In the Buddha’s WordsBhikkhu Bodhi · Anthology
Words of the Buddha
Read early Buddhist discourses in parallel Pāli and English — from memorable verses to the full Nikāyas.
Start here
Noble Truths, Noble PathBhikkhu Bodhi · Anthology
DhammapadaChapter 1 — Pairs · Audio
Reflection of the Day
“I do not see any other form that so completely obsesses a man’s mind as the form of a woman.”
— AN 1.1·
Recommended Read
Fire: Investigating Recurrent Experience
The Buddha cast his entire framework of liberation in the language of fire and its cessation. This essay traces that structure using what we now understand about how fire actually works.
Experience is examined starting with the texture of a single moment, to the cascade of experience, across the terrain where consciousness takes root, and to the extinguishing that is Nibbāna.
Read essay
📖
Parallel Texts
Read Pāli and English side-by-side or interleaved, with line-by-line fidelity to the source.
💬
Contextual Tooltips
Click any Pāli word or translated term for on-the-spot explanations that deepen understanding.
🔖
Bookmarks & Highlights
Save discourses and highlight key passages to build your personal collection of insights.
Explore the Collections
Browse the major texts of the Pāli Canon, with parallel Pāli and English on every page.
dn
Dīgha NikāyaLong DiscoursesNew translationwith 33 illustrations
mn
Majjhima NikāyaMiddle Length Discoursessn
Saṁyutta NikāyaConnected Discoursesan
Aṅguttara NikāyaNumerical Discoursessnp
Sutta NipātaThe Buddha's Ancient DiscoursesLatest Discourses
View all →The monk Bhaddāli spends months in remorse after refusing to follow the Buddha’s rule to eat only one meal a day. The Buddha explains that training rules are established only to curb the arising of taints in a growing Saṅgha. He then compares a monk's gradual training to the taming of a wild, fine thoroughbred colt.
The venerable Bhadda asks the venerable Ānanda about the ”wrong spiritual practice.”
The venerable Bhadda asks the venerable Ānanda about the right spiritual practice.
The Buddha teaches the four establishments of mindfulness as the direct path for the purification of beings and for the personal realization of Nibbāna.
The Buddha explains how a bhikkhu should live with mindfulness and clear awareness.
Join r/WordsOfTheBuddha2,115 members
A daily learning feed of the Buddha's teachings — learn, reflect, and apply in practice.