This translation of the Dhammapada verses is the third revision of a work which appeared originally in 1966 under the title Growing the Bodhi Tree. Unlike most English translations of the Dhammapada, this work is a poetic rendition of verse into verse while preserving the original meaning, this revision uses the Sanskrit rather than Pall forms of Buddhist terms and non-sexist language. An introduction to the Buddha's teachings precedes the verse translations.