Lanka heritage releases Dhammapada CD

COLOMBO: To fulfill a long felt need of Sinhala Buddhists everywhere, a 4 CD volume of the Dammapada was Released by Lanka Heritage.

Dhammapada is one of the greatest literary products of Buddhist literature and philosophy.

It is considered by many as the Buddha's own teaching and hence undoubtedly is the most popular canonical text of Buddhism contained in Tri-Pitaka. Dhammapada, the wisdom and insight of the Buddha, consists of 26 chapters called Vagga spanning into 423 verses.

Written as a text to be read, reread, and followed to lead a better life, Dhammapada is suitable for people of all religious backgrounds. It has been translated to many languages and is revered by all sects of Buddhist thought.

There are hundreds of various translations of Dhammapada to English and Sinhala and is a commonly quoted by many in their day-to-day life.

This Compact Disk of Dhammapada is created to fill the void of non-availability of Dhammapada in electronic format for listening.

CD Set contains complete Dhammapada verses chanted by Ven. Beruwala Siri Sobitha, (the resident monk at Sri lanka Buddhist temple in Perth, Australia) followed by Sinhala explanation of each verse.

Inquiries from Lanka Heritage.com, or write to dhammapadar@lankaheritage.com.