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The Dhammapada

ON THE TRACES OF THE BUDDHA

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Edited by Francesco Sferra
Series: Radice (Root)

ISBN 979-12-80340-009
Size: 21.2 x 14.2
248 pages
€ 16,00

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Difficult is the attainment of human birth.
Hard is the life of mortals.
Rare is the hearing of the true teaching.
Rare is the birth of the Awakened Ones.
Abstain from all that is harmful,
obtain that which is wholesome,
purify one’s mind:
this is the teaching of the Awaked Ones.

ISBN 979-12-80340-009
Size: 21.2 x 14.2
248 pages
€ 16,00

BUY NOW
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Difficult is the attainment of human birth.
Hard is the life of mortals.
Rare is the hearing of the true teaching.
Rare is the birth of the Awakened Ones.
Abstain from all that is harmful,
obtain that which is wholesome,
purify one’s mind:
this is the teaching of the Awaked Ones.

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The Dhammapada is an ancient, but extremely modern, poem that fascinates both readers who have no knowledge of Buddhism and the most experienced meditators who have always recognized its invaluable depth and breath as guidance. The core of the work is the teaching of ethics by extolling virtue and abandoning unhealthy behaviors. The verses are deep and poetic, capable of guiding the reader, with the typical Buddhist kindness and lack of dogmatism, towards a higher moral sensitivity and spiritual serenity. In addition to a new Italian version edited by Professor Francesco Sferra, this edition features an English translation and, as a tribute to the more than century-long journey that this poem has made in our culture, the Latin version made in the 1900’s by the Danish scholar Viggo Fausbøll, which marked the first appearance of the Dhammapada in a Western language. Finally, the transliteration of the Pali language is a further instrument for savoring the origin of this must-read concentrated blend of wisdom.

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The Buddha, which means “one who is awake”, in the sense of “awakening to reality”, was born in Nepal, under the name of Siddharta Gautama, approximately 2500 years ago. He was a human being who became awakened, understanding life in the deepest manner. According to traditional biographies, he was born of a noble family, received a privileged education and was kept protected against the painful events of life. His life was deeply shaken when he realized that all beings must age, get ill and die. As a result of this insight, he left behind all the luxuries of a typical aristrocratic way of living and began his spiritual journey, alone. He followed meditation masters, lived an extremely punitive ascetic life, but, after six years, he still had not found what he was looking for. He stopped mortifying his body as he understood that the way to peace had to go through mental discipline. During a deep meditation under a fig tree at Bodh Gaya, in the modest Indian State of Bihar, he reached his awakening. From then on, he would be known as the Buddha. In the remaining 45 years of his life, the Buddha walked through most of northern India disseminating his understandings. He left nothing in writing and his teachings were memorized and passed down orally by his first disciples.
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