Dhammapada verse 360
Chapter 25, Mendicants (Bhikkhuvagga) · verses 360–382
“Restraint of the eye is good; good is restraint of the ear; restraint of the nose is good; good is restraint of the tongue.”
Cakkhunā saṁvaro sādhu, sādhu sotena saṁvaro; Ghānena saṁvaro sādhu, sādhu jivhāya saṁvaro.
English by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, via SuttaCentral)
What does Dhammapada verse 360 mean?
Verse 360 belongs to chapter 25, Mendicants (Bhikkhuvagga), which gathers verses 360–382 on the mendicant’s day. It is filed under self-discipline. Read it with the verses around it: the Dhammapada arranges chapters as short runs, not as isolated lines, so verse 359 and verse 361 are part of the same passage.
Twenty-three verses on the mendicant, meaning the monastic practitioner, and much of it is practical: restraint in the body, in speech and at the bowl, and contentment with what is giving. The chapter has less doctrine than chapter 24 and more description of how a day of practice is arranged.
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