Theragāthā
TextDas achte Buch des Khuddakanikāya, eine Sammlung von Versen, die größtenteils Theras aus der Lebenszeit des Buddha selbst zugeschrieben werden, die ihre Lebensgeschichten erzählen und die Freude der Befreiung ausdrücken, später übersetzt als „Psalms of the Brethren”.
The eighth book of the Khuddakanikāya, a collection of poems, most of which are believed to have been composed by elders during the lifetime of the Buddha.
Some poems contain life-histories of the elders, while others are paeans of joy, extolling their new-found freedom.
The work has been published by the P.T.S. (1883) and translated by Mrs. Rhys Davids, as Psalms of the Brethren.
Dhammapāla wrote a commentary on the Theragāthā, as part of the Paramatthadīpanī.
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