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Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikāya. Edited and revised by Bhikkhu Bodhi. 2nd ed. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001.

Nyanaponika Thera and Bhikkhu Bodhi, trans. and ed. Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: An Anthology of Suttas from the Aṅguttara Nikāya. Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Press, 1999.

Walshe, Maurice, trans. The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Dīgha Nikāya. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1995. (Originally published under the title, Thus Have I Heard, 1987.)

OTHER WORKS REFERRED TO:

Adikaram, E.W. Early History of Buddhism in Ceylon. 1946. Reprint. Dehiwala, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Cultural Centre, 1994.

Analāyo. Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization. Birmingham, UK: Windhorse, 2003.

Choong Mun-keat (Wei-keat). The Fundamental Teachings of Early Buddhism: A Comparative Study based on the Sūtrāṅga Portion of the Pāli Saṃyutta-Nikāya and the Chinese Saṃyuktāgama. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2000.

Gethin, Rupert. The Foundations of Buddhism. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Jayatilleke, K.N. Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1963.

Malalasekera, G.P. The Pāli Literature of Ceylon. 1928. Reprint. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society, 1994.

Manné, Joy. “Categories of Sutta in the Pāli Nikāyas and Their Implications for Our Appreciation of the Buddhist Teaching and Literature.” Journal of the Pali Text Society, XV: 29–87.

Minh Chau, Bhikṣu Thich. The Chinese Madhyama Āgama and the Pāli Majjhima Nikāya. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1991.

Ñāṇamoli, Bhikkhu. Life of the Buddha according to the Pāli Canon. 3rd ed. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society, 1992.

Ñāṇamoli, Bhikkhu. Mindfulness of Breathing (Ānāpānasati). Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society, 1964.

Ñāṇamoli, Bhikkhu, trans. The Path of Purification (Visuddhimagga). Colombo, Sri Lanka: M.D. Gunasena, 1964.

Ñāṇananda, Bhikkhu. Concept and Reality in Early Buddhist Thought. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society, 1972.

Norman, K.R. Pāli Literature. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 1983.

Nyanaponika Thera and Hellmuth Hecker. Great Disciples of the Buddha. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1997.

Nyanaponika Thera. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation. London: Rider, 1962.

Nyanaponika Thera. The Vision of Dhamma. 2nd ed. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society, 1994.

Soma Thera. The Way of Mindfulness. The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta and Its Commentary . 1941. 4th ed. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society, 1975.

Pāli editions of the Nikāyas, as well as translations, textbooks for the study of Pāli, Pāli grammars, and Pāli-English dictionaries can be obtained from the Pali Text Society (PTS). For a catalog, write to 73 Lime Walk, Headington, Oxford OX3 7AD, UK, or e-mail: pts@palitext.com Website: www.palitext.com. In North America PTS books are available from Pariyatti, 867 Larmon Road, Onalaska, WA 98570. Telephone: (360) 978-4998. Fax: (360) 978-4557. Website: www.pariyatti.com.

An important Asian source for English translations from the Nikāyas, as well as other works relating to Early Buddhism, is the Buddhist Publication Society (BPS) in Sri Lanka. For a catalog, write to P.O. Box 61, 54 Sangharaja Mawatha, Kandy, Sri Lanka, or e-mail: bps@sltnet.lk.

Valuable online resources for the study of the Nikāyas, including alternative translations of many suttas included in this anthology, can be found on the website “Access to Insight”: www.accesstoinsight.org. An introductory essay offered by this website, “Befriending the Suttas” by John Bullitt, provides helpful information on how to read the suttas to best advantage.

INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Page references in italics are to occurrences of the indexed term in one of the introductions.

Acquisitions (upadhi)

Action, right (sammā kammanta)

Āgamas

Aggregates, five

(pañc’upādānakkhandhā) analyzed,

clinging, and contemplation of impermanent, suffering,

nonself, as viewed as self:

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