What Is the Pali Canon of Buddhism?

Many of us may have heard of the Buddhist Pāli Canon. What is it? We will look at its early history and the material that makes it up.

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✅ Sutta mentioned:
https://suttacentral.net/dn33/en/sujato

✅ Translated Books from the Pāli Canon:
Majjhima Nikāya trans. by Ñāṇamoli and Bodhi http://amzn.to/2hq5AyA
Dīgha Nikāya trans. by Walshe http://amzn.to/2zyIXyz
Aṅguttara Nikāya trans. by Bodhi http://amzn.to/2zxRRwb
Saṃyutta Nikāya trans. by Bodhi http://amzn.to/2Az96vb
Dhammapada trans. by Fronsdal http://amzn.to/2zx4Pdq
Sutta-Nipāta trans. by Bodhi http://amzn.to/2hqStx9
Questions of King Milinda trans. by Max Muller and Rhys Davids http://amzn.to/2hZyYZC
Udāna and Itivuttaka trans. by Ireland http://amzn.to/2yoW2ai
Therigatha trans. by Hallisey http://amzn.to/2i1cOWA

✅ Intro to the Abhidhamma:
A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma trans. by Bodhi http://amzn.to/2hkjYVs

✅ Websites with translations from the Pāli Canon:
https://suttacentral.net/
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/

✅ Papers:
Steven Collins, “On the Very Idea of the Pali Canon” in Journal of the Pali Text Society 15 (1990).

Alexander Wynne, “A Preliminary Report on the Critical Edition of the Pāli Canon being prepared at Wat Phra Dhammakāya” in Thai International Journal of Buddhist Studies, Vol. IV 2556 (2013).

Alexander Wynne, “The Historical Authenticity of Early Buddhist Literature A Critical Evaluation” in Vienna Journal of South Asian Studies XLIX (2005).

Alexander Wynne, “Did the Buddha Exist?” in the Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies 16, (2019).

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