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Links and Resources ::: Sutra Collections

Online Mahayana Sutras - Page with various mahayana sutras and a few commentries on sutras. They include Diamond Sutra, Heart Sutra, Sutra of Hui Neng, Amitabha Sutra, and Sutra of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Enlightenment Sutra.

  • Access to Insight - A library of readings from Theravada Buddhism. Search, browse, and download over 600 translated discourses by the Buddha, plus many transcriptions of Dhamma books and talks.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • BUDDHA-DHARMA.EU - a Dutch language site decidated Buddhist canonical texts and commentaries, also providing resources related to practice and theory.
  • Buddhist Information - A large collection of sutras.
  • Cula-Kammavibhanga Sutta - Buddhist text on how Action differentiates beings in terms of baseness & excellence.
  • Cula-Malunkyovada Sutta - The Shorter Instructions to Malunkya regarding the cosmos.
  • Cula-Suññata Sutta - The Lesser Discourse on Emptiness.
  • Cula-Vedalla Sutta - The Shorter Set of Questions-and-Answers.
  • Culasunnata Sutta - On Voidness (sunyata) - the quintessence of Buddhism.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • Metta Sutta - May all beings be at ease....
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Saddharma - an English language page on the aspects of Buddhist practice and theory, hosted on a Dutch website dedicated to Buddhist canonical texts and commentaries.
  • 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 -- Foundations of Mindfulness - Site is dedicated to the study of sati - a Pali word for the Buddhist concept which is most often translated as "mindfulness."
  • Satipatthana Sutra - Discourse on The Four Foundations of Mindfulness.
  • Satipatthana Sutta - The 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 Anattalakkhana Sutta - A document from the Pali canon of Buddhist scriptures in which Buddha speaks on not-self characteristic.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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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