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Images From The Dhammapada
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In reading The Dhammapada, I noticed that there were a lot of
analogies used to describe human life. For this paper I decided to look
at some of the analogies that talk about the negative conditions of life.
My favorite quotation from The Dhammapada is number 8 on page 34, the
section titled "Ev ....
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....haracter, instead of simple pleasures. The third quotation that I
selected, deals with the search for pleasure and also uses a water
metaphor.
"As rain pours through badly thatched houses,
So does desire penetrate the undeveloped mind."
I found this proverb on page three, number 13 in section one titled
"Twins". In the quotation above The Dhammapada speaks about how easy
desire can fill an undeveloped mind. Honestly, I have no first hand
experience with thatched houses, bu.... |
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