Monster Essays - Images from The Dhammapada
Images from The Dhammapada
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 "Evil"
"Don't underestimate evil, saying,
'It can't happen to me.'
As a pot slowly fills up with water, drop by drop,
So does the fool, little by little,
Become full of evil."
I like this proverb the best, because it is very simple to
understand and eas....
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