Sunday, March 4, 2012

The Essential & Enlightening Books!

What the Blessed Buddha actually said & did:

The unsurpassable blissful advantage gained by thorough perusal of these
3
ancient text collections lasts more than this life... Not much else in this
petty
world give such long-lasting lift of purification and deep guidance!

The core Ancient, Authentic, Sacred, and Canonical Buddhist Scriptures:

The Long Discourses of the Buddha.

Digha Nikāya 1996. Tr. by Walshe
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=251033
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/digha/index.html

The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha. Majjhima Nikāya. Tr. by Nanamoli.


http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=25072X A MUST!
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/majjhima/index.html

The Connected Discourses of the Buddha.
2000. Tr. by Bodhi.
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html

For a more serious study of the 2488 years old sacred Buddhist texts, Check:
The in 1881 founded Pali Text Society: http://www.palitext.com

To study and emulate these ancient sources has more relevance for your
personal
future well-being than absolutely anything else here in this world!
So please dig them. They were made exactly for that good purpose. Yeah!

Have a nice & noble day!


Friendship is the Greatest!
Bhikkhu Samāhita _/\_ ]
http://What-Buddha-Said.net


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