Juan Mascaro read Modern and Oriental Languages at Cambridge, lectured in Oxford and eventually became Professor of English at Barcelona University. He has translated the Upanisads and the Bhagavad Gita. He died in 1987.Juan Mascaro read Modern and Oriental Languages at Cambridge, lectured in Oxford and eventually became Professor of English at Barcelona University. He has translated the Upanisads and the Bhagavad Gita. He died in 1987.

• The DhammapadaIntroductionThe Dhammapada1. Contrary Ways2. Watchfulness3. The Mind4. The Flowers of Life5. The Fool6. The Wise Man7. Infinite Freedom8. Better than a Thousand9. Good and Evil10. Life11. Beyond Life12. Self-Possession13. Arise! Watch14. The Buddha15. Joy16. Transient Pleasures17. Forsake Anger18. Hasten and Strive19. Righteousness20. The Path21. Wakefulness22. In Darkness23. Endurance24. Cravings25. The Monk26. The Brahmin