The Dhammapada

The Dhammapada is a versified Buddhist scripture traditionally ascribed to the Buddha himself. It is one of the best-known texts from the Theravada canon. The title, Dhammapada, is a compound term composed of dhamma and pada, each word having a number of denotations and connotations. Generally, dhamma can refer to the Buddha’s „doctrine“ or an „eternal truth“ or „righteousness“ or all „phenomena“; and, at its root, pada means „foot“ and thus by extension, especially in this context, means either „path“ or „verse“ (cf. „prosodic foot“) or both. (courtesy of wikipedia.com)