The Dhammapada

Name: The Dhammapada
ISBN: 1590303806

by Gil Fronsdal · first published 2005

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hh · Jul 10, 2010 · Recommends

These two books change my life: Tao Te Ching - http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Te-Ching-Skylight-Illuminations/dp... The Dhammapada - http://www.amazon.com/Dhammapada-Translation-Buddhist-Classi...
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mbrock · Nov 5, 2017 · Recommends

…was a major force in the evolution of AI and how AI researchers tended to be influenced by rationalist philosophy in the vein of Descartes which leads to huge misunderstandings of the nature of being. Dhammapada translated by Gil Fronsdal because it's a beautiful exposition of early Buddhist poetry and clearly shows the worldview of south east Asian Buddhism. Debt by David Graeber for making me interested in…
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mbrock · Apr 18, 2015 · Mentions

Social contracts, religions, wisdom traditions of all kinds have been founded on the insight that "hitting back a bully if you can" is not a good behavior in the long term. The Buddhist text Dhammapada puts it like this, in Gil Fronsdal's translation: Hatred never ends through hatred. By non-hate alone does it end. This is an ancient truth. (Of course this is not evidence; you didn't provide…
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