Theragāthā
Text《小部》第八部經典，收錄多為佛陀在世時代長老所作的偈頌，講述其生平並抒發證悟解脫的喜悅，英譯本名為《長老詩篇》。
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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