List Of Pali Canon Anthologies

This list covers English-language anthologies essentially confined to the

Pali Canon The Pāli Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language. It is the most complete extant early Buddhist canon. It derives mainly from the Tamrashatiya school. During t ...

and including material from at least two pitakas. For more specialized selections see appropriate articles. For broader selections see Buddhist texts and

Pali literature Pali literature is concerned mainly with Theravada Buddhism, of which Pali is the traditional language. The earliest and most important Pali literature constitutes the Pāli Canon, the authoritative scriptures of Theravada school. Pali literat ...

. * ''Some Sayings of the Buddha'', ed. & tr. F. L. Woodward, Oxford World Classics, 1924 * ''The Life of Gotama the Buddha'', ed. E. H. Brewster, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., London, 1926 * ''Buddhist Scriptures'', ed. & tr. E. J. Thomas, Wisdom of the East Series, John Murray, London, 1931 * ''The Vedantic Buddhism of the Buddha'', ed. & tr. J. G. Jennings, Oxford University Press, London, 1947 * ''The Living Thoughts of Gotama the Buddha'', ed.

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Ananda Kentish Muthu Coomaraswamy ( ta, ஆனந்த குமாரசுவாமி, ''Ānanda Kentiś Muthū Kumāraswāmī''; si, ආනන්ද කුමාරස්වාමි ''Ānanda Kumārasvāmī''; 22 August 1877 − 9 Septem ...

& I. B. Horner, Cassell, London, 1948 * ''The Buddha's Path to Deliverance: A Systematic Exposition in the Words of the Sutta Pitaka'', ed. & tr.

Nyanatiloka Thera Ven. Nyanatiloka Mahathera (19 February 1878, Wiesbaden, Germany – 28 May 1957, Colombo, Ceylon), born as Anton Walther Florus Gueth, was one of the earliest Westerners in modern times to become a Bhikkhu, a fully ordained Buddhist monk. E ...

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* ''The Lion's Roar'', ed. & tr. David Maurice, Rider, London, 1962 * ''The Life of the Buddha'', ed. & tr. Nanamoli,

Buddhist Publication Society The Buddhist Publication Society (BPS) is a publishing house with charitable status whose objective is to disseminate the teaching of Gautama Buddha. It was founded in Kandy, Sri Lanka in 1958 by two Sri Lankan lay Buddhists, A.S. Karunaratna and ...

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* ''The Wings to Awakening'', ed. & tr. Thanissaro, 1996-201
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* ''In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the

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Bhikkhu Bodhi Bhikkhu Bodhi (born December 10, 1944), born Jeffrey Block, is an American Theravada Buddhist monk, ordained in Sri Lanka and currently teaching in the New York and New Jersey area. He was appointed the second president of the Buddhist Publ ...

Wisdom Publications The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) was founded in 1975 by Lamas Thubten Yeshe and Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, who began teaching Mahayana Buddhism to Western students in Nepal. The FPMT has grown to encompass over ...

, 2005 * ''Early Buddhist Discourses'', ed. & tr. John J. Holder, Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., Indianapolis, U.S.A., 2006 *''Buddhist meditation, An anthology of texts from the Pali canon,'' tr. Sarah Shaw'','' Routledge, 2006 * '' Anguttara Nikaya Anthology: An anthology of discourses from the Anguttara Nikaya, Selected & Translated from the Pali'', ed. & tr. Nyanaponika Thera & Bhikkhu Bodhi, Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2007. Available for free downloa
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*''Basic Teachings of the Buddha'' ed. & trans. Glenn Wallis. Modern Library: New York 2007. * ''Sayings of the Buddha, ''ed. & tr.

Rupert Gethin Rupert Mark Lovell Gethin (born 1957, in Edinburgh) is Professor of Buddhist Studies in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies and codirector of the Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Bristol, and (since 2003) president of ...

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...

, New York, U.S.A., 2008 * ''A Taste of Salt'' ed. M. Breneman 2009. Available for free downloa
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* ''The Buddha's Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon'' ed. & tr.

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