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.TH DISPLAY-DHAMMAPADA 1 "late 20th century"
.SH NAME
display-dhammapada \- display a verse from the Dhammapada
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B display-dhammapada
[<num> | all]
.br
.B dp
[<num> | all]
.br
.B xdp
[<num>]
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 8
.B <num>
Print the given number verse.
.TP 8
.B all
Print all the verses.
.P
With no arguments a random verse is printed.
.SH 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.
.P
.B display-dhammapada
prints to the standard output.
.B dp
is a synonym for
.BR display-dhammapada .
.P
.B xdp
prints using
.B xmessage
on an X Window screen, or in bold using
.B tputs
on a text terminal.
.SH EXAMPLES
To display a verse each time you log in on a terminal, put
.B display-dhammapada
or
.B xdp
in your
.IR ~/.profile ,
.I ~/.bash_profile
or
.IR ~/.login ,
as appropriate for your shell.
.P
To display a verse each time you log in on X Window, put
.B xdp
in your
.IR ~/.xsession .
.SH FILES
.I /usr/local/share/display-dhammapada/dhammapada-english-transl.txt
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR xmessage (1),
.BR tput (1),
.BR /usr/local/share/doc/display-dhammapada/dhammapada-english-transl.txt .
.SH AUTHORS
Program: Copyright (C) 1997 Ricardas Cepas, placed in the public
domain.
.br
See http://www.angelfire.com/me/rch/dd.html
.P
English translation of the Dhammapada: Copyright (C) 1993 John
Richards, Pembrokeshire (UK), permission granted for use here.
.br
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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