DISPLAY-DHAMMAPADA(1) DISPLAY-DHAMMAPADA(1) late 20th century NAME display-dhammapada - display a verse from the Dhammapada SYNOPSIS display-dhammapada [<num> | all] dp [<num> | all] xdp [<num>] OPTIONS <num> Print the given number verse. all Print all the verses. With no arguments a random verse is printed. DESCRIPTION The Dhammapada is an anthology of 423 verses from the Kuddaka Nikaya part of the Theravada Pali Canon. It contains Buddhist ethical and spiritual precepts. The translation here is by John Richards. display-dhammapada prints to the standard output. dp is a synonym for display-dhammapada. xdp prints using xmessage on an X Window screen, or in bold using tputs on a text terminal. EXAMPLES To display a verse each time you log in on a terminal, put display- dhammapada or xdp in your ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile or ~/.login, as appropriate for your shell. To display a verse each time you log in on X Window, put xdp in your ~/.xsession. FILES /usr/local/share/display-dhammapada/dhammapada-english-transl.txt SEE ALSO xmessage(1), tput(1), /usr/local/share/doc/display- dhammapada/dhammapada-english-transl.txt. AUTHORS Program: Copyright (C) 1997 Ricardas Cepas, placed in the public domain. See http://www.angelfire.com/me/rch/dd.html English translation of the Dhammapada: Copyright (C) 1993 John Richards, Pembrokeshire (UK), permission granted for use here. See ftp://coombs.anu.edu.au/coombspapers/otherarchives/electronic- buddhist-archives/buddhism-general/e-texts/sutras- translations/dhammapada-english-transl.txt - 1 - Formatted: March 29, 2024