The Dhammapada

For 2,500 years, The Dhammapada has been an essential Buddhist classic. Translated by Ananda Maitreya, the 100-year-old elder of Sri Lankan Buddhism.

Author: Ananda Maitreya
Publisher: Parallax Press
Published: 08/09/2001
Pages: 114
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.19lbs
Size: 6.16h x 3.80w x 0.41d
ISBN13: 9780938077879
ISBN10: 0938077872
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism | Zen (see also Philosophy | Zen)
- Philosophy | Zen

About the Author
Translated by Ananda Maitreya; Foreword by Thich Nhat Hanh

Most Venerable Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Nayaka Thera (August 24, 1896 - July 18, 1998), a Sri Lankan scholar-monk, was a personality of Theravada Buddhism in the twentieth century. Through his meditations, he was believed to have achieved one of the highest level of spiritual development within the Sri Lankan sangha (Buddhist monastic order), though he always used to say that he has to learn more. He lived a modest life in a secluded monastery, however, so is little known outside his native country.