Selected Discourses

Select a linkAditta Sutta - The Fire SermonAmagandha Sutta - StenchAnattalakkana Sutta - Discourse on Not SelfDhammapadaEight Thoughts of a Great ManGhitassara Sutta - SingingKalama Sutta - Make a Full InquiryKesi Sutta - The Horse TrainerParitta Suttas - Protection DiscoursesSacetana Sutta - The Chariot MakerA Brief Discourse to GotamiA Discourse on VoidnessSutta Index @ Access to Insight

Many thousands of discourses were given by the Buddha and his leading disciples. Here you will find just a few containing key teachings that every Buddhist should be familiar with. Some are available as PDF files framed with a decorative border for printing on a single sheet of A4. If you download the PDF, you can print a copy to put on the wall as a daily reminder.

The Buddha spent the rainy season residing in one particular monastery, in the Bamboo Grove at Rājagaha during the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years of the sāsana, and often at the Jeta Grove donated by Anāthapindiaka in Sāvatthī during the later years. After the rains he would set off on tour with the monks, journeying from town to village on foot. During the last months of his life, he walked from Rājagaha to Kusināra via Pātaliputta and Vesālī.

This Map of India gives some perspective to the life of the Buddha and the monks as they wandered throughout the Ganges valley, or even further afield, to spread the teaching about the path to nibbāna.

For a 300 dpi image (549 Kbytes)
suitable for printing as a wall chart, click here.

Burmese Chanting Book

Download this PDF (253 Kbytes) to make your own Chanting Book. Formatted for printing as an A5 booklet on A4 landscape paper.

The book was originally produced for morning and evening chanting in Burmese monasteries. It includes:

• Anekajāti Gāthā (Dhammapada v 153)
• Dependent Origination
• Introduction to Patthāna
• Pabbajita Abinhasutta
• Metta Bhāvanā
• Mangala Sutta
• Ratana Sutta
• Metta Sutta

The book is in Romanised Pāli with English Translations.

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