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Step onto the path of virtue with "The Dhammapada: Path to Virtue" by Buddha. This revered text, composed of concise and powerful verses, encapsulates the essence of Buddhist wisdom, guiding readers toward ethical living, mental clarity, and spiritual enlightenment. Each verse serves as a beacon, illuminating the way to overcoming suffering, cultivating compassion, and attaining inner peace. Ideal for practitioners and seekers alike, this timeless classic offers profound insights into livi...

Those who struggle to engender peace often have the greatest insights.'500 Quotes from Peacemakers' is a collection of thoughts, reflections, and observations from some of the most important, peace-seeking figures in history.Thoughtful and incisive, they are sure to provoke some stimulating conversation.A superb read for those with an interest in getting a peek inside the minds of some of the world's greatest minds.

'2000 Final Quotations' is an insightful and humorous collection of quotes from some of the world's greatest thinkers, writers, artists, and statesmen.It contains contributions from Shakespeare, Gandhi and Carl Jung to Friedrich Nietzsche, Confucius and Leonardo da Vinci - and lots more!Stretching from Ancient Greece to 20th-century Germany, this wonderful compilation is guaranteed to inspire and entertain those who want a bit of extra philosophical guidance throughout thei...

While wisdom is something to be accrued through experience and knowledge, '500 Quotes of Great Wisdom' offers a shortcut.Dipping into the minds of some of the most revered thinkers of all time, this book is packed with insights, reflections, and observations sure to inspire and stimulate thought.A superb gift for anyone with an inquiring mind.

The Buddhist scriptures are as vast as the great ocean and as brilliant as a sky full of stars. Yet for modern readers, it can feel difficult to know where to begin - and few have the time to study them all.In truth, among the many Buddhist texts, there are two that stand above the rest, each word precious and profound. Reading these two is equivalent to absorbing the very essence of Buddhism. Moreover, both are concise and refined - perfectly suited for modern people to read, reci...

Trembling and quivering is the mind,Difficult to guard and hard to restrain.The person of wisdom sets it straight,As a fletcher does an arrow.The Dhammapada introduced the actual utterances of the Buddha nearly twenty-five hundred years ago, when the master teacher emerged from his long silence to illuminate for his followers the substance of humankind’s deepest and most abiding concerns. The nature of the self, the value of relationships, the...

Inviting new translations of classical Buddhist texts about why the self is an illusion—and why giving it up can free us from sufferingFrom self-realization and self-promotion to self-help and the selfie, the modern world encourages us to be self-obsessed. We are even told that finding ourselves is the key to happiness. Better to lose yourself! More than 2,500 years ago, the Buddha argued that the self is an illusion—and that our belief in it is the cause of most, ...

Trembling and quivering is the mind,Difficult to guard and hard to restrain.The person of wisdom sets it straight,As a fletcher does an arrow.The Dhammapada introduced the actual utterances of the Buddha nearly twenty-five hundred years ago, when the master teacher emerged from his long silence to illuminate for his followers the substance of humankind’s deepest and most abiding concerns. The nature of the self, the value of relationships, the...

In Basic Teachings of the Buddha, Glenn Wallis selects sixteen essential dialogues drawn from more than five thousand Pali-dialect suttas of the Buddhist canon. The result is a vibrant introductory guide to studying Buddhist thought, applying its principles to everyday life, and gaining a deeper understanding of Buddhist themes in modern literature. Focusing on the most crucial topics for today’s readers, Wallis presents writings that address modern psychological, religious, ethic...

The ‘Pali Canon’ is believed to represent the words of Siddhartha Gautama, the ‘Buddha’, as first recorded in Pali, an ancient Middle Indo-Aryan language of Sri Lanka, in the first century BC. The Buddha was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher, who flourished in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains during the sixth or fifth century BC. Buddhism ranks today as the fourth largest religion, with an estimated 400 million followers globally, representing about 6% of the world’s popula...

Step onto the path of virtue with "The Dhammapada: Path to Virtue" by Buddha. This revered text, composed of concise and powerful verses, encapsulates the essence of Buddhist wisdom, guiding readers toward ethical living, mental clarity, and spiritual enlightenment. Each verse serves as a beacon, illuminating the way to overcoming suffering, cultivating compassion, and attaining inner peace. Ideal for practitioners and seekers alike, this timeless classic offers profound insights into livi...

The Lotus Sutra is one of the most popular and influential Mahayana sutras, and the basis on which several schools of Buddhism were established.The oldest parts of the text (Chapters 1-9 and 17) were probably written down between 100 BC and 100 AD: most of the text had appeared by 200 AD.The earliest known Sanskrit title for the sutra is the Saddharma Pundarika Sutra, which translates to "the Lotus Flower Formula (or Rule) of Good Dharma." The Lotus Sutra presents itself as a disco...