THE DHAMMAPADA STORIES

(Khuddaka Nikaya)

Translated By Daw Mya Tin, M.A., Burma Pitaka Association ( 1986 )


PREFACE

CONTENTS

Chapter I:
The Pairs (Yamakavagga)

Verse/
Story 		The Story
1/1 Thera Cakkhupala
2/2 Matthakundali
3-4/3 Thera Tissa
5/4 Kalayakkhini
6/5 Kosanmbi Bhikkhu
7-8/6 Thera Mahakala
9-10/7 Devadatta
11-12/8 Thera Sariputta...
13-14/9 Thera Nanda
15/10 Cundasukarika
16/11 Dhammika Upasaka
17/12 Devadatta
18/13 Sumanadevi
19-20/14 Two Friends

Chapter II: Mindfulness (Appamdavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
21-23/1 Samavati
24/2 Kumbhaghosaka,the Banker
25/3 Culapanthaka
26-27/4 Balanakkhatta Festival
28/5 Thera Mahakassapa
29/6 Two Companion Bhikkhus
30/7 Magha
31/8 Certain Bhikkhu
32/9 Thera Nigamavasitissa

Chapter III:
The Mind (Cittavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
33-34/1 Thera Meghiya
35/2 A Certain Bhikkhu
36/3 A Certain Disgruntled Bhikkhu
37/4 Thera Samgharakkhita
38-39/5 Thera Cittahattha
40/6 Five Hundred Bhikkhus
41/7 Tissa, the Thera with a Stinking Body
42/8 Nanda, the Herdsman
43/9 Soreyya
     

Chapter IV:
Flowers (Pupphavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
44-45/1 Five Hundred Bhikkhus
46/2 Bhikkhu who Contemplates the Body as a Mirage
47/3 Vitatubha
48/4 Patipujika Kumari
49/5 Kosiya, the Miserly Rich Man
50/6 Ascetic Paveyya.
51-52/7 Chattapapani, a Lay Disciple
53/8 Visakha
54-55/9 Question Raised by the Venerable Ananda
56/10 Thera Mahakassapa
57/11 Thera Godhika
58-59/12 Garahadinna

Chapter V:
The Fool (Bilavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
60/1 a Certain Person
61/2 a Resident Pupil of Thera Mahakassapa
62/3 Ananda, the Rich Man
63/4 Two Pick-Pockets
64/5 Thera Udayi
65/6 Thirty Bhikkhus from Paveyyaka
66/7 Suppabuddha, the Leper
67/ a Farmer
68/9 Sumana, the Florist
69/10 Theri Uppalavanna
70/11 Thera Jambuka
71/12 Ahipeta
72/13 Satthikutapeta
73-74/14 Citta, the Householder
75/15 Samanera Tissa of the Forest Monastery

Chapter VI:
The Wise (Panditavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
76/1 Thera Radha
77/2 Bhikkhus Assaji and Punabbasuka
78/3 Thera Channa
79/4 Thera Mahakappina
80/5 Samanera Pandita
81/6 Thera Lakudaka Bhaddiya
82/7 Kanamata
83/8 Five Hundred Bhikkhus
84/9 Thera Dhammika
85-86/10 Dhamma Listeners
87-88-89/11 Five Hundred Visiting Bhikkhus
     

Chapter VII:
The Arahat (Arahantavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
90/1 the Question Asked by Jivaka
91/2 Thera Mahakassapa
92/3 Thera Belatthasisa
93/4 Thera Anuruddha
94/5 Thera Mahakaccayana
95/6 Thera Sariputta
96/7 a Samanera from Kosambi
97/8 Thera Sariputta
98/9 Thera Revata
99/10 a Woman

Chapter VIII:
The Thousand (Sahassavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
100 /1 Tambadathika
101/2 Bahiyadaruciriya
102/3 Theri Kundalakesi
104-5/4 Brahmin Anatthapucchaka
106/5 Thera Sariputta's Uncle
107/6 Thera Sariputta's Nephew
108/7 Thera Sariputta's Friend
109/8 Ayuvaddhanakumara
110/9 Samanera Samkicca
111/10 Khanu-Kondanna
112/11 Thera Sappadasa
113/12 Theri Patacara
114/13 Theri Kisagotami
115/14 Theri Bahuputtika

Chapter: IX
Evil (Papavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
116/1 Culekasataka
117/2 Thera Seyyasaka
118/3 Lajadevadhita
119-120/4 Anathapindika
121/5 A Careless Bhikkhu
122/6 Bila1apadaka
123/7 Mahadhana
124/8 Kukkutamitta
125/9 Koka the Huntsman
126/10 Thera Tissa
127/11 Three Group of Persons
128/12 King Suppabuddha
     

Chapter X
Punishment (Dandavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
129/1 A Group of Six Bhikkhus
130/2 A Group of Six Bhikkhus
131-132/3 Many Youths
133-134-4 Thera Kondadhana
135/5 Some Ladies Observing the Moral Precepts
136/6 The Boa Constrictor Peta
137-140/7 Thera Maha Moggallana
141/8 Bhikkhu Bahubhandika
142/9 Santati the Minister
143-144/10 Thera Pilotikatissa
145/11 Samanera Sukha

Chapter XI
Ageing (Jaravagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
146/1 The Companions of Visakha
147/2 Sirima
148/3 The Theri Uttara
149/4 Adhimanika Bhikkhu
150/5 Theri Rupananda (Janapadakalyani)
151/6 Queen Mallika
152/7 Thera Laludayi
153-154/8 Concerning the "Words of Exultation of the Buddha"
155-156/9 The Son of Mahad hana

Chapter XII
Self (Attavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
157/1 Bodhirajakumara
158/2 Thera Upananda Sakyaputta
159/3 Thera Padhanikatissa
160/4 Mother of Kumarakassapa
161/5 Mahakala Upasaka
162/6 Devadatta
163/7 Schism in the Order
164/8 Thera Kala
165/9 Culaka Upasaka
166/10 Thera Attadattha
     

Chapter XIII
The World ( Lokavagga )

Verse/ Story The Story
167/1 A Young Bhikkhu
168-169/2 King Suddhodana
170/3 Five Hundred Bhikkhus
171/4 Prince Abhaya
172/5 Thera Sammajjana
173/6 Thera Angulimala
174/7 Weaver-Girl
175/8 Thirty Bhikkhus
176/9 Cincamanavika
177/10 The Unrivalled Alms-Giving
178/11 Kala, son of Azathapindika

Chapter XIV
The Budha (Buddhavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
179-80/1 Three Daughters of Mara
181/2 The Buddha's Return from the Tavatimsa Deva World
182/3 Erakapatta theNaga King
183-5/4 The Question raised by Thera Ananda
186-7/5 A Dissatisfied Young Bhikkhu
188-92/6 Aggidatta
193/7 The QuestionRaised by Thera Aananda
194/8 Many Bhikkhus
195-6/9 the Golden Stupa of Kassara Buddha

Chapter XV
Happiness (Sukhavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
197-9/1 The Pacification of the Relatives of the Buddha
200/2 Mara
201/3 The Defeat of the King of Kosala
202/4 A Young Bride
203/5 A Lay-disciple
204/6 King Pasenadi of Kosala
205/7 Thera Tissa
206-8/8 Sakka
     

Chapter XVI
Affection (Piyavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
209-1/1 Three Ascetics
212/2 A Rich Householder
213/3 Visakha
214/4 Licchavi Princes
215/5 Anitthigandha Kumara
216/6 Brahmin
217/7 Five Hundred Boys
218/8 Anagami Thera
219-0/9 Nandiya

Chapter XVII
Anger (Kodhavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
221/1 Princess Rohini
222/2 A Bhikkhu
223/3 Uttara the Lay-disciple
224/4 Question Raisedby Thera Maha Moggallina
225/5 The Brahmin Who Had Been the Father of the Buddha
226/6 Punna the Slave-Girl
227-30/7 Atula the Lay-Disciple
231-34/8 A Group of Six Bhikkhus

Chapter XVIII
Impurities (Malavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
235-238/1 The Son of a Butcher
239/2 A Brahmin
240/3 Thera Tissa
241/4 Laludayi
242-243/5 A Man whose Wife Committed Adultery
244-245/6 Culasari
246-248/7 Five Lay-Disciples
249-250/8 Tissa
251/9 Five Lay-disciples
252/10 Mendaka the Rich Man
253/11 Thera Ujjhanasanni
254-255/12 Subhadda the Wandering Ascetic
     

Chapter XIX
The Just or the Righteous (Dhammatthavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
256-257/1 The Judge
258/2 Group of Six Bhikkhus
259/3 Ekudana the Arahat
260-261/4 Story of Thera Bhaddiya
262-263/5 Some Bhikkhus
264-265/6 Bhikkhu Hatthaka
266-267/7 A Brahmin
268-269/8 The Followers of Non-Buddhist Doctrines
270/9 A Fisherman Named Ariya
271-272/10 Some Bhikkhus

Chapter XX
The Path (Maggavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
273-276/1 Five Hundred Bhikkhus
277-279/2-4 Relating to Anicca, Dukkha and Anatta
280/5 Thera Tissa, the Idle One
281/6 A Swine Peta
282/7 Thera Potthila
283-284/8 Five Old Bhikkhus
285/9 A Thera who Had Been a Goldsmith
286/10 Mahadhana, a Merchant
287/11 Kisagotami
288-289/12 Patacara

Chapter XXI
Miscellaneous (Pakinnakavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
290/1 Buddha's Former Deeds
291/2 The Woman Who Ate Up the Eggs of a Hen
292-293/3 The Baddiya Bhikkhus
294-295/4 Thera Bhaddiya, the Short One
296-301/5 A Wood-Cutter's Son
302/6 The Bhikkhu from the Country of the Vajjis
303/7 Citta the Householder
304/8 Culasubhadda
305/9 The Thera Who Stayed Alone .
     

Chapter XXII
The Chapter on Niraya(Nirayavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
306/1 Sundari the Wandering Female Ascetic ...
307/2 Those Who Suffered fer Their Evil Deeds
308/3 Who Lived on the Bank of the Vaggumuda River
309-310/4 Khemaka, the Son of a Rich Man
311-313/5 The Obstinate Bhikkhu .
314/6 A Woman of Jealous Disposition
315/7 Many Bhikkhus
316-317/8 The Nigantha Ascetics
318-319/9 The Disciples of Non-Buddhist Ascetics

Chapter XXIII
The Elephant (Nagavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
320-322/1 On Subduing Oneself
323/2 The Bhikkhu Who Had Been a Trainer of Elephants
324/3 An Old Brahmin.
325/4 King Pasenadi of Kosila
326/5 Samanera Sanu...
327/6 The Elephant Called Paveyyaka
328-330/7 A Number of Bhikkhus
331-333/8 Mara

Chapter XXIV
Craving (Tanhavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
334-337/1 Kapila the Fish
338-343/2 A Young Sow
344/3 An Ex-Bhikkhu.
345-346/4 Imprisonment
347/5 Theri Khema
348/6 Uggasena
349-350/7 Culadhanuggaha, the SkilfulArcher
351-352/8 Mara
353/9 Upaka
354/10 The Questions Raised by Sakka
355/11 A Childless Rich Man
356-359/12 Deva Ankura
     

Chapter XXV
The Bhikkhu (Bhkkhuvagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
360-361/1 Five Bhikkhus
362/2 A Bhikkhu Who Killed a Swan (hamsa)
363/3 Bhikkhu Kokalika
364/4 Thera Dhammarama
365-366/5 A Bhikkhu. who Associated with a Follower of Devadatta
367/6 The Giver of the First-Fruits of His Labour
368-376/7 A Great Many Bhikkhus
377/8 Five Hundred Bhikkhus
378/9 Thera Santakaya
379-380/10 Thera Nangalakula
381/11 Thera Vakkali
382/12 Samanera Sumana

Chapter XXVI
The Brahmana (Brhmanavagga)

Verse/ Story The Story
383/1 A Brahmin Who Had Great Faith
384/2 Thirty Bhikkhus
385/3 Mara
386/4 A Certain Brahmin
387/5 Thera Ananda
388/6 A Brahmin Recluse
389-390/7 Thera Sariputta.
391/8 Theri Mahajapati Gotami
392/9 Thera Sariputta
393/10 Jatila, the Brahmin
394/11 A Deceitful Brahmin
395/12 Kisagotami
396/13 A Brahmin
397/14 Uggasena, the Son of a Rich Man
398/15 The Two Brahmins
399/16 The Abusive Brahmin Brothers
400/17 Thera Sariputta...
401/18 Theri Upplavanna
402/19 A Certain Brahmin
403/20 Theri Khema
404/21 A Thera Tissa
405/22 A Certain Bhikkhu
406/23 Four Samaneras
407/24 Thera Mahapanthaka
408/25 Thera Pilindavaccha
409/26 Certain Thera
410/27 Thera Sariputta
411/28 Thera Maha Moggallana
412/29 Samanera Revata
413/30 Thera Candabha
414/31 Thera Sivali
415/32 Thera Sundarasamudda
416/33 Thera Jatila
416/34 Thera Jotika
417/35 Thera Nataputtaka
418/36 Thera Nataputtaka
419/420/37 Thera Vangisa
421/38 Thera Dhammadinna
422/39 Angulimala
423/40 Devahita The Brahmin
     

THE END OF THE DHAMMAPADA STORIES
TRANSLATED BY DAW MYA TIN
BURMA PITAKA ASSOCIATION, 1986