About the Book: Essence of the Dhammapada
The Buddhas call to Nirvana
Eknath Easwaran, translator of the best-selling edition of the Dhammapada, sees
this powerful scripture as a perfect map for the spiritual journey. Said to be
the text closest to the Buddhas actual words, it is a collection of short
teachings memorized during his lifetime by his disciples. Easwaran presents the
Dhammapada as a guide to spiritual perseverance, progress, and ultimately
enlightenment-a heroic confrontation with life as it really is, with straight
answers to our deepest questions. We witness the heartbreak of death, for
instance-what does that mean for us? What is love? How does karma