Some Discourses Translated by Bhikkhu Pesala

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Added the Aggivaccha Sutta

A Discourse on Fire to Vaccha. Answer to "Where does the Tathāgata go after death?" etc.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Added the Kevaṭṭa Sutta on the three kinds of mystic wonders.

Added the Bhaddekaratta Sutta

My translations are now available as collections from each nikāya as PDF files.

• Dīghanikāya — Selected discourses from the Long Discourses of the Buddha.
• Majjhimanikāya — Selected discourses from the Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha.
• Aṅguttaranikāya — Selected discourses from the Book of Gradual Sayings or the Numerical Discourses of the Buddha.
• Saṃyuttanikāya — Selected discourses from the Book of Kindred Sayings or the Collected Discourses of the Buddha.
• Suttanipāta — Selected discourses from the Discourse Collection of the Khuddakanikāya.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

• Added the Bodhirājakumāra Sutta (18-01-2019)
• Added the Dīghanakha Sutta (13-01-2019)
• Added the Ambalaṭṭhika Rāhulovāda Sutta (11-01-2019)
• Added the Ghaṭikāra Sutta (6-01-2019)
• Added the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta (5-01-2019)

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

• Added the Pasūra Sutta (30-03-2020)
• Added the Jarā Sutta (27-03-2020)

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

• Uposatha Sutta (27/5/2020)
• Sakka Sutta (23/5/2020)
• Abhabba Sutta (21/5/2020)
• Kula Sutta (21/5/2020)
• Bala Sutta (2) (20/5/2020)
• Nālanda Sutta (18/5/2020)
• Ānanda Sutta (16/5/2020)
• Kula Sutta (15/5/2020)
• Khettūpama Sutta (13/5/2020)
• Asibandhakaputta Sutta (12/5/2020)
• Isidatta Sutta (11/5/2020)
• Sīvaka Sutta (9/5/2020)
• Chappānakopama Sutta (8/5/2020)

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[Ceisiwr]

Thank you for these Bhante

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

• Added the Cetanākaraṇīya Sutta (31/5/2020)
• Added the Kammanidāna Sutta (31/5/2020)
• Added the Migasālā Sutta (31/5/2020)
• Added the Girimānanda Sutta (28/5/2020)

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

• Added Selected Discourses from the Dukanipāta (1/6/2020)

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

• Updated the PDF for Selected Discourses from the Majjhimanikāya (17/3/2021)
• Added the Devadūta Sutta (17/3/2021)
• Updated the PDF for Selected Discourses from the Saṃyuttanikāya (10/3/2021)
• Added the Ciraṭṭhiti Sutta (10/3/2021)
• Added the Jaṭā Sutta (10/3/2021)
• Added the Brahmāyācana Sutta (9/3/2021)
• Added the Dahara Sutta (27/2/2021)
• Added the Anāthapiṇḍika Sutta (26/11/2020)

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

• Added The Dīghāvu Vatthu — The Story of Dīghāvu

Just what Dhamma Wheel needs. A story of a previous life from the Vinaya Mahāvagga related by the Blessed One in a fruitless attempt to reconcile a dispute between the quarrelling monks of Kosambī.

May all beings be free from disputes and contention. No doubt some foolish men will continue to dispute. Hopefully, the wise will understand the message.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Updated The Dhammapada and its Commentary.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

After a long time, I have added another translation to my website. This is a long one, with several passages repeated from the Brahmajāla Sutta, which I have not translated, so I included the relevant passages here.

The Pāṭika Sutta is the first discourse in the third book of the Long Discourses about Sunakkhatta and Psychic Powers. Venerable Sunakkhatta had just left the Saṅgha because the Buddha would not perform any psychic feats for him, or teach about the origin of the Universe.

The discourse was taught to Pāṭika, a wanderer of another sect. He gained faith in the Blessed One after the discourse, but I cannot find any more about what happened to him. Did he join the Saṅgha, or attain the Path as a lay person?

For a PDF version, download Selected Discourses from the Dīghanikāya, which now includes this additional sutta.

As usual, I will be grateful for any feedback about typos and other errors. Please send to my email address, rather than cluttering this topic with replies.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

I have fixed a number of typos, including one in the title of the Pāthika Sutta, and added a footnote about Bhaggava, to whom the discourse was taught.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

I just added the Akkosa Sutta to the list of discourses that I have translated.

I updated the PDF for Selected Discourses from the Samyuttanikaya.