The Dhammapada holds the essence of the doctrine taught by the Buddha, and this Sinhala edition by Muwagama Gnanaseeha Thero presents it for readers who work in that language. The text is in Sinhala throughout, with no English translation, so it will suit readers of Sinhala and households that keep Buddhist texts in the language.
Its publisher, M. D. Gunasena & Co. of Colombo, describes the work in two registers. For lay readers it offers guidance of the kind that gives shape and meaning to ordinary daily life. For members of the Sangha it serves as a store of Dhamma from which themes for sermons may be drawn, the verses lending themselves to being taken up one at a time and expounded.
The substance of the Dhammapada, on this account, belongs to everyone and is not bound to any particular time — a claim the text has carried wherever it has been read.
Readers abroad who grew up with Sinhala, and those studying the language alongside Buddhist literature, are the natural audience for this edition.
- Author: Muwagama Gnanaseeha Thero
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552109232
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