Dhammapada

[Nicholas Weeks]

There are many translations, such as this one by Ven. Buddharakkhita. It has an Introduction by Bhikkhu Bodhi:

http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/scrndhamma.pdf

 

[Nicholas Weeks]

This one has small illustrations, plus a short commentary - a lovely edition:

http://www.buddhanet.net/dhammapada

 

[Nicholas Weeks]

The final verses of chapter 18 on Impurities - by Kaviratna:

251. There is no fire like passion; there is no stranglehold like hatred; there is no snare like delusion; there is no torrent like craving.
252. The faults of others are easily seen, but one’s own faults are perceived with difficulty. One winnows the faults of others like chaff, but conceals his own faults as a fowler covers his body with twigs and leaves.
253. If a man sees only the faults of others, and is ever taking offense, his appetite for sense pleasures increases and he is far from the eradication of his desires.
254. There is no footprint in the sky (akasa); there is no ascetic outwardly. Mankind delights in the illusory world; the Tathagatas (Buddhas) find no delight therein.
255. There is no footprint in the sky; there is no ascetic outwardly; no composite things are eternal; there is no instability in the Buddhas.

 

[Nicholas Weeks]

This is the Buddha chapter 14 from the Kaviratna version:

https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/dhamma/dham14.htm#t1

 

[CircleoftheWay]

This one has small illustrations, plus a short commentary - a lovely edition:

http://www.buddhanet.net/dhammapada

Thank you. I've bookmarked this.