This, the first book in the Khuddaka Nikāya (Collection of Short Discourses), appears to have been designed as a primer for novice monks and nuns. In nine short passages it covers the basic topics that one would need to know when beginning Buddhist monastic life; many of the passages also serve as useful introductions to Buddhist practice in general.
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Buddha, Dhp 276
Handful of Leaves: An Anthology from the Sutta Pitaka
Thānissaro BhikkhuThis all-in-one book bundles all of the sutta collections: the Dīgha, Majjhima, Saṁyutta, and Aṅguttara Nikāyas, as well as six books from the Khuddaka Nikāya…
Handful of Leaves vol. 3: An Anthology from the Samyutta Nikaya
Thānissaro BhikkhuThe Saṁyutta Nikāya, a collection of short to medium-length discourses, takes its name from the way the discourses are organized into groups connected…
Handful of Leaves vol. 4: An Anthology from the Anguttara Nikaya
Thānissaro BhikkhuThe Aṅguttara Nikāya, a collection of short to medium-length discourses, takes its name from the way the discourses are grouped by the number of their parts…
Handful of Leaves vol. 2: An Anthology from the Majjhima Nikaya
Thānissaro BhikkhuThe Majjhima Nikāya — the Middle Collection — is the second collection in the Sutta Piṭaka. It takes its name from the length of the discourses it contains…
Anguttara Nikaya Anthology
Nyanaponika TheraThis book contains an anthology of 154 selected discourses from the Pali canon. The original translation was by Nyanaponika Thera and was published in the BPS…
Poems of the Elders: An Anthology from the Theragatha & Therigatha
Thānissaro BhikkhuThis is an anthology consisting of 97 poems from the Theragāthā (Poems of the Elder Monks) and 34 from the Therīgāthā (Poems of the Elder Nuns). These texts are…