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Wisdom of the Buddha : The Unabridged Dhammapada (Dover Thrift Editions)  
Author: W. Max Muller (Editor)
ISBN: 0486411206
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Book Description
Few sacred texts present their wisdom with the clarity of the Buddhist Dhammapada, or Path to Virtue. These ancient verses offer a compelling introduction to Buddhist thought, revealing the Four Truths—concerning the nature of the world and our lot in it—and the Eightfold Path to enlightenment, the means by which to overcome the essential suffering revealed by the Four Truths as the essence of life. Expressed with great beauty and translated with painstaking scholarship, this volume offers stimulating, challenging, and inspiring reading.



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Text: English (translation)




Wisdom of the Buddha: The Unabridged Dhammapada

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Few sacred texts present their wisdom with the clarity of the Buddhist Dhammapada, or Path to Virtue. These ancient verses offer a compelling introduction to Buddhist thought, revealing the Four Truths—concerning the nature of the world and our lot in it—and the Eightfold Path to enlightenment, the means by which to overcome the essential suffering revealed by the Four Truths as the essence of life. Expressed with great beauty and translated with painstaking scholarship, this volume offers stimulating, challenging, and inspiring reading.

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A compelling introduction to Buddhist thought, these ancient verses reveal the Four Truths and the Eightfold Path to enlightenment.


     



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