{"id":"dhp60-75","title":"5. The Fool","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"dhp60-75","title":"5. The Fool","units":[{"id":"dhp60:0","sourceIds":["dhp60:0.1","dhp60:0.2","dhp60:0.3","dhp60:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khuddakanikāya\nDhammapada\nBālavagga\nAññatarapurisavatthu","en":"Minor Collection\nSayings of the Dhamma 60–75\n5. The Fool"}},{"id":"dhp60:1","sourceIds":["dhp60:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dīghā jāgarato ratti,","en":"Long is the night for the wakeful;"}},{"id":"dhp60:2","sourceIds":["dhp60:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"dīghaṁ santassa yojanaṁ;","en":"long is the league for the weary;"}},{"id":"dhp60:3","sourceIds":["dhp60:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dīgho bālāna saṁsāro,","en":"long transmigrate the fools"}},{"id":"dhp60:4","sourceIds":["dhp60:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"saddhammaṁ avijānataṁ.","en":"who don’t understand the true teaching."}},{"id":"dhp61:0","sourceIds":["dhp61:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mahākassapasaddhivihārikavatthu"}},{"id":"dhp61:1","sourceIds":["dhp61:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Carañce nādhigaccheyya,","en":"If while wandering you find no partner"}},{"id":"dhp61:2","sourceIds":["dhp61:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyaṁ sadisamattano;","en":"equal or better than yourself,"}},{"id":"dhp61:3","sourceIds":["dhp61:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekacariyaṁ daḷhaṁ kayirā,","en":"then firmly resolve to wander alone—"}},{"id":"dhp61:4","sourceIds":["dhp61:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Natthi bāle sahāyatā.","en":"there’s no fellowship with fools."}},{"id":"dhp62:0","sourceIds":["dhp62:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ānandaseṭṭhivatthu"}},{"id":"dhp62:1","sourceIds":["dhp62:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puttā matthi dhanaṁ matthi,","en":"“Sons are mine, wealth is mine”—"}},{"id":"dhp62:2","sourceIds":["dhp62:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"iti bālo vihaññati;","en":"thus the fool frets."}},{"id":"dhp62:3","sourceIds":["dhp62:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attā hi attano natthi,","en":"For even your self is not your own,"}},{"id":"dhp62:4","sourceIds":["dhp62:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"kuto puttā kuto dhanaṁ.","en":"let alone your sons or wealth."}},{"id":"dhp63:0","sourceIds":["dhp63:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Gaṇṭhibhedakacoravatthu"}},{"id":"dhp63:1","sourceIds":["dhp63:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo bālo maññati bālyaṁ,","en":"The fool who thinks they’re a fool"}},{"id":"dhp63:2","sourceIds":["dhp63:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"paṇḍito vāpi tena so;","en":"is wise at least to that extent."}},{"id":"dhp63:3","sourceIds":["dhp63:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bālo ca paṇḍitamānī,","en":"But the true fool is said to be one"}},{"id":"dhp63:4","sourceIds":["dhp63:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"sa ve “bālo”ti vuccati.","en":"who imagines that they are wise."}},{"id":"dhp64:0","sourceIds":["dhp64:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Udāyittheravatthu"}},{"id":"dhp64:1","sourceIds":["dhp64:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvajīvampi ce bālo,","en":"Though a fool attends to the wise"}},{"id":"dhp64:2","sourceIds":["dhp64:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"paṇḍitaṁ payirupāsati;","en":"even for the rest of their 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soup."}},{"id":"dhp66:0","sourceIds":["dhp66:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Suppabuddhakuṭṭhivatthu"}},{"id":"dhp66:1","sourceIds":["dhp66:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Caranti bālā dummedhā,","en":"Fools and simpletons behave"}},{"id":"dhp66:2","sourceIds":["dhp66:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"amitteneva attanā;","en":"like their own worst enemies,"}},{"id":"dhp66:3","sourceIds":["dhp66:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Karontā pāpakaṁ kammaṁ,","en":"doing wicked deeds"}},{"id":"dhp66:4","sourceIds":["dhp66:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"yaṁ hoti kaṭukapphalaṁ.","en":"that ripen as bitter fruit."}},{"id":"dhp67:0","sourceIds":["dhp67:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kassakavatthu"}},{"id":"dhp67:1","sourceIds":["dhp67:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na taṁ kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu,","en":"It’s not good to do a deed"}},{"id":"dhp67:2","sourceIds":["dhp67:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"yaṁ katvā anutappati;","en":"that plagues you later on,"}},{"id":"dhp67:3","sourceIds":["dhp67:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa assumukho rodaṁ,","en":"for which you weep and wail,"}},{"id":"dhp67:4","sourceIds":["dhp67:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"vipākaṁ paṭisevati.","en":"as its effect stays with you."}},{"id":"dhp68:0","sourceIds":["dhp68:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sumanamālākāravatthu"}},{"id":"dhp68:1","sourceIds":["dhp68:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tañca kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu,","en":"It is good to do a deed"}},{"id":"dhp68:2","sourceIds":["dhp68:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"yaṁ katvā nānutappati;","en":"that doesn’t plague you later on,"}},{"id":"dhp68:3","sourceIds":["dhp68:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa patīto sumano,","en":"that gladdens and cheers,"}},{"id":"dhp68:4","sourceIds":["dhp68:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"vipākaṁ paṭisevati.","en":"as its effect stays with you."}},{"id":"dhp69:0","sourceIds":["dhp69:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uppalavaṇṇattherīvatthu"}},{"id":"dhp69:1","sourceIds":["dhp69:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Madhuṁvā maññati bālo,","en":"The fool imagines that evil is sweet,"}},{"id":"dhp69:2","sourceIds":["dhp69:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"yāva pāpaṁ na paccati;","en":"so long as it has not yet ripened."}},{"id":"dhp69:3","sourceIds":["dhp69:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadā ca paccati pāpaṁ,","en":"But as soon as that evil ripens,"}},{"id":"dhp69:4","sourceIds":["dhp69:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"atha dukkhaṁ nigacchati.","en":"they fall into suffering."}},{"id":"dhp70:0","sourceIds":["dhp70:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jambukattheravatthu"}},{"id":"dhp70:1","sourceIds":["dhp70:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Māse māse kusaggena,","en":"Month after month a fool may eat"}},{"id":"dhp70:2","sourceIds":["dhp70:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"bālo bhuñjeyya bhojanaṁ;","en":"food from a grass-blade’s 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