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by F. Max Müller
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ISBN: 0486411206 Dover Publications Price: $2.50 |
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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.
Table of Contents for Wisdom of the Buddha: The Unabridged Dhammapada
| I. The Twin-verses | |||||||
| II. On Earnestness | |||||||
| III. Thought | |||||||
| IV. Flowers | |||||||
| V. The Fool | |||||||
| VI. The Wise Man | |||||||
| VII. The Venerable | |||||||
| VIII. The Thousands | |||||||
| IX. Evil | |||||||
| X. Punishment | |||||||
| XI. Old Age | |||||||
| XII. Self | |||||||
| XIII. The World | |||||||
| XIV. The Buddha-The Awakened | |||||||
| XV. Happiness | |||||||
| XVI. Pleasure | |||||||
| XVII. Anger | |||||||
| XVIII. Impurity | |||||||
| XIX. The Just | |||||||
| XX. The Way | |||||||
| XXI. Miscellaneous | |||||||
| XXII. The Downward Course | |||||||
| XXIII. The Elephant | |||||||
| XXIV. Thirst | |||||||
| XXV. The Bhikshu | |||||||
| XXVI. The Brâhmana |