Buddhist Suttas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781461178880)

On being asked to contribute a volume of translations from the P li Suttas to the important series of which this work forms a part, the contributor has to face the difficulty of choosing from the stores of a nearly unknown literature--a difficulty arising from the embarrassment, not of poverty, but of wealth. I have endeavoured to make such a choice as would enable me to bring together into one volume a collection of texts which should be as complete a sample as one volume could afford of what the Buddhist scriptures, on the whole, contain. With this object in view I have refrained from confining myself to the most interesting books--those, namely, which deal with the Noble Eightfold Path, the most essential, the most original, and the most attractive part of Gotama's teaching; and I have chosen accordingly, besides the Sutta of the Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness (the Dhamma-kakka-ppavattana Sutta), which treats of the Noble Path, six others which treat of other sides of the Buddhist system; less interesting perhaps in their subject matter, but of no less historical value. This book is also available on Kindle.

Author: T. W. Rhys Davids, Pali
ISBN-10: 1461178886
ISBN-13: 9781461178880
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/12/2011
Pages: 150
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.99w x 0.32d