It is a significant fact and worth pondering upon that the Bible commences with the words: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth....", while the Dhammapada ... opens with the words "Mind precedes things, dominates them, creates them". (Nyanaponika Thera)

It is a significant fact and worth pondering upon that the Bible commences with the words: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth....", while the Dhammapada ... opens with the words "Mind precedes things, dominates them, creates them".

Nyanaponika Thera

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