Samuel Beal Books

The book features translations of key texts from seven major non-Christian religions, highlighting their significant impact on Asian civilizations. As part of the Sacred Books of the East Series, it offers insights into diverse spiritual traditions, enriching the reader's understanding of cultural and religious influences across Asia.

Originally composed in Pali, there are different Dhammapadas, which were composed in Kharosthi, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, and Japanese. The Texts from the Buddhist Canon is the English translation of the Chinese version of Dhammapada, Fa Ju Jing.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.