<p>Here's a list:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/dhp/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">AccessToInsight's Dhammapada</a> - various translations (Buddharakkhita, Thanissaro, and a few others) - web-based</li>
<li><a href="https://suttacentral.net/dhp" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Suttacentral's Dhammapada</a> - various translations (Anandajoti, Buddharakkhita) - web-based</li>
<li><a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/damapada.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ven. Thanissaro's translation of Dhammapada</a> - in PDF</li>
<li><a href="http://www.buddhismtoday.com/english/texts/khuddaka/dhp/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ven. Thanissaro's translation of Dhammapada</a> - web-based</li>
<li><a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/scrndhamma.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Acharya Buddharakkhita's translation of Dhammapada</a> - in PDF</li>
<li><a href="https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/Dhamma-Verses.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ven. Anandajoti's translation of Dhammapada</a> - in PDF, includes Pali text</li>
<li><a href="https://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Dhammapada/index.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ven. Anandajoti's translation of Dhammapada</a> - web-based, PDF, epub and MOBI, includes Pali text</li>
<li><a href="https://www.readingfaithfully.org/dhammapada-translated-by-ven-narada-pdf/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ven. Narada's translation of Dhammapada</a> - in PDF, epub and MOBI</li>
<li><a href="http://www.aimwell.org/dhammapada.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bhikkhu Pesala's version of Ven. Narada's Dhammapada</a> - web-based, enhanced with commentary</li>
<li><a href="https://www.buddhistelibrary.org/buddhism-online/e-books/dhammapada-txt.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ven. Weragoda Sarada Thero's translation of Dhammapada</a> - in PDF, includes commentary and Pali text</li>
<li><a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/dhammapada/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ven. Weragoda Sarada Thero's translation of Dhammapada</a> - web-based, illustrated</li>
<li><a href="http://read.goodweb.net.cn/PDF/p34/The%20Dhammapada.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">P. Lal's translation of Dhammapada</a> - in PDF</li>
<li><a href="http://www.readingfaithfully.org/buddhist-legends-dhammapada-origin-stories-burlingame-kindle-ebook/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Buddhist Legends, translated by E. W. Burlingame</a> - in epub, MOBI - complete stories of the Dhammapada</li>
<li><a href="http://www.insightflorida.org/uploads/dhammapada.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Thomas Byrom's translation of Dhammapada</a> - in PDF, rendered into English poetry</li>
<li><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2017" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Max Müller's translation of the Dhammapada</a> - web-based, MOBI and epub</li>
</ul>
<p>You can find many more Dhammapada PDF versions <a href="https://static.sirimangalo.org/pdf/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>

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ruben2020
<p>The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories</p>
<p>Dhammapada is one of the best known books of the Pitaka. It is a collection of the teachings of the Buddha expressed in clear, pithy verses. These verses were culled from various discourses given by the Buddha in the course of forty-five years of his teaching, as he travelled in the valley of the Ganges (Ganga) and the sub-mountain tract of the Himalayas. These verses are often terse, witty and convincing. Whenever similes are used, they are those that are easily understood even by a child, e.g., the cart's wheel, a man's shadow, a deep pool, flowers. Through these verses, the Buddha exhorts one to achieve that greatest of all conquests, the conquest of self; to escape from the evils of passion, hatred and ignorance; and to strive hard to attain freedom from craving and freedom from the round of rebirths. Each verse contains a truth (dhamma), an exhortation, a piece of advice.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/</a></p>

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2020-06-24T02:27:23.943Z
This answer is not useful. OP asks for "a comprehensive list".
Kumāra Bhikkhu
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2020-06-24T08:08:28.430Z
Just Google it. I gave my best option here.
SarathW
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2020-06-24T08:26:44.740Z
I thinks this answer is useful -- I don't think this one was mentioned in other answers, and this one is for various reasons one of my favourite editions.
ChrisW
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SarathW
<p>I'm looking for translations of the Dhammapada that are freely available to quote in part or in full. I would like a variety of alternative translation so can anyone give a comprehensive list - online and/or printed publications.</p>
<p>Many Thanks</p>

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Freely available translations of the Dhammapada
# Freely available translations of the Dhammapada

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-22)

I'm looking for translations of the Dhammapada that are freely available to quote in part or in full. I would like a variety of alternative translation so can anyone give a comprehensive list - online and/or printed publications.

Many Thanks

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-06-22. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

Here's a list:

* [AccessToInsight's Dhammapada](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/dhp/index.html) - various translations (Buddharakkhita, Thanissaro, and a few others) - web-based
* [Suttacentral's Dhammapada](https://suttacentral.net/dhp) - various translations (Anandajoti, Buddharakkhita) - web-based
* [Ven. Thanissaro's translation of Dhammapada](http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/damapada.pdf) - in PDF
* [Ven. Thanissaro's translation of Dhammapada](http://www.buddhismtoday.com/english/texts/khuddaka/dhp/index.html) - web-based
* [Acharya Buddharakkhita's translation of Dhammapada](http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/scrndhamma.pdf) - in PDF
* [Ven. Anandajoti's translation of Dhammapada](https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/Dhamma-Verses.pdf) - in PDF, includes Pali text
* [Ven. Anandajoti's translation of Dhammapada](https://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Dhammapada/index.htm) - web-based, PDF, epub and MOBI, includes Pali text
* [Ven. Narada's translation of Dhammapada](https://www.readingfaithfully.org/dhammapada-translated-by-ven-narada-pdf/) - in PDF, epub and MOBI
* [Bhikkhu Pesala's version of Ven. Narada's Dhammapada](http://www.aimwell.org/dhammapada.html) - web-based, enhanced with commentary
* [Ven. Weragoda Sarada Thero's translation of Dhammapada](https://www.buddhistelibrary.org/buddhism-online/e-books/dhammapada-txt.pdf) - in PDF, includes commentary and Pali text
* [Ven. Weragoda Sarada Thero's translation of Dhammapada](http://www.buddhanet.net/dhammapada/) - web-based, illustrated
* [P. Lal's translation of Dhammapada](http://read.goodweb.net.cn/PDF/p34/The%20Dhammapada.pdf) - in PDF
* [Buddhist Legends, translated by E. W. Burlingame](http://www.readingfaithfully.org/buddhist-legends-dhammapada-origin-stories-burlingame-kindle-ebook/) - in epub, MOBI - complete stories of the Dhammapada
* [Thomas Byrom's translation of Dhammapada](http://www.insightflorida.org/uploads/dhammapada.pdf) - in PDF, rendered into English poetry
* [Max Müller's translation of the Dhammapada](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2017) - web-based, MOBI and epub

You can find many more Dhammapada PDF versions [here](https://static.sirimangalo.org/pdf/).


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-06-22. Score: 4

The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories

Dhammapada is one of the best known books of the Pitaka. It is a collection of the teachings of the Buddha expressed in clear, pithy verses. These verses were culled from various discourses given by the Buddha in the course of forty-five years of his teaching, as he travelled in the valley of the Ganges (Ganga) and the sub-mountain tract of the Himalayas. These verses are often terse, witty and convincing. Whenever similes are used, they are those that are easily understood even by a child, e.g., the cart's wheel, a man's shadow, a deep pool, flowers. Through these verses, the Buddha exhorts one to achieve that greatest of all conquests, the conquest of self; to escape from the evils of passion, hatred and ignorance; and to strive hard to attain freedom from craving and freedom from the round of rebirths. Each verse contains a truth (dhamma), an exhortation, a piece of advice.

<https://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/>

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: This answer is not useful. OP asks for "a comprehensive list".  
> **username_2**: Just Google it. I gave my best option here.  
> **username_4**: I thinks this answer is useful -- I don't think this one was mentioned in other answers, and this one is for various reasons one of my favourite editions.  

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