The Collected Discourses of the Buddha – a new translation of the Samyutta Nikaya
Like the other Pfili Nikayas, the Samyutta Nikaya had counterparts in the canonical collections of the other early Buddhist schools, and one such version has been preserved in the Chinese Tripitaka, where it is known as the Tsa-a-han-ching. This was translated from the Sanskrit Samyukt6gama, which the evidence indicates belonged to the Samastivada school…
[Vi-En] The Four Noble Truths by The 14th Dalai Lama
The Four Noble Truths are the very foundation of the Buddhist teaching, and that is why they are so important. In fact, if you don’t understand the Four Noble Truths, and if you have not experienced the truth of this teaching personally, it is impossible to practise Buddha Dharma….
The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha – a translation of the Anguttara Nikaya by Bhikkhu Bodhi
An English translation of the AṅguttaraNikāya published by the Pali Text Society has long beenin print under the title The Book of the Gradual Sayings. Itwas issued in five volumes, I, II, and V translated by F. L.Woodward, and III and IV by E. M. Hare.
The Ten Great Disciples of the Buddha
This gap is all the more glaring because thevery measure of the Buddha’s success as a spiritual teacher is to bedetermined by his skill in training his disciples. The canonical verse ofhomage to the Buddha hails him as “the unsurpassed trainer of personsto be tamed,” and thus the acid test for the validity of this claim mustbe the mettle of the men and women who submitted to his guidance…
The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha – a new translation of the Majjhima Nikaya by Bhikkhu Bodhi
This translation is an extensively revised version of an original draft translation made by the distinguished English scholar-monk, Bhikkhu Nanamoli (1905-1960). During his eleven years’ life in the Buddhist Order, passed entirely at the Island Hermitage in south Sri Lanka, Ven…
Gotama Buddha By Nakamura Hajime
My central concern in this volume is to elucidate how Gotama Buddha, or Sakyamuni Buddha, the historical figure revered as the teacher of humankind, lived his life and taught his doctrine.
THE HISTORICAL BUDDHA By H.W. Schumann
The book deals with the demythologized person of the great sage, with the age in which he lived and with the political and social conditions which made his mission possible and permitted its success.
The Basic Teachings of The Buddha by Ven. Narada Maha Thera
The remainder of the book explains in detail the Buddha’s teachings, the final chapter showing the relevance of Buddhism to the problems of modern life.
The life of The Buddha – by Ven. Narada Maha Thera
This is one of the clearest and most detailed introductions to the fundamental teachings of Buddhism available in English. In simple and lucid language the author explains the doctrines and concepts which form the common bedrock of Buddhism as they have been preserved by the Theravada school…
The Long Discourses of the Buddha – a translation of the Digha Nikaya by Maurice Walshe
This book offers a complete translation of the Digha Nikaya, the long discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pali Canon, the authorized scriptures of Theravada Buddhism.