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5 days ago · Of the many works which comprise the Tipitaka, the Buddhist canonical scriptures in Pali, none has had greater appeal to the Buddhist, whether monk or layman, than the Dhammapada. It is the favourite vademecum of the devout Buddhist. The reason for this is mainly the fact that it is a small work ...
4 days ago · Religion Research Guide. Buddhist Texts in English Translation. As an aid to further research in Buddhism, consider Oxford Bibliographies Online: Buddhism. Theraveda (or "School of Elders") texts. The Long Discourses. Dialogues of the Buddha, translated from the Pâli by T. W. Rhys Davids. London, H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1899-1921.
4 days ago · Pāli is the language in which the Buddha's teachings were collected and maintained in the ‘Pāli Canon’. The Pāli Canon, or Tipiṭaka ( ti— three + piṭaka— basket), consists of the Vinaya Piṭaka (discipline for the monks), the Sutta Piṭaka (discourses by the Buddha) and the Abhidhamma Piṭaka (higher teaching).
1 day ago · In Buddhism, the Four Noble Truths ( Sanskrit: चत्वार्यार्यसत्यानि, romanized : catvaryāryasatyāni; Pali: caturāriyasaccāni; "The Four Arya Satya ") are "the truths of the Noble Ones ", the truths or realities for the "spiritually worthy ones". [1] [web 1] [2] The truths are:
4 days ago · The Noble Eightfold Path is one of the principal summaries of the Buddhist teachings, taught to lead to Arhatship. [15] In the Theravada tradition, this path is also summarized as sila (morality), samadhi (meditation) and prajna (insight).
5 days ago · Seven sets of Kagyur (translation of Buddha’s Words) written in five different inks—gold, silver, shell, turquoise, vermillion.
4 days ago · In the Theravāda tradition, vipassanā is a practice that seeks "insight into the true nature of reality", which is defined as anicca ("impermanence"), dukkha ("suffering, unsatisfactoriness"), and anattā ("non-self"): the three marks of existence.
