Sacred Text · The Dhammapada
The Dhammapada, verse 354
Chapter 24, Thirst · verse 354
“The gift of the law exceeds all gifts; the sweetness of the law exceeds all sweetness; the delight in the law exceeds all delights; the extinction of thirst overcomes all pain.”
Dhammapada 354 · 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 gift of the truth exceeds all gifts, the Dhammapada teaches, prizing it above every other. Christianity speaks of a gift greater still: God so loved the world that he gave his only Son (John 3:16), the gift not only of teaching but of God himself. Compare the two gifts, and see.
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