The Dhammapada

Verses on the Way

Buddha, Glenn Wallis

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MODERN LIBRARY
15 April 2007

Religion & beliefs; Buddhism

Series: Modern Library Classics

Now in paperback, Glenn Wallis's vibrant new translation of the sayings of the Buddha is a tour de force, providing fresh access to a major spiritual classic.

Trembling and quivering is the mind,

Difficult to guard and hard to restrain.

The

person of wisdom sets it straight,

As a fletcher does an arrow.

The Dhammapada 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 Dhammapada.

In this elegant new translation, Sanskrit

scholar Glenn Wallis has exclusively referred to and quoted from the canonical suttas-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- All tremble

before violence./ All fear death./ Having done the same yourself,/ you should neither

harm nor kill. On ignorance- An uninstructed person/ ages like an ox,/ his bulk increases,/

his insight does not. On skillfulness- A person is not skilled/ just because he talks

a lot./ Peaceful, friendly, secure-/ that one is called ""skilled.""

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 awakening.

Glenn Wallis's translation

is an inspired successor to earlier versions of the suttas. Even those readers who

are well acquainted with the Dhammapada will be enriched by this fresh encounter

with a classic text.

By: Buddha, Glenn Wallis
Imprint: MODERN LIBRARY
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 193g
ISBN: 9780812977271
ISBN 10: 0812977270
Series: Modern Library Classics
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 15 April 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 Mediating the Power of Buddhas and numerous articles. From the Hardcover edition.

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