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.\" \(hy*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
.TH FORTUNES\(hyDHAMMAPADA 6 "January 2026" "1.0" "fortunes-dhammapada man page"
.SH NAME
fortunes\(hydhammapada
.SH SYNOPSIS
\&
.P
.B fortune
.I [TRANSLATION]
.P
Displays a verse from the Dhammapada using
.I fortune
.P
.SH DESCRIPTION
\&
.P
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.
.P
Translations available: 2 English translations (by John Richard or F. Max Muller),
German, or Polish.
.P
NOTE: Verses may contain 1 or more numbers or numbered paragraphs
.P
.SH TRANSLATIONS
\&
.P
.I dhammapada
English - John Richard's Translation.
.P
.I dhammapada.m
English - F. Max Muller's Translation.
.P
.I dhammapada.de
German Translation.
.P
.I dhammapada.pl
Polish Translation.
.P
.SH EXAMPLES
\&
.P
.B fortune dhammapada
: Displays a random verse from Richard's translation.
.P
.B fortune dhammapada.m
: Displays a random verse from Muller's translation.
.P
.B fortune dhammapada.de
: Displays a random verse from German translation.
.P
.B fortune dhammapada.pl
: Displays a random verse from Polish translation.
.P
.SH FILES
\&
.P
/usr/share/games/fortunes/dhammapada
.P
/usr/share/games/fortunes/dhammapada.m
.P
/usr/share/games/fortunes/dhammapada.pl
.P
/usr/share/games/fortunes/dhammapada.de
.P
.SH BUGS
\&
.P
Please report bugs on :
.I https://gitlab.com/bodhi.zazem/display\(hydhammapada
.P
.SH SEE ALSO
\&
.P
fortune-mod
.SH AUTHORS
\&
.P
display-dhammapada was originally written by Richard Cepas <rch@online.lt> and later modified by
bodhi.zazen to be compatible with fortune.
.P
.B Copyright GPL v3
.P
Home Page:
.I https://gitlab.com/bodhizazen.net/display\(hydhammapada
.P
Richards' English translation of the Dhammapada: Copyright (C) 1993 John
Richards, Pembrokeshire (UK), permission granted for use here.
See http://eawc.evansville.edu/anthology/dhammapada.htm
.P
Muller's translation of the Dhammapada: Public Domain, used here courtesy of
Project Gutenberg.
.P
Polish translation (by Zbigniew Becker): Public Domain, as explained at
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
See also http://mahajana.net/dhammapada/
.P
German translation (by http://www.zeno.org - Contumax GmbH & Co. KG): Public Domain (Gemeinfrei, as explained at
http://www.zeno.org/Zeno/-/Lizenz%3A+Gemeinfrei
.P
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