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Dhammapada

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Dhammapada

One of the most important Buddhist books, which forms a part of the Pāli canon of earliest texts. It consists of 423 verses, divided into 26 chapters, and deals primarily with practical aspects of Buddhist morality and wisdom. It is popular with lay as well as monastic Buddhists, especially in those Southeast Asian countries where Theravāda Buddhism is prevalent.



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There are times when the grave words of the Dhammapada fall like shadows along the path: "What is life but the flower or the fruit which falls when ripe, yet ever fears the untimely frost?
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
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