Dhammapada verse 300
Chapter 21, Miscellaneous (Pakiṇṇakavagga) · verses 290–305
“The disciples of Gotama always wake up refreshed, whose minds day and night delight in harmlessness.”
Suppabuddhaṁ pabujjhanti, sadā gotamasāvakā; Yesaṁ divā ca ratto ca, ahiṁsāya rato mano.
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What does Dhammapada verse 300 mean?
Verse 300 belongs to chapter 21, Miscellaneous (Pakiṇṇakavagga), which gathers verses 290–305 on miscellaneous reflections. It is filed under mind & intention. Read it with the verses around it: the Dhammapada arranges chapters as short runs, not as isolated lines, so verse 299 and verse 301 are part of the same passage.
Sixteen verses of miscellany, which is what the title means. The chapter collects short reflections that did not sit under one of the other headings — on speech and silence, on the mind, on what a person should hold to — and its lack of a single subject is itself part of the book’s shape.
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