Kitab '''Dhammapada''' ([[Bahasa Pali|Pali]] untuk "'''Bait Kebenaran'''"; disingkat '''Dhp''') adalah salah satu kitab suci kanonis Buddhisme [[Theravāda]] yang merupakan bagian dari [[Khuddakanikāya]] dalam [[Sutta Pitaka|Sutta PiṭakaSuttapiṭaka]], [[Tripitaka Pali]].<ref name="best-known text2">Lihat, misalnya, Buswell (2003): "''rank[s] among the best known Buddhist texts''" (hlm. 11); dan, "''one of the most popular texts with Buddhist monks and laypersons''" (hlm. 627). Harvey (2007), hlm. 322, menulis: "''Its popularity is reflected in the many times it has been translated into Western languages''"; Brough (2001), hlm. xvii, menulis: "''The collection of Pali ethical verses entitled "Dhammapada" is one of the most widely known of early Buddhist texts.''"</ref> Dhammapada terdiri dari 26 [[vagga|''vagga'']] (bab) atau 423 [[bait]].
