The Dhammapada (Pāli; Dhammapada; Dharmapada; Sinhala: ධම්මපදය Dhammapadaya) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhistscriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.