Interactive Sutta Guide

The core of the early Buddhist teachings

This guide is composed entirely of quotes from the Sutta Pitaka and highlights key teachings preserved in its scriptures, including mindfulness and the jhanas, which are discussed in detail in the Jhana Training Manual.

"To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one’s mind - this is the teaching of the Buddhas." (Dhp 183)

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A Comparative Study of the Majjhima-nikāya - Volume 1, Bhikkhu Anālayo, 2011
A translation of Aṅguttara Nikāya by Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Access to Insight, 2010, 2013 (licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License)
The All-embracing Net of Views: The Brahmajāla Sutta and its Commentaries, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Buddhist Publication Society, 2007
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Wisdom Publications, 2000 (licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License)
The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom, Ācāriya Buddharakkhita, Buddhist Publication Society, 1985
The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Wisdom Publications, 2005, 2009 (licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License)
The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Wisdom Publications, 2012 (licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License)
The Udāna & the Itivuttaka, John D. Ireland, Buddhist Publication Society, 1997

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No changes were made to the original texts except highlighting, omitting parts of the text and replacing it with an ellipsis ("..."), clarifying the meaning of some words in square brackets, and adding a few footnotes (*).

The Sutta Pitaka translations are used with kind permission from Wisdom Publications.