In the Buddha's Words - Open Source Version

[mikenz66]

Bhikkhu Bodhi's In the Buddha's Words
http://wisdompubs.org/Pages/display.lasso?-KeyValue=104
is an excellent introduction to the Suttas, with a great selection of Suttas organised in a logical way.

Ven Bodhi's talks based on the book are available here: http://www.noblepath.org/audio.html
[Scroll down, there are also some MN talks there...]

It's a relatively inexpensive book, but I think it would be useful to to create an "open source" version of the collection, if only to give a collection of alternative translations. In fact, Ven Bodhi actually encourages that in the Introduction.




Mike

[mikenz66]

Chapter 1.

The whole of Chapter 1 can be downloaded in PDF format from:
http://wisdompubs.org/Pages/display.lasso?-KeyValue=104

Here is the Table of Contents, with the sources I know about:

I. The Human Condition

1. Old Age, Illness, and Death
(1) Aging and Death (SN 3:3)

http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Jaramarana_Sutta
http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/3Samyutta-Nikaya/Samyutta1/03-Kosala-Samyutta/01-Bandhanavaggo-e.html
3. 1. 3. (3) Raja: The King
(2) The Simile of the Mountain (SN 3:25)

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn03/sn03.025.than.html
http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Pabbatupama_Sutta

(3) The Divine Messengers (from AN 3:35)

http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/35._The_ ... Messengers
http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/4Anguttara-Nikaya/Anguttara1/3-tikanipata/004-devadutavaggo-e.html
6 Devadatasutta Celestial messengers

2. The Tribulations of Unreflective Living
(1) The Dart of Painful Feeling (SN 36:6)

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn36/sn36.006.nypo.html

(2) The Vicissitudes of Life (AN 8:6)

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an08/an08.006.than.html
http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/6._Vicissitudes_of_Life

(3) Anxiety Due to Change (SN 22:7)

http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Upadaparitassana_Sutta
http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/3Samyutta-Nikaya/Samyutta3/21-Khandha-Samyutta/01-01-Nakulapituvaggo-e.html
21. 1. 1. 7. (7) Upadaparitasssana:Excited Holding

3. A World in Turmoil
(1) The Origin of Conflict (AN 2: iv, 6, abridged) 2.38 in BB's AN translation.

http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pit ... ggo-e.html Paragraph 38

(2) Why Do Beings Live in Hate? (from DN 21)

http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh010-u.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.21.2x.than.html

(3) The Dark Chain of Causation (from DN 15)

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.15.0.than.html
http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/1Digha-Nikaya/Digha2/15-mahanidana-e2.html

(4) The Roots of Violence and Oppression (from AN 3:69)

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.069.than.html

4. Without Discoverable Beginning
(1) Grass and Sticks (SN 15:1)

http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Tinakattham_Sutta

(2) Balls of Clay (SN 15:2)

http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Pathavi_Sutta

(3) The Mountain (SN 15:5)

http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Pabbata_Sutta

(4) The River Ganges (SN 15:8)

http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Ganga_Sutta

Here are other suttas from that samyutta:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .html#sn15
Here is the entire samyutta:
http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pit ... ggo-e.html

(5) Dog on a Leash (SN 22:99)

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pit ... ggo-e.html

[mikenz66]

Additions/Corrections are welcome!
I've mostly used
http://suttacentral.net/
to locate suttas...


Mike

[Cittasanto]

Good work! I will have a scour around later!

[mikenz66]

Thanks. I think I sorted out all of Chapter 1, but if there are some on-line versions I've missed, please let me know, or post a modified version of my post.

As you are probably aware, Bhikkhu Bodhi started developing his classification of the suttas for the talks he gave on the Majjhima Nikaya:
http://bodhimonastery.org/a-systematic- ... ikaya.html

In the Buddha's Words is quite heavy on the Samyutta Nikaya, probably because (1) those suttas tend to be shorter and (2) he wanted some variety compared to the MN lectures.

His translation of the Anguttara Nikaya includes a thematic guide, which can be downloaded here:
http://www.wisdompubs.org/Pages/display ... n=&image=1
It has the same general shape as the MN talks and In the Buddha's Words.


Mike

[mikenz66]

Chapter 2

II. The Bringer of Light

1. One Person (AN 1: xiii, 1, 5, 6) AN I.170
http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Ekapuggalavaggo
http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pit ... ggo-e.html


2. The Buddha’s Conception and Birth (MN 123, abridged)
http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pit ... tta-e.html


3. The Quest for Enlightenment
(1) Seeking the Supreme State of Sublime Peace
(from MN 26)
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh198-u.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pit ... ta-e1.html

(2) The Realization of the Three True Knowledges
(from MN 36)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pit ... ta-e1.html

(3) The Ancient City (SN 12:65)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Nagara_Sutta
http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pit ... ggo-e.html 12. 7. 5. (65)


4. The Decision to Teach (from MN 26)
See above


5. The First Discourse (SN 56:11) 75
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .harv.html
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh017-u.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .nymo.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .piya.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

[SamKR]

Thanks for this, Mike.
I already got the book, but I am a fan of open source. This effort will be really useful in many ways.

[Cittasanto]

Good work! I will have a scour around later!

OK forgot

but May I suggest checking http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page they often use the Sisters translations from Metta.lk I (at least) find them easier to read.

(instead of quoting the above I accidently edited it, then kept mucking up deleting the addition

[mikenz66]

Hi Cittasanto,

I've generally included the metta.lk versions, and in fact many of the suttas from chapter 2 don't appear on Access to Insight, so metta.lk is the only version I've linked to.


Mike

[Cittasanto]

Hi Cittasanto,

I've generally included the metta.lk versions, and in fact many of the suttas from chapter 2 don't appear on Access to Insight, so metta.lk is the only version I've linked to.


Mike

The link above is wikipitaka, they use the metta.ik translations predominantly, although not complete themselves. each sutta has its own page so it is easier to read/find the text.

[mikenz66]

The link above is wikipitaka, they use the metta.ik translations predominantly, although not complete themselves. each sutta has its own page so it is easier to read/find the text.

OK, I see what you mean. For the first two chapters I have added references to wikipitika for the AN and SN suttas, where it can be hard to find the particular sutta on metta.lk.


Mike

[James the Giant]

I could collate the suttas that you folks have provided, make a contents page and index, etc, and make it into an ebook, then post it for general use. I could make a start now, and add more suttas as you link to them here, so it doesn't become a huge job doing it all at one time.
I wonder if there would be any issues with Wisdom Pubs getting upset at using the name "In the Buddha's Words - Open Source Version"
What think ye?

[mikenz66]

Hi James,

That's an interesting project. My initial idea was rather mundane: to have the links organised, so that when someone asked "what did the Buddha say about X", then instead of consulting the contents of "In the Buddha's Words", then finding the link for the appropriate suttas, I would have it all organised.

If you think a printed version would be useful, then go ahead with it.

By the way, the idea of posting this bit by bit is to encourage members to check my links for mistakes and omissions. I'm sure there are/will be some, so I'd be delighted, not offended, if they were pointed out.


Mike

[Cittasanto]

Why not make a site for it? something like A2I

[mikenz66]

I don't need a site, just a thread...


Mike