THE DHAMMAPADA, Teachings of the Buddha | Audiobook
Hello and welcome to the audio download section, this Audiobook the Dhammapada is a Buddhist scripture, containing 423 verses in 26 categories. According to tradition, these are verses spoken by the Buddha on various occasions, most of which deal with ethics. It is considered one of the most important pieces of Theravada literature.
The Dhammapada is read by many Mahayana Buddhists and remains a very popular text across all schools of Buddhism and most widely esteemed text in the Pali Tipitaka, the sacred scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. The work is included in the Khuddaka Nikaya ("Minor Collection") of the Sutta Pitaka, but its popularity has raised it far above the single niche it occupies in the scriptures to the ranks of a world religious classic. Composed in the ancient Pali language, this slim anthology of verses constitutes a perfect compendium of the Buddha's teaching, comprising between its covers all the essential principles elaborated at length in the forty-odd volumes of the Pali canon.
According to the Theravada Buddhist tradition, each verse in the Dhammapada was originally spoken by the Buddha in response to a particular episode. Accounts of these, along with exegesis of the verses, are preserved in the classic commentary to the work, compiled by the great scholiast Bhadantacariya Buddhaghosa in the fifth century C.E. on the basis or material going back to very ancient times.
The contents of the verses, however, transcend the limited and particular circumstances of their origin, reaching out through the ages to various types of people in all the diverse situations of life. For the simple and unsophisticated the Dhammapada is a sympathetic counselor; for the intellectually overburdened its clear and direct teachings inspire humility and reflection; for the earnest seeker it is a perennial source of inspiration and practical instruction.
Insights that flashed into the heart of the Buddha have crystallized into these luminous verses of pure wisdom. As profound expressions of practical spirituality, each verse is a guideline to right living. The Buddha unambiguously pointed out that whoever earnestly practices the teachings found in the Dhammapada will taste the bliss of emancipation.
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🕧 KEY MOMENTS IN THIS AUDIOBOOK 🕧
00:00:00 - Chapters 1-4 - Read by: Roger Turnau
00:00:30 - Chapters 01
00:05:06 - Chapters 02
00:08:00 - Chapters 03
00:10:30 - Chapters 04
00:17:37 - Chapters 5-8 - Read by: Måns Broo
00:14:40 - Chapters 05
00:17:42 - Chapters 06
00:20:22 - Chapters 07
00:22:14 - Chapters 08
00:25:07 - Chapters 9-14 - Read by: Chris Masterson
00:25:22 - Chapters 09
00:28:18 - Chapters 10
00:32:01 - Chapters 11
00:34:39 - Chapters 12
00:37:15 - Chapters 13
00:39:52 - Chapters 14
00:44:08 - Chapters 15-18 - Read by: Chris Masterson
00:46:58 - Chapters 15
00:47:49 - Chapters 16
00:49:27 - Chapters 17
00:52:23 - Chapters 18
00:57:22 - Chapters 19-22 - Read by: Denny Sayers
00:57:40 - Chapters 19
01:01:42 - Chapters 20
01:06:01 - Chapters 21
01:10:00 - Chapters 22
01:14:12 - Chapters 23-25 - Read by: Roger Turnau
01:14:36 - Chapters 23
01:17:56 - Chapters 24
01:25:05 - Chapters 25
01:30:44 -- Chapter 26 - Read by: Scott
01:30:48 -Chapters 26
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