The Support Verses: Earliest Sayings of the Buddha is Christopher Carter Sanderson’s uniquely poetic and practical translation of The Dhammapada. Sanderson, working from Pali and Sanskrit sources, aims to artistically transmit the essence of Buddha’s sayings in a form useful for meditation. Freely cast in a flexible, idiomatic and often catchy iambic pentameter, in tone ranging as needed from the academic to the profane, these verses combine musicality with a refreshing directness. This new creative realization joins a galaxy of inspired translations of this great work to offer additional artistic insight and spiritual utility.
Notices
“I wish The Support Verses a big reach in the world, which sorely needs it.”
—George Saunders, author of Lincoln in the Bardo
“Highly recommended for practitioners of any level, or curious explorers.”
—Andre Mistier, Director of Instructor Development, NY Martial Arts Academy
Christopher Carter Sanderson is the author of the prose-poetry novel The Too-Brief Chronicle of Judah Lowe (Sagging Meniscus), a scholarly book on outdoor theater Gorilla Theatre (Routledge), and a translation/adaptation of Ubu Roi, UBU IS KING! (Accolades Arts Press). His original poetry appears in recent issues of Griffel, Gravitas Poetry, Poetry City, Poets Choice, and others, and is anthologized in Show Us Your Papers (Main Street Rag). His translation/adaptation into English blank verse of The Beatitudes of the Bible was also first published in Lunch Ticket Magazine. He is the founding artistic director of NYC’s Gorilla Repertory Theater. Christopher has a BFA from New York University, an MFA from Yale University, and is a Fulbright alumnus. He currently teaches writing at the Downtown Writers Center in Syracuse and is a member of the Dramatists Guild. He is also a member of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Liverpool, NY and attends Zen Center of Syracuse Hoen-ji.