Dhammapada verse 275
Chapter 20, The Path (Maggavagga) · verses 273–289
“When you all are practicing this, you’ll make an end of suffering. I have explained the path to you for extracting the thorn with wisdom.”
Etañhi tumhe paṭipannā, dukkhassantaṁ karissatha; Akkhāto vo mayā maggo, aññāya sallakantanaṁ.
English by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, via SuttaCentral)
What does Dhammapada verse 275 mean?
Verse 275 belongs to chapter 20, The Path (Maggavagga), which gathers verses 273–289 on the path. It is filed under wisdom & folly, suffering & grief, the path. Read it with the verses around it: the Dhammapada arranges chapters as short runs, not as isolated lines, so verse 274 and verse 276 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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