What the Blessed Buddha actually
said & did:
The unsurpassable blissful advantage
gained by thorough perusal of these
3 ancient text collections lasts more than this life... Not much else in this
petty world gives such long-lasting lift of purification and deep guidance!
The core Ancient, Authentic, Sacred,
and Canonical Buddhist Scriptures:
The
Long Discourses of the Buddha.
Digha Nikāya 1996. Tr. by Walshe
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=251033
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/digha/index.html
The
Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha.
Majjhima Nikāya. Tr. by Nanamoli.
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=25072X
A MUST!
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/majjhima/index.html
The
Connected Discourses of the Buddha. 2000. Tr.
by Bodhi.
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html
For a more serious study of the 2488 years old sacred Buddhist texts,
Check:
The Pali Text Society
founded
in 1881:
http://www.palitext.com
To study and emulate these ancient sources
has more relevance for your
personal future well-being than absolutely anything else here in this world!
So please dig them. They were made exactly
for that good purpose. Yeah!
