LI-he Dhammapada ingenye yemibhalo eyisisekelo edume kakhulu yezincwadi zamaBuddha. I-Dhammapada iqukethe ingqikithi yemfundiso kaBuddha. Ithatha indawo eyinhloko eBuddhism uma iqhathaniswa namaVangeli emhlabeni wobuKristu. Lawa ma-aphorisms awukufinyelela okubaluleke kakhulu ekuqondeni imfundiso eqondile kaBuddha. I-Dhammapada iwukugaya, i-quintessence ye-Dharma edluliselwa nguBuddha.