Dhammapada

The Dhammapada is a versified Buddhist scripture traditionally ascribed to the Buddha himself. It is one of the best-known texts from the Theravada canon. The title, Dhammapada, is a compound term composed of dhamma and pada, each word having a number of denotations and connotations. Generally, dhamma can refer to the Buddha's 'doctrine' or an 'eternal truth' or 'righteousness' or all 'phenomena'; and, at its root, pada means 'foot' and thus by extension, especially in this context, means either 'path' or 'verse' (cf. 'prosodic foot') or both. (courtesy of wikipedia.com)