| 摘要 | Chapters: Dhammapada, Pāli Canon, Mahavamsa, Blind men and an elephant, Atthakatha, Digha Nikaya, Abhidhamma Pitaka, The Tortoise and the Geese, Paracanonical texts, Cariyapitaka, Samyutta Nikaya, Visuddhimagga, Milinda Panha, Jataka tales, Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammasangani, Culavamsa, Anupitaka, Dipavamsa, Therigatha, Anguttara Nikaya, Pali literature, Apadāna, Sutta Nipata, Subcommentaries, Theravada, Theragatha, Medhankara, Dasabodhisattuppattikatha, Bodhi Vamsa, Dhatukatha, Aggavamsa,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 151. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Dhammapada (Pāli; Prakrit: Dhamapada; Sanskrit Dharmapada) is a versified Buddhist scripture traditionally ascribed to the Buddha himself. It is one of the best-known texts from the Theravada canon. The title, Dhammapada, is a compound term composed of dhamma and pada, each word having a number of denotations and connotations. Generally, dhamma can refer to the Buddha's "doctrine" or an "eternal truth" or "righteousness" or all "phenomena"; and, at its root, pada means "foot" and thus by extension, especially in this context, means either "path" or "verse" (cf. "prosodic foot") or both. English translations of this text's title have used various combinations of these and related words. According to tradition, the Dhammapada's verses were spoken by the Buddha on various occasions. Most verses deal with ethics. The text is part of the Khuddaka Nikaya of the Sutta Pitaka, although over half of the verses exist in other parts of the Pali Canon. A 4th or 5th century CE commentary attributed to Buddhaghosa includes 305 stories which give context to the verses. Although the Pāli edition is the best-known, a number of other versions are known: "Mahāvastu" - a Lokottaravada text with parallels to verses in the Pāli Dhammapada's Sahassa Vagg...http://booksllc.net/?id=270634 |
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