---
name: "xdhamma"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "display-dhammapada"
version: "1.0-0.1+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xdhamma"
---

# xdhamma(1)

graphical displayed verse from the Dhammapada.

## NAME

xdhamma - graphical displayed verse from the Dhammapada.

## SYNOPSIS

**xdhamma** *\[OPTIONS\] \[num\]*

## 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.  One of the translations is by John Richards; the  other is an older translation by F. Max Muller.

**xdhamma** prints a graphical notification using **notify‐send**

## OPTIONS

- **‐r \| ‐‐richards (Default)**

  Use the Richards translation.

- **‐m \| ‐‐muller**

  Use the Muller translation.

- **‐p \| ‐‐polish**

  Use the Polish translation (default for Polish locale).

- **‐g \| ‐‐grunge**

  Use the grunge Buddha icon with notify‐send.

- **‐e \| ‐‐enso**

  Use the enso icon with notify‐send.

- **‐l \| ‐‐lotus**

  Use the lotus icon with notify‐send.

- **‐k \| ‐‐kdialog**

  Display Dhammapada verse with kdialog.

- **‐z \| ‐‐zenity**

  Display Dhammapada verse with zenity.

- **\[num\]**

  Print the given number verse.

## EXAMPLES

To display a verse each time you log in on a graphical (X Window) session, run **xdhamma** in your DE session start‐up or *~/.xsession*.

## FILES

*/usr/share/display‐dhammapada/dhammapada‐english‐transl.txt*

*/usr/share/display‐dhammapada/dhammapada‐alternate.txt*

*/usr/share/display‐dhammapada/dhammapada‐polish‐transl.txt*

## SEE ALSO

**notify‐send**

## BUGS

Please report bugs on Launchpad : *https://bugs.launchpad.net/display-dhammapada*

## AUTHORS

Author: **bodhi.zazen** \<bodhizazen at fedoraproject dot org\>

Program: **Copyright GPL v3**

Home Page: *http://bodhizazen.net/display-dhammapada/*

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

Muller's translation of the Dhammapada: Public Domain, used here courtesy of Project Gutenberg.

Polish translation (by Zbigniew Becker): Public Domain, as explained at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain\
 See also http://mahajana.net/dhammapada/