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1 Pre | be of interest to both. Verses marked with an asterisk
2 Int | Dhammapada, an anthology of verses attributed to the Buddha,
3 Int | an attempt to render the verses into English in a way that
4 Int | expressed in the first pair of verses: the mind, through its actions (
5 Int | posited by the first pair of verses is not one in the imaginary
6 Int | expect the majority of the verses to depict energy, and in
7 Int | especially at the end, where the verses express astonishment at
8 Int | predominant emotions that the verses express in Pali -- and should
9 Int | rendered lamps in most of the verses, although in two cases [
10 Int | approximately one tenth of the verses contain compounds that are
11 Int | but when compared with verses in the rest of the Pali
12 Int | Dhammapada's middle sections. Verses dealing with the beginning
13 Int | is reflected in a pair of verses from the Dhammapada itself [
14 Int | out. One function of the verses in the Dhammapada is to
15 Int | path of practice that the verses recommend. Although much
16 Int | sparked by the content of the verses, the heroic and marvelous
17 Int | and marvelous savor of the verses plays a role as well, by
18 Int | in which the meaningful verses of the Dhammapada bring
19 Int | fear. Although the original verses conform to metrical rules,
20 Int | does this" in many of the verses defining the true brahman
21 Int | original Pali. (As most of the verses were originally addressed
22 Int | whatever bias remains.) In verses where I sense that a particular
23 Int | the verse. (Many of these verses are discussed in the notes.)
24 Int | content or style. Many of the verses presuppose at least a passing
25 Int | some of the implications of verses that might not be obvious
26 1(1) | heart." ~The images in these verses are carefully chosen. The
27 1(17) | Destination" in these two verses and throughout the text
28 7(92) | the fourth." The present verses make the point that the
29 8(100)| in this and the following verses means "by the thousands"
30 8 | thousands~of meaningless verses is~ one~ meaningful~
31 8 | hundreds~of meaningless verses is~ one~ Dhamma-saying~
32 11(153)| 154: DhpA: These verses were the Buddha's first
33 14(183)| 185: These verses are a summary of a talk
34 19(256)| theme tying together the verses in this chapter. The duty
35 19(256)| correct verdict. The remaining verses in this chapter give examples
36 Notes | of them containing many verses in common with the Dhammapada/
37 Notes | anthologies that contain verses clearly related to some
38 Notes | even greater. They arrange verses in different orders, each
39 Notes | different orders, each contains verses not found in the others,
40 Notes | the others, and among the verses in different versions that
41 Notes | to translate some of the verses at all -- we need to sort
42 Notes | concerning the meter of the verses in question. One of the
43 Notes | structural framework of verses." (S.I.60) Knowledge of
44 Notes | he was the author of the verses -- composed poetry in more
45 Notes | taught and in which the verses of the Dhp were first anthologized.
46 Notes | and verse, explanations, verses, spontaneous exclamations,
47 Notes | Thus, for instance, we find verses in the Pali Dhp that do
48 Notes | in other Dhps, as well as verses in the Patna and Gandhari
49 Notes | Sutta Nipata. We also find verses in one redaction composed
50 Notes | scattered among several verses in another. In any event,
51 Notes | feels engaged enough by the verses to put their principles
52 Glo | of practice. Most of the verses in the Dhammapada use the
53 Glo | it. Still, in some of the verses of the Dhammapada, stress
54 Glo | the meaning, so in those verses I have rendered dukkha as
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