{"product_id":"the-dhammapada-isbn-9780812977271","title":"The Dhammapada","description":"\u003ci\u003eTrembling and quivering is the mind,\u003cbr\u003e Difficult to guard and hard to restrain.\u003cbr\u003e The  person of wisdom sets it straight,\u003cbr\u003e As a fletcher does an arrow.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Dhammapada\u003c\/i\u003e introduced  the actual utterances of the Buddha nearly twenty-five hundred years ago, when the  master teacher emerged from his long silence to illuminate for his followers the  substance of humankind’s deepest and most abiding concerns. The nature of the self,  the value of relationships, the importance of moment-to-moment awareness, the destructiveness  of anger, the suffering that attends attachment, the ambiguity of the earth’s beauty,  the inevitability of aging, the certainty of death–these dilemmas preoccupy us today  as they did centuries ago. No other spiritual texts speak about them more clearly  and profoundly than does the \u003ci\u003eDhammapada\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this elegant new translation, Sanskrit  scholar Glenn Wallis has exclusively referred to and quoted from the canonical \u003ci\u003esuttas\u003c\/i\u003e–the  presumed earliest discourses of the Buddha–to bring us the heartwood of Buddhism,  words as compelling today as when the Buddha first spoke them. On violence: \u003ci\u003eAll tremble  before violence.\/ All fear death.\/ Having done the same yourself,\/ you should neither  harm nor kill\u003c\/i\u003e. On ignorance: \u003ci\u003eAn uninstructed person\/ ages like an ox,\/ his bulk increases,\/  his insight does not\u003c\/i\u003e. On skillfulness: \u003ci\u003eA person is not skilled\/ just because he talks  a lot.\/ Peaceful, friendly, secure–\/ that one is called “skilled.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 423 verses  gathered by subject into chapters, the editor offers us a distillation of core Buddhist  teachings that constitutes a prescription for enlightened living, even in the twenty-first  century. He also includes a brilliantly informative guide to the verses–a chapter-by-chapter  explication that greatly enhances our understanding of them. The text, at every turn,  points to practical applications that lead to freedom from fear and suffering, toward  the human state of spiritual virtuosity known as \u003ci\u003eawakening\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Glenn Wallis’s translation  is an inspired successor to earlier versions of the \u003ci\u003esuttas\u003c\/i\u003e. Even those readers who  are well acquainted with the \u003ci\u003eDhammapada\u003c\/i\u003e will be enriched by this fresh encounter  with a classic text.GLENN WALLIS has a Ph.D. in Sanskrit and Indian Studies from Harvard. He is assistant professor of religion at the University of Georgia and the author of \u003ci\u003eMediating the Power of Buddhas\u003c\/i\u003e and numerous articles.Buddha: THE DHAMMAPADA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ONE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eji\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContrasting Pairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eymkvGgo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preceded by mind\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eare phenomena,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eled by mind,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eformed by mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf with mind polluted\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eone speaks or acts,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethen pain follows,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eas a wheel follows\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethe draft ox’s foot.(1)*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preceded by mind\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eare phenomena,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eled by mind,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eformed by mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf with mind pure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eone speaks or acts,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethen ease follows,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eas an ever-present shadow.(2)*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “He berated me! He hurt me!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe beat me! He deprived me!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor those who hold such grudges,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehostility is not appeased.(3)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “He berated me! He hurt me!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe beat me! He deprived me!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor those who forgo such grudges,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehostility ceases.(4)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this world\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehostilities are never\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eappeased by hostility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut by the absence of hostility\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eare they appeased.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an interminable truth.(5)*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Some do not understand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethat we are perishing here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose who understand this\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ebring to rest their quarrels.(6)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Living with an eye to pleasure,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eunrestrained in the sense faculties,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eimmoderate in eating, indolent, and idle—\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eM¯ara overcomes such a person,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eas the wind overcomes a weak tree.(7)*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Living without an eye to pleasure,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewell restrained in the sense faculties,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003emoderate in eating, faithful, and energetic—\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eM¯ara does not overcome such a person,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eas the wind, a rocky hill.(8)*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A stained person\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewho would wear the yellow-stained robe,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ealthough neither honest nor restrained,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eis not worthy of the yellow-stained.(9)*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But a person\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewho has dispelled his stain,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewell set on virtuous ways,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e both honest and restrained,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethat one is worthy of the yellow-stained.(10)*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Those who hold the worthless to be of value,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand see in the valuable the worthless,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003edo not attain the valuable,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003epasturing, as they are, in the field of wrong intention.(11)*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But having understood the valuable as the valuable,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand the worthless as the worthless,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethey attain the valuable,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003epasturing, as they are, in the field of right intention.(12)*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust as rain pierces\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ea poorly roofed house,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eso passion pierces\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ean uncultivated mind.(13)*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Just as rain cannot pierce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ea well-roofed house,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eso passion cannot pierce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ea well-cultivated mind.(14)*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this world he grieves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the world beyond he grieves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn both worlds, the harm doer grieves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe grieves, he is struck down by sorrow,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehaving seen the impurity of his own actions.(15)*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this world he rejoices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the world beyond he rejoices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn both worlds, the virtuous person rejoices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe rejoices, he is uplifted,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehaving seen the purity of his own actions.(16)*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this world he suffers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the world beyond he suffers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In both worlds, the harm doer suffers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThinking, “I have acted destructively!” he suffers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking an unfortunate rebirth,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehe suffers even more.(17)*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this world he is delighted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the world beyond he is delighted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn both worlds, the virtuous person is delighted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThinking, “I have created value!” he is delighted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking a fortunate rebirth,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehe is delighted even more.(18)*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Although reciting many religious texts,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eif one does not practice accordingly,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehe is a heedless man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike a cowherd counting the cows of others,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehe has no share in the religious life.(19)*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Although reciting but little from religious texts,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eif one is good, he lives in harmony with the teachings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbandoning passion, hatred, and delusion,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehe possesses proper understanding, perfect purity of mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShowing no attachment to this world or beyond,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehe has a share in 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