Dhammapada verse 274
Chapter 20, The Path (Maggavagga) · verses 273–289
“<em>This</em> is the path, there is no other for the purification of vision. You all must practice this, it is the way to baffle Māra.”
Eseva maggo natthañño, Dassanassa visuddhiyā; Etañhi tumhe paṭipajjatha, Mārassetaṁ pamohanaṁ.
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What does Dhammapada verse 274 mean?
Verse 274 belongs to chapter 20, The Path (Maggavagga), which gathers verses 273–289 on the path. It is filed under the path, purity & stains. Read it with the verses around it: the Dhammapada arranges chapters as short runs, not as isolated lines, so verse 273 and verse 275 are part of the same passage.
Seventeen verses on the path, and the most explicitly doctrinal chapter in the book. It presents the eightfold path as the only way and lays out its factors, then insists that the path is something walked rather than admired. It includes the verses on the four noble truths and on the body as a wound that should be seen clearly.
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