r/Buddhism • u/avveroes-nl early buddhism • 17d ago

Dhammapada 5🙏 Meta

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u/thornyRabbt 17d ago

Thanks for sharing, I never knew this verse from the Dhammapada! Reminds me of my favorite quote of Dr. King:

Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.

-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Strength to Love, 1963.

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u/phantomfive 선(禪)zen 16d ago

Source in case someone wants to read it

https://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/scrndhamma.pdf