buddha
15. Sukha Vagga — Happiness
16. Piya Vagga — Affection
17. Kodha Vagga — Anger
18. Mala Vagga — Stains
19. Dhammaṭṭha Vagga — The Righteous
20. Magga Vagga — The Path
21. Pakiṇṇaka Vagga — Miscellaneous
22. Niraya Vagga — Hell
23. Nāga Vagga — The Tusker
24. Taṇhā Vagga — Craving
25. Bhikkhu Vagga — The Monk
26. Brahmaṇa Vagga — The Saint

So far, five recensions of the Dhammapada have been discovered. (For details see Law: Pāḷi Lit., pp.215 f).

The commentary on it is called the Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā.