Directory of Sutras Resources

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• Adittapariyaya Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.028.than.html
  The Fire Sermon.

• Ananda Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn54/sn54.013.than.html
  To Ananda (on Mindfulness of Breathing).

• Anapanasati Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.118.than.html
  Sutra on mindfulness of breathing.

• Anattalakkhana Sutta

  http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/anatta.txt
  The Sermon on the Not-Self Characteristic.

• Bhumija Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.126.than.html
  The discourse to Bhumija.

• Bodhisattva Kishitigarbha Vow Sutra

  http://home.iprimus.com.au/elgaz/
  Transalation presented in the form of a seemingly mythic dialogue between the Buddha and Kishitigarbha. Includes historical introduction, the text and a glossary.

• Buddha's First Sermon

  http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/bud-ser1.html
  A reconstruction of Buddha's first sermon. Composed at least several centuries after Siddhartha Gautama's death, contains the essence of what the Buddha taught his earliest disciples.

• Buddha's Sermons and Teachings

  http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/bud-ser.html
  A version of Buddha's first sermon and a discussion of the nature of Nirvana.

• Cula-Kammavibhanga Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.135.than.html
  Buddhist text on how Action differentiates beings in terms of baseness and excellence.

• Cula-Malunkyovada Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.063.than.html
  The Shorter Instructions to Malunkya regarding the cosmos.

• Cula-Suññata Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.121.than.html
  The Lesser Discourse on Emptiness.

• Cula-Vedalla Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.044.than.html
  The Shorter Set of Questions-and-Answers.

• Culasunnata Sutta

  http://www.well.com/user/gilesgal/culasunn.html
  On Voidness (sunyata) - the quintessence of Buddhism.

• Cunda Kammaraputta Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an10/an10.176.than.html
  Buddha's teaching about ways in which one is made impure by verbal or mental actions.

• Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.nymo.html
  Setting Rolling the Wheel of Truth.

• Dhammapada

  http://interfaith.org/buddhism/dhammapada/
  Full English translations of the Dhammapada.

• Dhammapada [Gutenberg]

  http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2017
  A collection of verses; being one of the canonical books of the Buddhists.

• Dighavu-kumara Vatthu

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/vin/mv/mv.10.02.03-20.than.html
  The Story of Prince Dighavu. Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

• Hiri Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.2.03.than.html
  A sutra from the Sutta Nipata, discussing definition of friendship.

• Householder Sutta Page

  http://www.angelfire.com/on2/buddhism/householder.html
  Provides links of various Suttas on the internet.

• Kaccayanagotta Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn12/sn12.015.than.html
  The sutra on right view.

• Kayagata-sati Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.119.than.html
  Sutra on Mindfulness immersing in the body.

• Lankavatara Sutra

  http://www.gnosis.org/library/lank.htm
  Excerpts from the Lankavatara Sutra.

• Lotus of the True Dharma

  http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/lotus0.html
  A sacred text of Mahayana Buddhism on the subject of the true nature of the Buddha.

• Maha-Cattarisaka Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.117.than.html
  "The Great Forty" - a discourse on Right View.

• Maha-Nidana Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.15.0.than.html
  The Great Causes Discourse.

• Maha-Parinibbana Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.16.1-6.vaji.html
  Sutra on the Last Days of the Buddha. This sutra gives a good summary of the Buddha's Teachings.

• Maha-Satipatthana Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.22.0.than.html
  The Great Frames of Reference Sutra.

• Quotes from the Masters

  http://www.angelfire.com/me2/sutras/quotes.html
  A collection of quotes from various sutras. Indexed by author.

• Rathakara Sutta (Pacetana Sutta) - The Chariot Maker

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.015.than.html
  Buddha's parable about the straightness of wheels as corresponding to the straightness of practice.

• Readings in Theravada Buddhism

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/
  Over 700 translated discourses by the Buddha.

• Sabbasava Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.002.than.html
  Sutra on All the Fermentations (thoughts that arise in mind).

• Sallekha Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.008.nypo.html
  The Discourse on Effacement.

• Samaññaphala Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.02.0.than.html
  The Fruits of the Contemplative Life Sutra. This discourse is one of the masterpieces of the Pali Canon.

• Sammaditthi Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.009.ntbb.html
  The Discourse on Right View

• Samyutta Nikaya

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/index.html
  The third division of the Sutta Pitaka, contains 2,889 suttas grouped into five sections (vaggas).

• Shurangama Sutra

  http://online.sfsu.edu/rone/Buddhism/Shurangama/Shurangama.htm
  Text, commentaries and articles on content of the sutra and its historical background.

• Sigalovada Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.31.0.nara.html
  The Discourse to Sigala -- The Layperson's Code of Discipline.

• Sunakkhatta Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.105.than.html
  The discourse to Sunakkhatta on craving.

• The Anattalakkhana Sutta

  http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/anatta.html
  A document from the Pali canon of Buddhist scriptures in which Buddha speaks on not-self characteristic.

• The Gospel of Buddha

  http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/bud-gosp.txt
  A 19th century compilation from a variety of Buddhist texts by Paul Carus. It is modelled on the New Testament. It was very widely read, and was even recommended by Ceylonese Buddhist leaders as a teaching tool for Buddhist children.

• The Lotus Sutra

  http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/lotus/
  Translated By H. Kern (1884).

• The Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Law

  http://reluctant-messenger.com/lotus_sutra.htm
  This is the complete text in English as translated by H. Kern in 1884.

• Upajjhatthana Sutta

  http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an05/an05.057.than.html
  Subjects for Contemplation.

 

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