Also by Tai Sheridan, Ph.D.:
- Rice Eyes: Enlightenment in Dogen's Kitchen
- Snow Falling in Moonlight: Odes in Praise of Dogen's Shobogenzo
- Warm Zen Practice: A poetic version of Dogen's Bendowa
- The Light of the Ancient Buddhas: Ballads of Emptiness and Awakening
- Celestial Music: Sutras of Emptiness
- The Zen Wheel of Life Mantra: A Song of Luminous Wisdom and Love
- The Buddhacarita - A Modern Sequel: The Poetic Saga of Buddha's Life from Birth to Enlightenment
- Buddha in Blue Jeans: An Extremely Short Zen Guide to Sitting Quietly and Being Buddha
- Patanjali: Yoga Sutras in Lingo - The Liberation of Spirit in Modern Metaphors
- Secrets of True Happiness
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The Bare Bones Dhammapada: Big Mind Big Love
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Published: May 03, 2011
Words: 4284 (approximate)
Language: English
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The well loved Dhammapada is one of the oldest Buddhist texts on walking the path of enlightenment, love, integrity, and kindness. It contains four hundred twenty-three aphorisms attributed to Buddha. Poet-Philosopher and Zen Priest Tai Sheridan transforms the original using minimalistic images and modern meanings that cut to the chase of Buddha's wisdom as universal truths for a modern audience.Extended description
The well loved Dhammapada is one of the oldest Buddhist texts on walking the path of enlightenment, love, integrity, and kindness. It contains four hundred twenty-three aphorisms attributed to Buddha, although they were most likely compiled by many. Poet-Philosopher and Zen Priest Tai Sheridan transforms the original using contemporary and minimalistic images that cut to the chase of Buddha's wisdom.Even though the Dhammapada is a Buddhist classic of great beauty and wisdom, it is burdened by the stylistic and conceptual dust of the early and middle ages. This version strips the Dhammapada of monasticism, literalness, chauvinism, anachronisms, and conceptualizations of evil, shame, and sensual denial. It presents the path of wisdom as universal truths for a contemporary audience of any gender, lifestyle, or spiritual inclination.
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