Sacred Text · The Dhammapada
The Dhammapada, verse 273
Chapter 20, The Way · verse 273
“The best of ways is the eightfold; the best of truths the four words; the best of virtues passionlessness; the best of men he who has eyes to see.”
Dhammapada 273 · Müller
Translation: F. Max Müller (1881), The Dhammapada, Sacred Books of the East vol. X, public domain, via Project Gutenberg (ebook 2017). Reproduced in full and in context; verse 5 and the verse count (423 verses, 26 chapters) validated against the source before publishing.
Christian comparison
How this connects to Jesus
The best of ways is the eightfold path, the Dhammapada says. Jesus made a startling claim of his own: I am the way, and the truth, and the life (John 14:6). Not only a way to walk, but a person to know. Compare the eightfold path with the One who calls himself the Way.
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