Dhammapada verse 282
Chapter 20, The Path (Maggavagga) · verses 273–289
“From meditation springs wisdom, without meditation, wisdom ends. Knowing these two paths— of progress and decline— you should conduct yourself so that wisdom grows.”
Yogā ve jāyatī bhūri, ayogā bhūrisaṅkhayo; Etaṁ dvedhāpathaṁ ñatvā, bhavāya vibhavāya ca; Tathāttānaṁ niveseyya, yathā bhūri pavaḍḍhati.
English by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, via SuttaCentral)
What does Dhammapada verse 282 mean?
Verse 282 belongs to chapter 20, The Path (Maggavagga), which gathers verses 273–289 on the path. It is filed under wisdom & folly, self-discipline, the path. Read it with the verses around it: the Dhammapada arranges chapters as short runs, not as isolated lines, so verse 281 and verse 283 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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