Dhammapada verse 362
Chapter 25, Mendicants (Bhikkhuvagga) · verses 360–382
“One restrained in hand and foot, and in speech, the supreme restraint; happy inside, serene, solitary, content, I call a mendicant.”
Hatthasaṁyato pādasaṁyato, Vācāsaṁyato saṁyatuttamo; Ajjhattarato samāhito, Eko santusito tamāhu bhikkhuṁ.
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What does Dhammapada verse 362 mean?
Verse 362 belongs to chapter 25, Mendicants (Bhikkhuvagga), which gathers verses 360–382 on the mendicant’s day. It is filed under happiness, self-discipline, speech. Read it with the verses around it: the Dhammapada arranges chapters as short runs, not as isolated lines, so verse 361 and verse 363 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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