Dhammapada: Buddha's Path of Wisdom

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An anthology of 423 verses spoken by the Buddha, the Dhammapada serves as the perfect compendium of his teachings for study, reflection, and contemplation. This popular edition from the Buddhist Publication Society transmits the spirit and content as well as the style of the original, skillfully combining clarity and vigor of expression with careful fidelity to the meaning.

The inclusion of the Pali text gives students of Pali immediate access to the original. A long introduction by Bhikkhu Bodhi describes the structure of the Dhammapada and shows how the work embodies the essential teachings of the Buddha.

"Wherever [The Dhammapada] has become known its moral earnestness, realistic understanding of human life, aphoristic wisdom, and stirring message of a way to freedom from suffering has won for it the devotion and veneration of those responsive to the good and the true." from the Introduction

Dhammapada

While the Dhammapada is available from many sources, it's offered here for a modest cost with a translation accompanied by the original Pali. As a student of Pali, it's a treasure to have these 2 languages juxtaposed for my reading pleasure. A highly honored Buddhist text offered by people (Pariyatti.org) who actually uphold its contents, offers the buyer a Win/Win scenario: the purchaser gets access to this valuable-as-ever philosophy, simultaneously earning good kamma by making the purchase with Pariyatti.org who will, in turn, make the opportunity open to others=sustainability for Buddhism itself, whose value in today's tumultuous times could never be assessed. The icing on the cake is that the translation (accompanied with an Introduction by the erudite Bhikkhu Boddhi) retains all the power emanating from the simplicity of profundity. "Sabbadānaṃ dhammadānaṃ jināti" Ernest Berube

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Reviewed by: Ernest Berube from Lincoln, RI. on 12/17/2018