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Essence Of The Dhammapada the buddha's call to nirvana
Easwaran, Eknath
Essence Of The Dhammapada the buddha's call to nirvana - 1st ed. - New Delhi Jaico c2014 - 293 p. 21 cm.
Includes index
Eknath Easwaran, translator of the best-selling edition of the Dhammapada, sees this powerful scripture as a perfect map for the spiritual journey. Said to be the text closest to the Buddha's actual words, it is a collection of short teachings memorized during his lifetime by his disciples. Easwaran presents the Dhammapada as a guide to spiritual perseverance, progress, and ultimately enlightenment? a heroic confrontation with life as it really is, with straight answers to our deepest questions. We witness the heartbreak of death, for instance? what does that mean for us?
9788184956252
Criticism, interpretation
Indian philosophy
294.3823 / EAS
Essence Of The Dhammapada the buddha's call to nirvana - 1st ed. - New Delhi Jaico c2014 - 293 p. 21 cm.
Includes index
Eknath Easwaran, translator of the best-selling edition of the Dhammapada, sees this powerful scripture as a perfect map for the spiritual journey. Said to be the text closest to the Buddha's actual words, it is a collection of short teachings memorized during his lifetime by his disciples. Easwaran presents the Dhammapada as a guide to spiritual perseverance, progress, and ultimately enlightenment? a heroic confrontation with life as it really is, with straight answers to our deepest questions. We witness the heartbreak of death, for instance? what does that mean for us?
9788184956252
Criticism, interpretation
Indian philosophy
294.3823 / EAS