{"id":"dhp256-272","title":"19. The Just","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"dhp256-272","title":"19. The Just","units":[{"id":"dhp256:0","sourceIds":["dhp256:0.1","dhp256:0.2","dhp256:0.3","dhp256:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khuddakanikāya\nDhammapada\nDhammaṭṭhavagga\nVinicchayamahāmattavatthu","en":"Minor Collection\nSayings of the Dhamma 256–272\n19. 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