{"id":1207,"date":"2024-06-07T22:06:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T22:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2024-06-07T22:06:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T22:06:55","slug":"19-the-dhammapada-3rd-century-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/19-the-dhammapada-3rd-century-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"19. The Dhammapada (3rd century BC)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Original language: Pali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Buddhist scripture. A collection of the sayings of the Buddha in verse form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The edition I read was translated and edited by Valerie J. Roebuck, published 2010 by Penguin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dhamma.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1208\" style=\"width:auto;height:335px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dhamma.jpg 648w, https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dhamma-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In some ways <strong>The Dhammapada<\/strong> is like an early self-help book. I liked the emphasis on meditation, self-control, and control of anger. That spoke to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\"If it needs doing, do it - undertake it steadfastly.\"<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\"Just as an elephant in battle <br>Endures arrows shot from the bow<br>I will endure abusive speech - <br>For people in general are ill behaved.\"<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\"You should not despise your own gains.\"<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes real wisdom sounds like cliches, but that doesn&#8217;t make it less wise.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original language: Pali. A Buddhist scripture. A collection of the sayings of the Buddha in verse form. The edition I read was translated and edited by Valerie J. Roebuck, published 2010 by Penguin. In some ways The Dhammapada is like an early self-help book. I liked the emphasis on meditation, self-control, and control of anger. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-great-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1209,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions\/1209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}