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Texts in English Only
In this section some works, including translations that appear in the Texts and Translations section of this website are presented in English only. Many of these translations have now been read in and can be listened to as well as read, either from the page itself or by going to the Audio page.
Longer Works:
Exalted Utterances (Udàna, KN 3)
The Great Emancipation (DN 16)
E.B. Cowell's The Buddha Carita or The Life of the Buddha
The Life of the Victorious Buddha
The Supplementary Readings (KN 1)
The Light of Asia by Sir Edwin Arnold
Meditation Discourses:
The Discourse about the Ways of Attending to Mindfulness (MN. 10)
The Discourse to Girimànanda (AN 10:60)
The Long Discourse Giving Advice to Ràhula (MN 62)
The Discourse Concerning Màluïkyaputta (SN 35. 95)
Doctrinal Works:
The Discourse that Set the Dhamma Wheel Rolling (from Vin Mv 1)
The Discourse giving the Analysis of the Truths (MN 141)
The Discourse giving the Analysis of Offerings (MN 142)
The Discourse on the Belief Systems (AN 3.61)
Abhidhamma Texts:
The Matrix from the Abstract Teaching (from Dhammasaïgaõã)
The Analysis of the Ways of Attending to Mindfulness (Vibh. 7)