Introduction
The
Dhammapada was accepted at the Council of Asoka in 240 B.C. as a collection of the sayings of Gautama, yet it was not put into writing until some generations had passed, and probably contains accretions of later date.
However that may be, there is no doubt that it breathes the very
spirit of the Teacher, and it has always been used in
Buddhist lands as a handbook of "devotion" or
meditation, in whose solemn .