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1 Int | true. ~The expounder of the verses that comprise the Dhammapada
2 Int | inspirational or pedagogical verses on the fundamentals of the
3 Int | chapter several successive verses may have been spoken by
4 Int | the grouping together of verses into a chapter is merely
5 Int | unwary. For example, in many verses the Buddha commends certain
6 Int, 1 | should cultivate, other verses provide more specific directives.
7 Int, 1 | 333). ~A large number of verses pertaining to this first
8 Int, 2 | announced already by the pair of verses which opens the Dhammapada,
9 Int, 3 | counsel. Interlaced with the verses specific to these four main
10 Int, 3 | the work a large number of verses not tied to any single level
11 Int, 3 | do well to read several verses or even a whole chapter
12 Pre | this slim anthology of verses constitutes a perfect compendium
13 Pre | along with exegesis of the verses, are preserved in the classic
14 Pre | times. The contents of the verses, however. transcend the
15 Pre | crystallized into these luminous verses of pure wisdom. As profound
16 Pre | acknowledge my debt. A few verses contain riddles, references
17 Pre | Buddhaghosa's commentary. Verses discussed in the notes are
18 Pre | applicable on the ground that the verses of the Dhammapada all originate
19 8, 101 | than a thousand useless verses is one useful verse, hearing
20 8, 102 | reciting a hundred meaningless verses is the reciting of one verse
21 11, 154(13)| to the commentary, these verses are the Buddha's "Song of
22 26, 383(26)| meanings is highlighted in verses 393 and 396. Those who led
23 26, 383(26)| be called brahmans, as in verses 383, 389, and 390. ~
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