{"product_id":"9780812977271","title":"The Dhammapada: Verses on the Way","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eBuddha; Wallis, Glenn\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eModern Library\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\/9\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\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.","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43374528823551,"sku":"9780812977271","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780812977271_s600x595.jpg?v=1775591800","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780812977271","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}