Dhammapada verse 202
Chapter 15, Happiness (Sukhavagga) · verses 197–208
“There is no fire like greed, no crime like hate, no suffering like the aggregates, no bliss beyond peace.”
Natthi rāgasamo aggi, Natthi dosasamo kali; Natthi khandhasamā dukkhā, Natthi santiparaṁ sukhaṁ.
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What does Dhammapada verse 202 mean?
Verse 202 belongs to chapter 15, Happiness (Sukhavagga), which gathers verses 197–208 on happiness. It is filed under anger & peace, craving & attachment, happiness, suffering & grief. Read it with the verses around it: the Dhammapada arranges chapters as short runs, not as isolated lines, so verse 201 and verse 203 are part of the same passage.
Twelve verses on happiness, and on where it is said to come from. The chapter is explicit that the happiness it means is not the happiness of acquisition: it is the happiness of one who has given up, who is free of fever, and it repeatedly sets that against the delight of people who are still tied to what they cling to.
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