PATIENCE · DHAMMAPADA 226

Steady Under Pressure

Those who are ever watchful, who study day and night, and who strive after Nirvana, their passions will come to an end.

Dhammapada 226 · Chapter 17, Anger · trans. F. Max Müller · Read the full text at Project Gutenberg

Reflection

The verse begins, “Those who are ever watchful, who study day and night, and who strive after Nirvana, their….” In its chapter, this image points toward meeting anger without becoming anger. Its value is practical when it changes how you meet one choice, relationship, or difficult feeling today. Because this is a historic English translation, test the teaching in experience rather than treating its wording as a demand for belief.

Practice prompt

Can you protect a boundary without contempt?