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 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



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