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 &quote;doctrine&quote; or an &quote;eternal truth&quote; or &quote;righteousness&quote; or all &quote;phenomena&quote;; and, at its root, pada means &quote;foot&quote; and thus by extension, especially in this context, means either &quote;path&quote; or &quote;verse&quote; (cf. &quote;prosodic foot&quote;) or both. (courtesy of wikipedia.com)