The Dhammapada

Buddhist scripture · c. 300 BCE · Scripture · Indian · Ancient

Four hundred and twenty-three verses, grouped by topic, on mind, craving, anger, the fool and the sage. Mind precedes all things: what a person thinks, that person becomes. The most quoted book in the Pali canon, and the path walked to its cool end.

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• shares sources with ↑ The Jātaka Tales
  Buddhist tradition · c. 300 BCE · Folktale
• ↓ The Lotus Sutra
  Anonymous · c. 200 CE · Scripture — responds to this

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