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Readings from Ancient India
The Dhammapada
Gautama Buddha
Translated by John Richards
The Dhammapada, an anthology of 423 verses, has long been recognised as one of the masterpieces of early Buddhist literature. From ancient times to the present, the Dhammapada has been regarded as the most succinct expression of the Buddha’s teaching found in the Theravada Pali Canon of scriptures known as the Khuddaka Nikaya (“Minor Collection”) of the Sutta Pitaka
| Translator’s Preface | 3 |
| 1. The Pairs | 6 |
| 2. Attention | 10 |
| 3. Thoughts | 13 |
| 4. Flowers | 15 |
| 5. The Fool | 18 |
| 6. The Wise Man | 21 |
| 7. The Enlightened | 24 |
| 8. The Thousands | 26 |
| 9. Evil | 29 |
| 10. Violence | 32 |
| 11. Old Age | 35 |
| 12. Self | 37 |
| 13. The World | 39 |
| 14. The Buddhas | 42 |
| 15. Happiness | 46 |
| 16. Preference | 49 |
| 17. Anger | 52 |
| 18. Faults | 55 |
| 19. The Righteous | 59 |
| 20. The Way | 62 |
| 21. Miscellaneous | 66 |
| 22. Hell | 70 |
| 23. The Elephant | 73 |
| 24. Craving | 76 |
| 25. The Bhikkhu | 81 |
| 26. The Brahmin | 86 |
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