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| sutta nipata commentary: The Suttanipata Bodhi, 2017-09-26 This landmark volume in the Teachings of the Buddha series translates the Suttanipata, a text that matches the Dhammapada in its concise power and its centrality to the Buddhist tradition. Celebrated translator Bhikkhu Bodhi illuminates this text and its classical commentaries with elegant renderings and authoritative annotations. The Suttanipata, or “Group of Discourses” is a collection of discourses ascribed to the Buddha that includes some of the most popular suttas of the Pali Canon, among them the Discourse on Loving-Kindness Sutta. The suttas are primarily in verse, though several are in mixed prose and verse. The Suttanipata contains discourses that extol the figure of the muni, the illumined sage, who wanders homeless completely detached from the world. Other suttas, such as the Discourse on Downfall and the Discourse on Blessings, establish the foundations of Buddhist lay ethics. The last two chapters—the Atthakavagga (Chapter of Octads) and the Parayanavagga (The Way to the Beyond)—are considered to be among the most ancient parts of the Pali Canon. The Atthakavagga advocates a critical attitude toward views and doctrines. The Parayanavagga is a beautiful poem in which sixteen spiritual seekers travel across India to meet the Buddha and ask him profound questions pertaining to the highest goal. The commentary, the Paramatthajotika, relates the background story to each sutta and explains each verse in detail. The volume includes numerous excerpts from the Niddesa, an ancient commentary already included in the Pali Canon, which offers detailed expositions of each verse in the Atthakavagga, the Parayanavagga, and the Rhinoceros Horn Sutta. Translator Bhikkhu Bodhi provides an insightful, in-depth introduction, a guide to the individual suttas, extensive notes, a list of parallels to the discourses of the Suttanipata, and a list of the numerical sets mentioned in the commentaries. |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-Nipāta Commentary Helmer Smith, 1966 |
| sutta nipata commentary: The Discourse on the All-Embracing Net of Views , 2025-01-12 The All-Embracing Net of Views (The Brahmajāla Sutta), one of the Buddha's most important and profound discourses, weaves a net of sixty-two cases capturing all the speculative views on the self and the world. This book contains an accurate and readable translation of this discourse, as well as of its massive commentary and the subcommentary, allowing for a close in-depth study of the work. It also contains translations of three commentarial treatises that throw valuable sidelights on rarely known aspects of Theravada Buddhism. The long introduction by Bhikkhu Bodhi is itself a modern philosophical commentary on the sutta. It elucidates the key points of the discourse and explains the place of the Brahmajala in the overall structure of Buddhist thought. The Brahmajāla is more than merely the first item in a collection of discourses. It is the gateway to the entire Teaching of the Buddha itself. Its central message must be grasped to ensure a correct understanding of the Teaching. |
| sutta nipata commentary: The Great Discourse on Causation Bhikkhu Bodhi, 2021-12-31 The Mahānidāna Sutta, The Great Discourse on Causation, is the longest and most detailed of the Buddha's discourses dealing with dependent arising (paticca samuppada), a doctrine generally regarded as the key to his entire teaching. The Buddha often described dependent arising as deep, subtle, and difficult to see, the special domain of noble wisdom. So when his close disciple Ananda comes to him and suggests that this doctrine might not be as deep as it seems, the stage is set for a particularly profound and illuminating exposition of the Dhamma. This Pariyatti Edition* contains a translation of the Mahānidāna Sutta together with all the doctrinally important passages from its authorized commentary and subcommentary. A long introductory essay discusses the rich philosophical implications of the sutta; an appendix explains the treatment of dependent arising according to the Abhidhamma system of conditional relations. |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-Nipāta Commentary (I-)III, Being Paramatthajstikā II-II, 3 Helmer Smith, 1916 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-Nipāta Commentary, Being Paramatthajotikā II. Buddhaghosa, 1966 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-nipāta commentary Buddhaghosa, 1966 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-Nipāta Commentary, Being Paramatthajotikā II, 2 Buddhaghosa, 1966 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-Nipata Commentary Helmer Smith, 1918-12-01 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-Nipata Commentary I, II, III , 1916 |
| sutta nipata commentary: In the Buddha's Words Bodhi, 2005-07-28 This landmark collection is the definitive introduction to the Buddha's teachings in his own words. The American scholar monk Bhikkhu Bodhi, whose voluminous translations have won widespread acclaim, here presents selected discourses of the Buddha from the Pali Canon, the earliest record of what the Buddha taught. Divided into ten thematic chapters, In the Buddha's Words reveals the full scope of the Buddha's discourses, from family life and marriage to renunciation and the path of insight. A concise informative introduction precedes each chapter, guiding the reader toward a deeper understanding of the texts that follow. In the Buddha's Words allows even readers unacquainted with Buddhism to grasp the significance of the Buddha's contributions to our world heritage. Taken as a whole, these texts bear eloquent testimony to the breadth and intelligence of the Buddha's teachings, and point the way to an ancient yet ever vital path. Students and seekers alike will find this systematic presentation indispensable.--BOOK JACKET. |
| sutta nipata commentary: Numbered Discourses Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral, SuttaCentral has published an entirely new translation of the four Pali Nikāyas by Bhikkhu Sujato, which is the first complete and consistent English translation of these core texts. This is an ebook version of Bhikkhu Sujato's translation of the Aṅguttara Nikāya, which can also be read at SuttaCentral website. The “Numbered” or “Numerical” Discourses are usually known as Aṅguttara Nikāya in Pali, abbreviated AN. However, the Pali tradition also knows the form Ekottara (“one-up” or “incremental”), and this is the form usually found in the northern collections. These collections organize texts in numbered sets, from one to eleven. Compared to the other nikāyas, they are more oriented to the lay community. The Ekottarikāgama (EA) in Chinese is a highly unusual text, which features a range of variations within itself when it comes even to basic doctrines. It shares considerably less in common with the Pali Aṅguttara than the other collections do with their counterparts. In addition, there is a partial Ekottarikāgama in Chinese, as well as a variety of individual discourses and fragments in Chinese and Sanskrit. This translation of Aṅguttara Nikāya was updated on March 6th, 2023 |
| sutta nipata commentary: The Sutta-nipāta Suttanipāta, 1913 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-Nipāta Commentary Helmer Smith, 1966 |
| sutta nipata commentary: The Buddha before Buddhism Gil Fronsdal, 2016-11-29 This easy-to-understand translation of one of the earliest surviving Buddhist texts offers a pathway to awakening that is simple, straightforward, and free of religious doctrine One of the earliest of all Buddhist texts, the Atthakavagga, or “Book of Eights,” is a remarkable document, not only because it comes from the earliest strain of the literature—before the Buddha, as the title suggests, came to be thought of as a “Buddhist”—but also because its approach to awakening is so simple and free of adherence to any kind of ideology. Instead the Atthakavagga points to a direct and simple approach for attaining peace without requiring the adherence to doctrine. The value of the teachings it contains is not in the profundity of their philosophy or in their authority as scripture; rather, the value is found in the results they bring to those who live by them. Instead of doctrines to be believed, the “Book of Eights” describes means or practices for realizing peace. Gil Fronsdal’s rigorous translation with commentary reveals the text to be of interest not only to Buddhists, but also to the ever-growing demographic of spiritual-but-not-religious, who seek a spiritual life outside the structures of religion. |
| sutta nipata commentary: The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha , 2012-10-16 The present work offers a complete translation of the Aguttara Nikya, the fourth major collection in the Sutta Piṭaka, or Basket of Discourses, belonging to the Pali Canon |
| sutta nipata commentary: Buddhism and Jainism K.T.S Sarao, Jeffery D. Long, 2017-03-31 This volume focuses on Buddhism and Jainism, two religions which, together with Hinduism, constitute the three pillars of Indic religious tradition in its classical formulation. It explores their history and relates how the Vedic period in the history of Hinduism drew to a close around the sixth century BCE and how its gradual etiolation gave rise to a number of religious movements. While some of these remained within the fold of the Vedic traditions, others arose in a context of a more ambiguous relationship between the two. Two of these have survived to the present day as Buddhism and Jainism. The volume describes the major role Buddhism played in the history not only of India but of Asia, and now the world as well, and the more confined role of Jainism in India until relatively recent times. It examines the followers of these religions and their influence on the Indian religious landscape. In addition, it depicts the transformative effect on existing traditions of the encounter of Hinduism with these two religions, as well as the fertile interaction between the three. The book shows how Buddhism and Jainism share the basic concepts of karma, rebirth, and liberation with Hinduism while giving them their own hue, and how they differ from the Hindu tradition in their understanding of the role of the Vedas, the “caste system,” and ritualism in religious life. The volume contributes to the debate on whether the proper way of describing the relationship between the three major components of the classical Indic tradition is to treat them as siblings (sometimes as even exhibiting sibling rivalry), or as friends (sometimes even exhibiting schadenfreude), or as radical alternatives to one another, or all of these at different points in time. |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-Nipāta commentary, being Paramatthajotikā II: Indexes and appendix Buddhaghosa, 1972 |
| sutta nipata commentary: The Dhammapada and Sutta-Nipata F. Max Muller, 2014-02-04 This is a subset of F. Max Mullers great collection The Sacred Books of the East which includes translations of all the most important works of the seven non-Christian religions which have exercised a profound influence on the civilizations of the continent of Asia. The works have been translated by leading authorities in their field. |
| sutta nipata commentary: The Discourse on the Fruits of Recluseship Bhikkhu Bodhi, 2022-09-20 The Buddha traces the entire progress of a disciple from the first step on the path to the attainment of Nibbana in this second sutta of the Sutta Pitaka, one of the most elevating of the Buddha's discourses. On a full-moon night in Autumn, in reply to a question asked by King Ajatasattu of Magadha, the Buddha expounds the visible fruits of the Buddhist monk's life, sketching the progress of the disciple. ...the Sāmaññaphala Sutta sounds a triumphant and lyrical proclamation of the fruitfulness of the course of spiritual training founded upon right view. It is the Buddha's announcement to the world that the life of renunciation he adopted for himself and opened up to humanity by founding the sangha brings immediately visible benefits in each of its stages. It is 'good in the beginning' through the bliss of blamelessness that comes with the purification of conduct; 'good in the middle' in yielding an exalted joy and bliss through the seclusion of the mind from the sensual hindrances; and 'good in the end' because it culminates in the highest wisdom and peace by transcending all mundane bonds. (From the translator's Preface) The work is not only a great spiritual classic, but also a literary gem distinguished by its beauty of poetic imagery. |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-Nipāta Commentary being Paramatthajotikā II. Helmer Smith, 1972 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-Nipāta commentary, being Paramatthajotikā II: Mahāvagga Aṭṭhakavagga Pārāyanavagga Buddhaghosa, 1966 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-nipāta commentary being Paramatthajotikā II. Buddhaghosa, 1966 |
| sutta nipata commentary: The Buddha's Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony Bodhi, 2016-12-13 An anthology of the writings of the Buddha on the subject of harmony selected and translated from the original Pali-- |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-nipata commentary Helmer Smith, 2021 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-Nipāta Commentary being Paramatthajotikā II Helmer Smith, 1966 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Nagarjuna's Middle Way Mark Siderits, Shoryu Katsura, 2013-04-22 Winner of the 2014 Khyenste Foundation Translation Prize. Nagarjuna's renowned twenty-seven-chapter Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way (Mulamadhyamakakarika) is the foundational text of the Madhyamaka school of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy. It is the definitive, touchstone presentation of the doctrine of emptiness. Professors Siderits and Katsura prepared this translation using the four surviving Indian commentaries in an attempt to reconstruct an interpretation of its enigmatic verses that adheres as closely as possible to that of its earliest proponents. Each verse is accompanied by concise, lively exposition by the authors conveying the explanations of the Indian commentators. The result is a translation that balances the demands for fidelity and accessibility. |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-Nipāta commentary Helmer Smith, 1966 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-Nipāta Commentary Being Paramatthajotikā Helmer Smith, 1916 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Niddesa Louis de La Vallée Poussin, Edward Joseph Thomas, 1916 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-nipāta commentary Buddhaghosa, 1966 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-nipāta commentary II Buddhaghosa, 1966 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Arahattamagga Arahattaphala Ajaan Mahā Boowa Ñāṇasampanno, Arahattamagga is a compilation of Ajaan Mahā Boowa’s Dhamma talks giving an in-depth analysis of his own path of practice. It describes the entire range of his meditation, from the beginning stages all the way to the final transcendence. We realize that such exalted attainments are not merely remnants of ancient history, dead and dry – but a living, luminous legacy of self-transcendence accessible to any individual who is willing and able to put forth the effort needed to achieve them. |
| sutta nipata commentary: Life’s Highest Blessings Bhikkhu Khantipālo, 2018-04-01 Life's Highest Blessings is a study of the Mahā Maṅgala Sutta, an important discourse of the Buddha on the thirty-eight true blessings or true lucky signs (maṅgala). It contains universal, timeless teachings that lead to material, as well as spiritual, well-being and is very popular in Buddhist countries. |
| sutta nipata commentary: Paramatthajotikā II Helmer Smith, 2016 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-nipāta Commentary Buddhaghosa, 1917 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Sutta-nipāta Commentary , 1966 |
| sutta nipata commentary: Manorathapurani Bhaddantacariya Buddhaghosa, 2012-06-11 The Commentary to the Anguttara Nikaya is called Manorathapurani, or The Wish Fulfiller in Pali. It was compiled in 500 AD by Ven. Buddhaghosa based on a much older commentarial tradition. This Collection of Discourses, Anguttara Nikaya, containing 9557 short suttas is divided into eleven divisions known as nipatas. Each nipata is divided again into groups called vaggas which usually contain ten suttas. The discourses are arranged in progressive numerical order, each nipata containing suttas with items of dhamma, beginning with one item and moving up by units of one till there are eleven items of dhamma in each sutta of the last nipata. This one-volume complete edition of the Anguttara Nikaya commentary constitutes an important source book on Buddhist psychology and ethics providing essential features concerning the theory and practice of the Dhamma as understood by the commentarial Pali tradition. |
| sutta nipata commentary: Pali-English Dictionary T.W. Rhys Davids, William Stede, 2015-01-01 The merits and demerits of the work will be sufficiently plain even from the first fascicles. But one or two remarks are necessary to make the position of my colleague and myself clear. We have given throughout the Sanskrit roots corresponding to the Pali roots, and have omitted the latter. It may be objected that this is a strange method to use in a Pali dictionary, especially as the vernacular on which Pali is based had never passed through the stage of Sanskrit. That may be so; and it may not be possible, historically, that any Pali word in the canon could have been actually derived from the corresponding Sanskrit word. Nevertheless the Sanskrit form, though arisen quite independently, may throw light upon the Pali form; and as Pali roots have not yet been adequately studied in Europe, the plan adopted will probably, at least for the present, be more useful. Still, the work is essentially preliminary. There is a large number of words of which we do not know the derivation. There is a still larger number of which the derivation does not give the meaning, but rather the reverse. It is so in every living language. Who could guess, from the derivation, the complicated meaning of such words as ñconscienceî, ñemotionî, ñdispositionî? The derivation would be as likely to mislead as to guide. We have made much progress since then. As the Pali Text Society began issuing editions and translations of the Pali Canon and Commentaries in quick succession, Rhys Davids conceived the idea of the compilation of an exhaustive dictionary of Pali, based on the voluminous basic material that was being brought to light. the work took more than twenty years of devoted labor but before his death in 1922, Rhys Davids had the satisfaction of seeing its first volume published. In four volumes issued over 1921-25 the Dictionary contains every Pali word with its Sanskrit root identified and meanings given in English. Carrying over 1,50,000 textual references, the work holds the field, even today, as the best Pali-English Dictionary. |
| sutta nipata commentary: Old Brāhmī Inscriptions in the Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves Beni Madhab Barua, 1929 |
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