The Dhammapada - Softcover

 
9781595479082: The Dhammapada

Synopsis

This volume contains 463 sayings of the Buddha arranged in 26 categories which demonstrate a plan to extinguish the causes of pain and suffering which are selfishness and self-centeredness. The book declares this process is lengthy and difficult, but with meditation and right thinking it can be accomplished.

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About the Author

William Morris (1834-1896) was an accomplished writer, textile designer and artist. A utopian socialist, he was associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Craft Movement, and was a founding member of the Socialist League in Britain. Greatly influenced by the medieval period, Morris helped establish the modern fantasy genre though his works The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems, A Dream of John Ball, and The Well at the World s End. Authors like J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were greatly influenced by works like The House of the Wolfings, The Roots of the Mountains, and The Wood Beyond the World. Morris was also an accomplished publisher, founding the Kelmscott Press in 1891, whose 1896 edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer is considered a masterpiece of book design.

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