THE VOICE OF THE PROPHETS: WISDOM OF THE AGES, BUDDHISM: Including 'The Threefold Refuge,' 'The Five Precepts,' 'The Four Noble Truths,' 'The Noble Eightfold Path,' 'Understanding Merit and Demerit,' 'the Ten Fetters,' 'Gradual Development of the Eightfold Path in the Progress of the Disciple,' 'Absence of the Five Hindrances,' 'The Absorptions,' 'The Dhammapada,' 'Excerpts from the Flower Ornament Scripture,' 'Saddharma Pundarika or Lotus of the True Law,' 'She-Rob-Dong Bu: The Tree of Wisdom,' and 'The Manual of Zen.' The purpose of this series of texts is very simple. We have striven to compile the best of the better known and the least known of the ancient sacred texts from world religions from throughout the world and throughout time. (Encyclopedia of Ancient Sacred Texts.)