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The Dharmma is a Buddhist term which means the Universal Law or Truth, which connotes the teaching of Buddha about this law and its relation to us.
Surrendering oneself to the Dharma
leads to serene being.
The wise perpetually delight in the truth
taught by the Awakened one.
Dhammapada Verse 79
Below are excerpts from "What is Theravada Buddhism?", edited from an essay by John Bullitt
Shortly after his Awakening, the Buddha ("the Awakened One") delivered his first sermon, in which he laid out the essential framework upon which all his later teachings were based. This framework consists of the Four Noble Truths, four fundamental principles of nature (Dhamma) that emerged from the Buddha's honest and penetrating assessment of the human condition and that serve to define the entire scope of Buddhist practice. These truths are not statements of belief. Rather, they are categories by which we can frame our direct experience in a way that is conducive to Awakening: Life Contains Suffering, Suffering is Caused by desire ( Particularly selfish desire), there is an end to suffering, The end is the 8 fold Noble Path...
The Four Noble Truths and The Noble Eightfold Path is explained in the next BFB page Link Here...
The Dhammapada
The Dharmmapada consists of 26 Chapters, which I have a links to The Dhammapada (Full Text):
Source 1
http://www.ehi-passika.org/Dhmpada.htm
Source 2
The Dhammapada (Whole text in one page)
http://eawc.evansville.edu/anthology/dhammapada.htm
Source 3
A free e-book "The Dhammapada" is available for download (PDF Format) at
http://www.urbandharma.org/pdf/dpada.pdf
The Dhammapada
* Preface
* Introduction
* Chapter One -- The Pairs
* Chapter Two -- Heedfulness
* Chapter Three -- The Mind
* Chapter Four -- Flowers
* Chapter Five -- The Fool
* Chapter Six -- The Wise Person
* Chapter Seven -- The Arahat
* Chapter Eight -- The Thousands
* Chapter Nine -- Evil
* Chapter Ten -- Violence
* Chapter Eleven -- Old Age
* Chapter Twelve -- The Self
* Chapter Thirteen -- The World
* Chapter Fourteen -- The Buddha
* Chapter Fifteen -- Happiness
* Chapter Sixteen -- Affection
* Chapter Seventeen -- Anger
* Chapter Eighteen -- Impurity
* Chapter Nineteen -- The Just
* Chapter Twenty -- The Path
* Chapter Twenty-One -- Miscellaneous
* Chapter Twenty-Two -- The State of Woe
* Chapter Twenty-Three -- The Elephant
* Chapter Twenty-Four -- Craving
* Chapter Twenty-Five -- The Monk
* Chapter Twenty-Six -- The Holy Person
Below is a link to an article by Venerable Ajahn Chah :
Living Dhamma,
by Ajahn Chah
Living in the World with
Dhamma
A link to the Living Dharmma page
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