Dhammapada : The Way of Truth

by Sangharakshita

• ISBN13: 9781899579358
• ISBN10: 1899579354
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

The Dhammapada is one of the most popular and influential of Buddhist scriptures. The universality of its message, the depth of its teaching, and the refined simplicity of its language have earned it an honored place in world literature. It can be taken as a straightforward and practical summary of the essential teachings of the Buddha, but, much more than that, as a poetic representation of a sublime spiritual ideal. This new translation seeks to inspire and encourage the qualifies of kindness, gentleness, and self-control, of simplicity, contentment, and serenity, commended by the Buddha himself. These qualities lead, in time, to the satisfaction of the deepest longings of the human heart.

Table of Contents

About the Translator	vii
Preface	1	(12)
Pairs	13	(5)
Mindfulness	18	(4)
The Mind	22	(3)
Flowers	25	(4)
The Spiritually Immature	29	(5)
The Spiritually Mature	34	(4)
The (Supremely) Worthy	38	(4)
The Thousands	42	(5)
Evil	47	(4)
Punishment	51	(5)
Decay	56	(3)
Self	59	(3)
The World	62	(4)
The Enlightened One	66	(5)
Happiness	71	(4)
Affections	75	(4)
Anger	79	(4)
Stains	83	(6)
The Man of Principle	89	(5)
The Way	94	(5)
The Miscellaneous	99	(5)
The Woeful State	104	(4)
The Elephant	108	(4)
Craving	112	(8)
The Almsman	120	(6)
The Brahmana	126	(13)
Notes	139	(4)
Glossary	143	(4)
Further Reading	147