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Eknath Easwaran chooses key verses from his acclaimed translation of the Buddha's Dhammapada, and explains in these informal foretells his close students how the Buddha's amazing words can guide us in our lives today. Dhammapada means the path of truth, tranquility, and righteousness. Easwaran's sensible commentary makes this much-loved intelligence text accessible and motivating for Buddhists and non-Buddhists as well. Easwaran believed that we need nothing more than the Dhammapada to follow just how of the Buddha, to get the end of suffering and discover enduring joy. The Buddha, one of the world's most appealing spiritual professors, spells out our choices with a frankness and realism that speaks to many thoughtful people today. Follow selfish needs, for instance, and you will never be happy; learn to help others, and happiness will seek you out. Fret over praise and blame, and you will never be secure; practice meditation, and you will find the source of security within yourself. These are simple choices, but not easy ones, so Easwaran illustrates them with day-to-day anecdotes, analogies, and flashes of wry humor. He also provides clear explanations of key spiritual disciplines such as meditation and the repetition of the mantram (or mantra). Within the Buddha's words: "As an irrigator courses water to a field, as an archer aspires an arrow, as a carpenter designs wood, the wise form their lives." Eknath Easwaran (1910-1999) is well known round the world as the originator of passing meditation as an genuine guide to common wisdom. A lot more than 1.4 million copies of Easwaran's catalogs are on the net round the world, including his best-selling translations of the Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita, and the Upanishads. Easwaran resided what he educated, giving him enduring charm as an creator and tutor of deep perception and warmth.
