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²¹“Ur” Wikipedia,
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²²“India,” Jewish Virtual Library.

²³Elwell,
Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible,
1:737.

²⁴Rawlinson,
Intercourse Between India and the Western World,
4. From footnote: Rig Veda, I.116.3.

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²⁶Elwell,
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²⁷Rawlinson,
Intercourse Between India and the Western World,
3 (emphasis added). Rawlinson commented, “Evidently from early days the Indian seamen built ships larger than those usually employed even at a much later date in the Mediterranean. . . . In the story of the invasion of Ceylon, probably in the sixth century bc . . . we hear of a ship large enough to hold over 700 people.”

²⁸“Shalmaneser III, King of Assyria (858–824 bc), British Museum,
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²⁹Ibid.

³⁰Rawlinson,
Intercourse Between India and the Western World, 7
(emphasis added).

³¹Richard Overy and Geoffrey Barraclough, eds.,
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7th ed. (New York: Metro Books, 2008), 78.

³²Ibid.

³³Durant,
The Story of Civilization,
422.

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⁴¹Mary Pat Fisher,
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⁴⁸Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed.,
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(Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2005), 48.

Chapter Three Precursors to Buddha’s Four Noble Truths

¹In this book I cite only proverbs attributed to Solomon when referring to the Bible’s Book of Proverbs, unless noted otherwise in the text. A few chapters of Proverbs (i.e., chapters 29–31) are attributed to other authors.

²Ecclesiastes 5:16–17 (NKJV).

³Dhammapada 278.

⁴Ecclesiastes 4:1–2 (NIV).

⁵Ecclesiastes 5:15–16a (NKJV).

⁶Dhammapada 277.

⁷Ecclesiastes 1:8 (AMP).

⁸Dhammapada 302a.

⁹Proverbs 21:25–26 (NKJV) (emphasis added).

¹⁰Dhammapada 47.

¹¹Ibid., 48.

¹²Proverbs 14:30b (NKJV).

¹³Proverbs 12:25a (NIV).

¹⁴Ecclesiastes 4:4b (NASB).

¹⁵Proverbs 11:6 (NIV).

¹⁶Dhammapada 335.

¹⁷Ibid., 338.

¹⁸Ibid., 341.

¹⁹Ibid., 342.

²⁰Ecclesiastes 5:12b (NIV).

²¹Ecclesiastes 5:10–11 (NIV).

²²Proverbs 23:5 (NKJV).

²³Ecclesiastes 1:8 (AMP).

²⁴Proverbs 17:24 (NIV).

²⁵Ecclesiastes 11:10b (NIV).

²⁶Dhammapada 417.

²⁷Ibid., 418, (emphasis added).

²⁸Ibid., 410.

²⁹Ibid., 411.

³⁰Ibid., 412.

³¹Ibid., 413.

³²Ibid., 414.

³³Ibid., 415.

³⁴Ibid., 416.

³⁵Proverbs 21:25–26 (NKJV).

³⁶Dhammapada 290.

³⁷Proverbs 14:30 (NIV).

³⁸Ecclesiastes 4:6 (NIV).

³⁹Proverbs 8:10–11 (NASB).

⁴⁰Proverbs 7:1–3 (NIV).

⁴¹Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed.,
In the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon
(Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2005), 75–76 (SN 56:11:
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta; V 420–424).

⁴²Dhammapada 285.

⁴³Ibid., 190.

⁴⁴Ibid., 191.

⁴⁵Ibid., 192.

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Chapter Four Precursors to Buddha’s Right View and Intention

¹Thomas Knierim, editor and webmaster, “The Noble Eightfold Path,” Raison d’Etre,
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²Ibid. (emphasis added).

³Proverbs 4:5a (NIV).

⁴Dhammapada 243.

⁵Ibid., 171.

⁶Ibid., 248.

⁷Ibid., 251.

⁸Proverbs 7:4–23 (NIV).

⁹Dhammapada 317.

¹⁰Ibid., 318.

¹¹Ibid., 319.

¹²Ecclesiastes 1:2 (NIV).

¹³Dhammapada 170a.

¹⁴Ibid., 174.

¹⁵Ibid., 254.

¹⁶Ecclesiastes 1:8 (NIV).

¹⁷“Siddhartha Gautama: The Historical Siddhartha,” Washington State University, “World Civilizations: An Internet Classroom and Anthology,” Richard Hooker, author and principal editor,
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¹⁸Dhammapada 277.

¹⁹Ibid., 278.

²⁰Ibid., 279.

²¹Proverbs 11:28 (NASB).

²²Proverbs 16:8 (NKJV).

²³Proverbs 11:4 (NIV).

²⁴Dhammapada 251.

²⁵Ecclesiastes 1:9 (NASB).

²⁶Ecclesiastes 3:15 (NIV).

²⁷Dhammapada 153-154.

²⁸Ibid., 60.

²⁹Ecclesiastes 3:18–21 (NIV).

³⁰Will Durant,
The Story of Civilization,
Part I
: Our Oriental Heritage
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963), 509.

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³²Durant,
The Story of Civilization,
427.

³³Proverbs 11:3–8 (NKJV).

³⁴Ecclesiastes 11:1–2 (NIV).

³⁵John H. Walton, Victor H. Matthews, and Mark W. Chavalas,
The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament
(Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), 575.

³⁶Dhammapada 109.

³⁷Ibid., 137–140.

³⁸Ecclesiastes 7:2 (NASB).

³⁹Ecclesiastes 2:14 (NKJV).

⁴⁰Dhammapada 6.

⁴¹Ibid., 127.

⁴²Ibid., 135.

⁴³Ecclesiastes 5:15 (NIV).

⁴⁴Dhammapada 41.

⁴⁵Ibid., 148.

⁴⁶Ibid., 174.

⁴⁷Ecclesiastes 6:3–6 (NASB).

⁴⁸Dhammapada 287.

⁴⁹Ibid., 288.

⁵⁰Ibid., 289.

⁵¹Proverbs 10:25 (NIV).

⁵²Dhammapada 21.

⁵³Knierim, “The Noble Eightfold Path.”

⁵⁴Proverbs 4:3–8 (NKJV) (emphasis added).

⁵⁵Proverbs 6:20–24 (NIV) (emphasis added).

⁵⁶Proverbs 8:10–11 (NIV) (emphasis added).

⁵⁷Dhammapada 282.

⁵⁸Proverbs 6:23–24 (NIV) (emphasis added).

⁵⁹Dhammapada 221.

⁶⁰Ibid., 348.

⁶¹Ibid., 199.

⁶²Ibid., 249.

⁶³Proverbs 14:22 (NASB) (emphasis added).

⁶⁴Proverbs 14:9 (NIV) (emphasis added).

⁶⁵Dhammapada 253.

⁶⁶Proverbs 11:3 (AMP) (emphasis added).

⁶⁷Dhammapada 291.

⁶⁸Ibid., 197.

⁶⁹Proverbs 29:7 (NASB) (emphasis added).

⁷⁰Dhammapada 249.

Chapter Five Precursors to Buddha’s Right Speech and Action

¹Thomas Knierim, editor and webmaster, “The Noble Eightfold Path,” Raison d’Etre,
www.thebigview.com/buddhism/eightfoldpath.html
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²Ibid. (emphasis added).

³Proverbs 18:21 (AMP).

⁴Dhammapada 100.

⁵Ibid., 101.

⁶Ibid., 102.

⁷Proverbs 15:4 (NASB).

⁸Dhammapada 176.

⁹Ibid., 246-247 (emphasis added).

¹⁰Ibid., 306.

¹¹Proverbs 18:8 and 26:22 (NKJV).

¹²Proverbs 10:20 (NIV).

¹³Dhammapada 176.