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Pali Canon

StaticToyboxStaticToybox Veteran
edited March 2010 in Buddhism Basics
Forgive me if this has been asked and I have overlooked it, but does anyone know if there are any good English translation books of the Pali Cannon (in part or in whole, I realize that the complete canon is massive)? I realize there are sites like Access to Insight, but I often find it hard to read large texts on a computer screen.

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  • ValtielValtiel Veteran
    edited March 2010
    The Tipitaka has never been fully translated into English. The most complete collections are massive, extremely expensive, and redundant. I would suggest these, although there are other translations published as well.
  • DhammaDhatuDhammaDhatu Veteran
    edited March 2010
    also, here http://www.wisdom-books.com/ProductDetail.asp?PID=17984

    http://bps.lk/anguttara_nikaya_anthology.html

    enjoy
  • StaticToyboxStaticToybox Veteran
    edited March 2010
    Yeah, I didn't figure the entire canon had been translated into English, though I wasn't sure how much of it was and readily available. It is easy to find books with Buddhism as the subject, but I wasn't sure where to look for the "source" as it were. Thanks for the recommendations.
  • MatSaltedMatSalted
    edited March 2010
    Takeahnase wrote: »
    Forgive me if this has been asked and I have overlooked it, but does anyone know if there are any good English translation books of the Pali Cannon (in part or in whole, I realize that the complete canon is massive)? I realize there are sites like Access to Insight, but I often find it hard to read large texts on a computer screen.

    Bikku Bhodi's Anthology is very good.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Buddhas-Words-Anthology-Discourses-Teachings/dp/0861714911

    :)
  • DhammaDhatuDhammaDhatu Veteran
    edited March 2010
    MatSalted wrote: »
    Bikku Bhodi's Anthology is very good.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Buddhas-Words-Anthology-Discourses-Teachings/dp/0861714911

    :)
    Thanks Mat but I personally would be wary of it.

    The Buddha taught different teachings and the weighting given to different subjects in the above anthology distorts the true flavour of the suttas imo.

    Kind regards

    DDhatu

    :)
  • MatSaltedMatSalted
    edited March 2010
    Dhamma Dhatu wrote: »
    Thanks Mat but I personally would be wary of it.[/quopte]

    I am weary of all scriptures and commentaries, to me they are but whispers from the time of The Buddha.

    Bikku Bhodi is far too mystical for me, and his translations in the anthology are often very different from others I have read. But I don't know of a more comprehensive anthology.
    The Buddha taught different teachings and the weighting given to different subjects in the above anthology distorts the true flavour of the suttas imo.

    I hold that we simply don't and cannot know what the Buddha taught:)

    Well wishes:)

    Mat
  • DhammaDhatuDhammaDhatu Veteran
    edited March 2010
    MatSalted wrote: »
    I hold that we simply don't and cannot know what the Buddha taught:)
    I acknowledge what you assert but dismiss it outright completely.

    Core dhamma has only one flavour.

    :)
  • MatSaltedMatSalted
    edited March 2010
    Dhamma Dhatu wrote: »
    I acknowledge what you assert but dismiss it outright completely.

    That's fine:) Difference is not bad.
    Core dhamma has only one flavour.

    Core Dharma for me is that which can be demonstrated to flow from first principles, Annica, Anataman, Dukka. What is it for you?

    :)

    Mat
  • DhammaDhatuDhammaDhatu Veteran
    edited March 2010
    sounds fine to me

    may all beings find liberation of heart & mind

    :)
  • MatSaltedMatSalted
    edited March 2010
    Dhamma Dhatu wrote: »
    sounds fine to me

    may all beings find liberation of heart & mind

    :)

    Core Dharma only becomes contentious amongst Buddhists when the attachments are added. We often forget this here when quibbling about rebirth etc.
  • DeshyDeshy Veteran
    edited March 2010
    I once read the mahanidhana sutta translation, commentries and introductions of Bikku Bhodi and was greatly misled :eek: I wouldn't recommend his stuff to anyone. No offense to the monk :bowdown:
  • DhammaDhatuDhammaDhatu Veteran
    edited March 2010
    MatSalted wrote: »
    Core Dharma only becomes contentious amongst Buddhists when the attachments are added. We often forget this here when quibbling about rebirth etc.
    View or dhitti is essential.

    View does not = attachment.


    :)
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