Dhammapada Verse 327 The Story of the Elephant Called Paveyyaka Paveyyaka when young was very strong; in due course, he became old ...

Dhammapada Verses 334, 335, 336 and 337 The Story of Kapila the Fish During the time of Kassapa Buddha, there was a bhikkhu named ...

Dhammapada Verse 347 The Story of Theri Khema Queen Khema was the chief queen of King Bimbisara. She was very beautiful and also ve...

Dhammapada Verse 348 The Story of Uggasena Once, a wandering theatrical troupe consisting of five hundred dancers and some acrobats...

Dhammapada Verses 349 and 350 The Story of Culadhanuggaha, the Skilful Archer Once a young bhikkhu took his alms-food in one of the...

Dhammapada Verse 353 The Story of Upaka The Buddha uttered Verse (353) , in answer to the question put up by Upaka, a non-Buddhist...

Dhammapada Verse 355 The Story of a Childless Rich Man On one occasion, King Pasenadi of Kosala came to pay homage to the Buddha. H...

Dhammapada Verses 356, 357, 358 and 359 The Story of Deva Ankura The Buddha visited the Tavatimsa deva realm to expound the Abhidha...

Dhammapada Verses 360 and 361 The Story of Five Bhikkhus Once there were five bhikkhus in Savatthi. Each of them practised restrai...

Dhammapada Verse 362 The Story of a Bhikkhu Who Killed a Swan (Hamsa) Once there was a bhikkhu who was very skilful in throwing sto...

Dhammapada Verse 363 The Story of Bhikkhu Kokalika Bhikkhu Kokalika had abused the two Chief Disciples, the Venerable Sariputta and...

Dhammapada Verse 364 The Story of Thera Dhammarama When it was made known to the disciples that the Buddha would realize Parinibban...

Dhammapada Verses 365 and 366 The Story of a Bhikkhu Who Associated With a Follower of Devadatta Once, a bhikkhu disciple of the Bu...

Dhammapada Verse 367 The Story of the Giver of the First-Fruits of His Labour One day, the Buddha saw the brahmin and his wife in h...

Dhammapada Verses 368 to 376 The Story of a Great Many Bhikkhus Once there was a very rich lady in the town of Kuraraghara, about ...

Dhammapada Verse 378 The Story of Thera Santakaya There was once a Thera named Santakaya, who had been a lion in his past existence. ...

Dhammapada Verses 379 and 380 The Story of Thera Nangalakula Nangala was a poor field labourer in the service of a farmer. One day,...

Dhammapada Verse 381 The Story of Thera Vakkali Vakkali was a brahmin who lived in Savatthi. One day when he saw the Buddha going ...

Dhammapada Verse 382 The Story of Samanera Sumana . Samanera Sumana was a pupil of Thera Anuruddha. Although he was only seven yea...

Dhammapada Verse 383 The Story of a Brahmin Who Had Great Faith Once, in Savatthi, there lived a brahmin who became extremely devo...