CONTENTMENT · DHAMMAPADA 197
Enough for This Moment
Let us live happily then, not hating those who hate us! among men who hate us let us dwell free from hatred!
Dhammapada 197 · Chapter 15, Happiness · trans. F. Max Müller · Read the full text at Project Gutenberg
Reflection
The verse begins, “Let us live happily then, not hating those who hate us.” In its chapter, this image points toward forms of happiness rooted in simplicity. The practical question is whether replaying injury protects you or keeps the injury active. Because this is a historic English translation, test the teaching in experience rather than treating its wording as a demand for belief.
Practice prompt
Which desire can rest for one day?