A translation of the Vitakka-Santhana Sutta together with its Commentary and notes from the Subcommentary.
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The Great Discourse on Causation
Bhikkhu BodhiThe Mahanidana Sutta, “The Great Discourse on Causation,” is the longest and most detailed of the Buddha’s discourses dealing with dependent arising (paticca…
The All-Embracing Net of Views
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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…
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…
A Discourse on the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta
Mahasi SayadawAll teachings or beliefs outside of the Buddha’s Dispensation fall under the category of beliefs in a self, attā. They hold to the view that there is such a…
The Dhammapada
Acharya BuddharakkhitaThe Dhammapada is the best known and most widely esteemed text in the Pali Tipitaka, the sacred scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. The work is included in the…