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The Buddha's Way of Virtue, by W.D.C Wagiswara and K.J. Saunders, [1920], at sacred-texts.com

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The Wisdom of the East Series

Edited by

L. CRANMER-BYNG

Dr. S. A. KAPADIA

THE BUDDHA'S

"WAY OF VIRTUE"

A TRANSLATION OF THE DHAMMAPADA

FROM THE PALI TEXT

BY W. D. C. WAGISWARA

AND

K. J. SAUNDERS

MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, CEYLON BRANCH

LONDON

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.

[1920]

THE BUDDHIST IDEAL

"Eschew all evil: cherish good: cleanse your inmost thoughts—this is the teaching of Buddhas."

                                                                                                                                  Dhammapada, 183.

"Everything has two handles, the one by which it may be carried, the other by which it may not… Lay hold of the handle by which it can be carried."

                                                                                                                     Epictetus (Encheiridion xliii).

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First Edition…July 1912

Reprinted…October 1920

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Scanned, proofed and formatted at sacred-texts.com, March-April 2009. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.

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