Dhammapada verse 278
Chapter 20, The Path (Maggavagga) · verses 273–289
“All conditions are suffering— when this is seen with wisdom, one grows disillusioned with suffering: this is the path to purity.”
“Sabbe saṅkhārā dukkhā”ti, yadā paññāya passati; Atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiyā.
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What does Dhammapada verse 278 mean?
Verse 278 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 277 and verse 279 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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