Attention, conduct, and suffering › Further reading

Michael BrenndoerferOctober 23, 20261 min read
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  • Acharya Buddharakkhita, The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, with Bhikkhu Bodhi's introduction. Read the complete collection to see how ordinary ethical advice sits alongside renunciation and liberation.
  • Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Dhammapada, chapter 1. Compare the opening verses with Buddharakkhita's wording to notice where translation shapes interpretation.
  • Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion, SN 56.11, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. This discourse supplies the Four Noble Truths framework behind the discussion of craving and cessation.
  • An Analysis of the Path, SN 45.8, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Its definitions place mental cultivation alongside speech, action, and livelihood.
  • To Sivaka, SN 36.21, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Read it against the claim that everything a person feels is entirely caused by previous action.
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