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Best commentary on Dhammapada?
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May 23, 2012 06:45AM
Hi! can anybody suggest me which commentary on Dhammapada is most beautiful and easy to understand? I've seen many scholars have elaborated Dhammapada but don't know which one to put my hands on.
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I rather enjoy hearing you folks explain your beliefs. Often when looking things up on the internet: many doctrines are not actually followed or agreed upon by those invested in certain Doctrines.
For instance: I could read about hungry-ghosts all day...only to find out that 99% of Buddhists totally ignore that topic and find it irrelevant and just a superstition.
Nishant wrote: "Hi! can anybody suggest me which commentary on Dhammapada is most beautiful and easy to understand? I've seen many scholars have elaborated Dhammapada but don't know which one to put my hands on."Look into the nature. Enjoy it. And free yourself of dogma. Universe is beyond Dhammapada.
You're getting hung up on 'hungry ghosts'. People who have everything but always want more may be Hungry Ghosts...nothing more, nothing less. Perhaps if you could see it as a caricature or a cartoon and simply that you could move on. Buddhists don't ignore the concept of hungry ghosts rather try to keep from placing too much emphasis on becoming attached to 'things' either material possessions or ideas, dogma and the like.

