{
  "dhp273:0.1": "Minor Collection ",
  "dhp273:0.2": "Sayings of the Dhamma 273–289 ",
  "dhp273:0.3": "20. The Path ",
  "dhp273:0.4": "",
  "dhp273:1": "Of paths, the eightfold is the best; ",
  "dhp273:2": "of truths, the four statements; ",
  "dhp273:3": "dispassion is the best of things, ",
  "dhp273:4": "and the Clear-eyed One is the best of humans. ",
  "dhp274:1": "<em>This</em> is the path, there is no other ",
  "dhp274:2": "for the purification of vision. ",
  "dhp274:3": "You all must practice this, ",
  "dhp274:4": "it is the way to baffle Māra. ",
  "dhp275:1": "When you all are practicing this, ",
  "dhp275:2": "you’ll make an end of suffering. ",
  "dhp275:3": "I have explained the path to you ",
  "dhp275:4": "for extracting the thorn with wisdom. ",
  "dhp276:1": "You yourselves must do the work, ",
  "dhp276:2": "the Realized Ones just show the way. ",
  "dhp276:3": "Meditators practicing absorption ",
  "dhp276:4": "are released from Māra’s bonds. ",
  "dhp277:0": "",
  "dhp277:1": "All conditions are impermanent—",
  "dhp277:2": "when this is seen with wisdom, ",
  "dhp277:3": "one grows disillusioned with suffering: ",
  "dhp277:4": "this is the path to purity. ",
  "dhp278:0": "",
  "dhp278:1": "All conditions are suffering—",
  "dhp278:2": "when this is seen with wisdom, ",
  "dhp278:3": "one grows disillusioned with suffering: ",
  "dhp278:4": "this is the path to purity. ",
  "dhp279:0": "",
  "dhp279:1": "All things are not-self—",
  "dhp279:2": "when this is seen with wisdom, ",
  "dhp279:3": "one grows disillusioned with suffering: ",
  "dhp279:4": "this is the path to purity. ",
  "dhp280:0": "",
  "dhp280:1": "They don’t get going when it’s time to start; ",
  "dhp280:2": "they’re young and strong, but given to sloth. ",
  "dhp280:3": "Their mind depressed in sunken thought, ",
  "dhp280:4": "lazy and slothful, they can’t discern the path. ",
  "dhp281:0": "",
  "dhp281:1": "Guarded in speech, restrained in mind, ",
  "dhp281:2": "doing no unskillful bodily deed. ",
  "dhp281:3": "Purify these three ways of performing deeds, ",
  "dhp281:4": "and win the path known to seers. ",
  "dhp282:0": "",
  "dhp282:1": "From meditation springs wisdom, ",
  "dhp282:2": "without meditation, wisdom ends. ",
  "dhp282:3": "Knowing these two paths—",
  "dhp282:4": "of progress and decline—",
  "dhp282:5": "you should conduct yourself ",
  "dhp282:6": "so that wisdom grows. ",
  "dhp283:0": "",
  "dhp283:1": "Cut down the jungle, not just a tree; ",
  "dhp283:2": "from the jungle springs fear. ",
  "dhp283:3": "Having cut down jungle and snarl, ",
  "dhp283:4": "be free of jungles, mendicants! ",
  "dhp284:1": "So long as the vine, no matter how small, ",
  "dhp284:2": "that ties a man to women is not cut, ",
  "dhp284:3": "his mind remains trapped, ",
  "dhp284:4": "like a calf suckling its mother. ",
  "dhp285:0": "",
  "dhp285:1": "Cut out affection for oneself, ",
  "dhp285:2": "like plucking an autumn lotus. ",
  "dhp285:3": "Foster only the path to peace, ",
  "dhp285:4": "the extinguishment the Holy One taught. ",
  "dhp286:0": "",
  "dhp286:1": "“Here I will stay for the rains; ",
  "dhp286:2": "here for winter, here the summer”; ",
  "dhp286:3": "thus the fool thinks, ",
  "dhp286:4": "not realizing the danger. ",
  "dhp287:0": "",
  "dhp287:1": "As a mighty flood sweeps away a sleeping village, ",
  "dhp287:2": "death steals away a man ",
  "dhp287:3": "who dotes on children and cattle, ",
  "dhp287:4": "his mind caught up in them. ",
  "dhp288:0": "",
  "dhp288:1": "Children provide you no shelter, ",
  "dhp288:2": "nor does father, nor relatives. ",
  "dhp288:3": "When you’re seized by the terminator, ",
  "dhp288:4": "there’s no shelter in family. ",
  "dhp289:1": "Knowing the reason for this, ",
  "dhp289:2": "astute, and ethically restrained, ",
  "dhp289:3": "one would quickly clear the path ",
  "dhp289:4": "that leads to extinguishment. ",
  "dhp289:5": ""
}