Crossword-Solution: DHAMMAPADA 10 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 21

The meaning of this proverb is identical with that of the _Dhammapada_ verse:—“If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.” 30.—_Innen ga fukai._ The karma-relation is deep.[26] [26] A saying very commonly used in speaking of the attachment of lovers, or of the unfortunate results of any close relation between two persons.

Who would think of quoting "Paradise Lost" in any sober comparison of Biblical truth with the teachings of other religions?[94] Even the canonical literature, that which is supposed to contain the true history and teachings of Buddha, is far from authoritative, owing to the acknowledged habit--acknowledged even by the author of the "Dhammapada" of adding commentaries, notes, etc., to original teachings.

Besides, there were no "scriptures" of any kind in his day, for nothing was written till two or three centuries later; and worse still, Buddha is made to quote his own subsequent teachings; for the "Dhammapada" claims to consist of the sacred words of the "enlightened one." Most of the legends of Buddhism were wholly written after the beginning of the Christian era, and it cannot be shown that any were written in their present form until two or three centuries of that era had elapsed.

Asoka burns with zeal to propagate this Dhamma and his language recalls[586] the utterances of the Dhammapada.

The latter for instance quotes the well-known lines "anupubbena medhavi" not as coming from the Dhammapada but as "spoken by the Lord." But the author of the Questions of Milinda, who knew the canonical books by the names they bear now, also often adopts a similar method of citation.