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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
www.kobatirth.orgAcharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
scholars an edition of the whole of the extant materials together with complete fascimiles.
M.Winternitz is of the opinion that Dharmapada includes some saying what were originally not Buddhist at all but were drawn from the inexhaustible source by Indian gnomic wisdom. (History of Indian Literature ,Calcutta, 1933, Vol.II,P.84) Barua and Mitra in their introduction see the influence of Chandogya Upanisad on some of the verses of this text (Intro.p.xxvii).
I am sure this work will not only be useful to serious researcher of the text but will also help general reader for better understanding and appreciation of the ethical doctrines of Gautama Buddha which are as relevant today as they were in the past.
Finally I shall end my remarks with the following verse from the Pali Dhammapada (which unfortunately is missing in the fragments of the Prakrit Dhammapada) but which gives the essence of Buddhist teaching:
Abstinence from all evil, Fulfilment of all good; Purification of one's mind, This is the teaching of Buddhas
Pali Dhammapada, verse 183
24th January, 1988
N.H. Samtars
Bhikkhyu J.Kashyap Institute of Buddhist & Isian Studies, Sarnath, Varanasi.
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