Dhammapada verse 375
Chapter 25, Mendicants (Bhikkhuvagga) · verses 360–382
“This is the very start of the path for a wise mendicant here: guarding the senses, contentment, and restraint in the monastic code.”
Tatrāyamādi bhavati, idha paññassa bhikkhuno; Indriyagutti santuṭṭhi, pātimokkhe ca saṁvaro.
English by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, via SuttaCentral)
What does Dhammapada verse 375 mean?
Verse 375 belongs to chapter 25, Mendicants (Bhikkhuvagga), which gathers verses 360–382 on the mendicant’s day. It is filed under wisdom & folly, happiness, self-discipline, the path. Read it with the verses around it: the Dhammapada arranges chapters as short runs, not as isolated lines, so verse 374 and verse 376 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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