Sutras

• Adittapariyaya Sutta - The Fire Sermon.
• Ananda Sutta - To Ananda (on Mindfulness of Breathing).
• Anapanasati Sutra - Discourse on the mindfulness of breathing
• Anapanasati Sutta - Sutra on mindfulness of breathing.
• Anattalakkhana Sutta - The Sermon on the Not-Self Characteristic.
• The Anattalakkhana Sutta - A document from the Pali canon of Buddhist scriptures in which Buddha speaks on not-self characteristic.
• Bhikkuni Samyutta Suttas - 10 suttas about Mara, the personification of doubt and evil, trying in vain to lure the bhikkhunis (nuns) away from their meditation spots in the forest by asking them provocative questions.
• Bhumija Sutta - The discourse to Bhumija.
• Bodhisattva Kishitigarbha Vow Sutra - 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 - 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 - A version of Buddha's first sermon and a discussion of the nature of Nirvana.
• Buddhist Texts - A small collection of various Buddhist teachings and sutras.
• Cula-Kammavibhanga Sutta - Buddhist text on how Action differentiates beings in terms of baseness and excellence.
• Cula-Malunkyovada Sutta - The Shorter Instructions to Malunkya regarding the cosmos.
• Cula-Suññata Sutta - The Lesser Discourse on Emptiness.
• Culasunnata Sutta - On Voidness (sunyata) - the quintessence of Buddhism.
• Cula-Vedalla Sutta - The Shorter Set of Questions-and-Answers.
• Cunda Kammaraputta Sutta - Buddha's teaching about ways in which one is made impure by verbal or mental actions.
• Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta - Setting Rolling the Wheel of Truth.
• Dhammapada - Full English translations of the Dhammapada.
• The Dhammapada - A collection of 423 verses containing the Buddha's essential teachings on some 305 occasions for the benefit of a wide range of human beings.
• Dhammapada - The Path Of Dhamma - The Dhammapada consists of 423 verses in Pali uttered by the Buddha on some 305 occasions for the benefit of a wide range of human beings.
• Dhammapada [Gutenberg] - A collection of verses; being one of the canonical books of the Buddhists.
• Dighavu-kumara Vatthu - The Story of Prince Dighavu. Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
• The Gospel of Buddha - 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.
• Hiri Sutta - A sutra from the Sutta Nipata, discussing definition of friendship.
• Householder Sutta Page - Provides links of various Suttas on the internet.
• Kaccayanagotta Sutta - The sutra on right view.
• Kayagata-sati Sutta - Sutra on Mindfulness immersing in the body.
• Lankavatara Sutra - Excerpts from the Lankavatara Sutra.
• Lotus of the True Dharma - A sacred text of Mahayana Buddhism on the subject of the true nature of the Buddha.
• The Lotus Sutra - Also known as the "White Lotus of the True Dharma" or "Saddharma-Pundarika Sutta". Translated by Burton Watson.
• The Lotus Sutra - Translated By H. Kern (1884).
• Maha-Cattarisaka Sutta - "The Great Forty" - a discourse on Right View.
• Maha-Nidana Sutta - The Great Causes Discourse.
• Maha-Parinibbana Sutta - Sutra on the Last Days of the Buddha. This sutra gives a good summary of the Buddha's Teachings.
• Maha-Satipatthana Sutta - The Great Frames of Reference Sutra.
• Metta Sutra - The Buddha's Words on Kindness (Metta Sutta)
• Quotes from the Masters - A collection of quotes from various sutras. Indexed by author.
• Rathakara Sutta (Pacetana Sutta) - The Chariot Maker - Buddha's parable about the straightness of wheels as corresponding to the straightness of practice.
• Readings in Theravada Buddhism - Over 700 translated discourses by the Buddha.
• Reflections On The Three Fold Lotus Sutra - Paper by John R.A. Mayer. Presents reflections on how this text is applicable to issues in contemporary Western philosophy. Contrasts Nichiren and Tendai traditions with Zen.
• Sabbasava Sutta - Sutra on All the Fermentations (thoughts that arise in mind).
• Sallekha Sutta - The Discourse on Effacement.
• Samaññaphala Sutta - The Fruits of the Contemplative Life Sutra. This discourse is one of the masterpieces of the Pali Canon.
• Sammaditthi Sutta - The Discourse on Right View
• Sammaditthi Sutta - The Discourse on Right View.
• Samyutta Nikaya - The third division of the Sutta Pitaka, contains 2,889 suttas grouped into five sections (vaggas).
• Satipatthana Sutra - Discourse on The Four Foundations of Mindfulness.
• Shurangama Sutra - Text, commentaries and articles on content of the sutra and its historical background.
• Sigalovada Sutta - The Discourse to Sigala -- The Layperson's Code of Discipline.
• Siha Sutta - To General Siha (On Generosity). Anguttara Nikaya V.34.
• Sunakkhatta Sutta - The discourse to Sunakkhatta on craving.
• The Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Law - This is the complete text in English as translated by H. Kern in 1884.
• Upajjhatthana Sutta - Subjects for Contemplation.

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