Dhammapada verse 377
Chapter 25, Mendicants (Bhikkhuvagga) · verses 360–382
“As a jasmine sheds its withered flowers, O mendicants, shed greed and hate.”
Vassikā viya pupphāni, maddavāni pamuñcati; Evaṁ rāgañca dosañca, vippamuñcetha bhikkhavo.
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What does Dhammapada verse 377 mean?
Verse 377 belongs to chapter 25, Mendicants (Bhikkhuvagga), which gathers verses 360–382 on the mendicant’s day. It is filed under anger & peace, craving & attachment. Read it with the verses around it: the Dhammapada arranges chapters as short runs, not as isolated lines, so verse 376 and verse 378 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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