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Atthakatha
The Commentaries
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Dhammapada Atthakatha — Commentary to the
Dhammapada
See
Buddhist Stories from the Dhammapada Dommentary (Part II)
,
by Burlingame (trans.) and Khantipalo (ed.)
Therigatha Atthakatha — Commentary to the
Therigatha
Therigatha Commentary (ThigA X.1) — Skinny Gotami and the Mustard Seed
[Olendzki]
. In this famous parable a mother, blinded by grief over her dead son, asks the Buddha for medicine to cure her son's condition. The Buddha's cure works better than she could ever have imagined.
Cariyapitaka Atthakatha — Commentary to the
Cariyapitaka
See
A Treatise on the Paramis
,
a translation of the portion of this commentary that deals with the development of the
paramis
(perfections of character).