Dhammapada

The Dhammapada is a versified Buddhist scripture traditionally ascribed to the Buddha himself. It is one of the best-known texts from the Theravada canon. The title, Dhammapada, is a compound term composed of dhamma and pada, each word having a number of denotations and connotations. Generally, dhamma can refer to the Buddha's "e;doctrine"e; or an "e;eternal truth"e; or "e;righteousness"e; or all "e;phenomena"e;; and, at its root, pada means "e;foot"e; and thus by extension, especially in this context, means either "e;path"e; or "e;verse"e; (cf. "e;prosodic foot"e;) or both. (courtesy of wikipedia.com)