Suttanipata: an ancient collection of Buddha's discourses
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The latest volume in the Teachings of the Buddha series translates the most ancient layer of the Buddha's teachings, a text that matches the Dhammapada in its concise power and its centrality to the Buddhist tradition. Celebrated translator Bhikkhu Bodhi illuminates these verses and their canonical commentaries with elegant renderings and authoritative annotation in this landmark volume.
The Suttanipata, or "Group of Discourses" is a collection of sermons by the Buddha that includes some of the most popular suttas of the Pali Canon, such as the Loving-Kindness Sutta and the Rhinoceros-Horn Sutta. The suttas are primarily in verse, though several are in mixed prose and verse. The Suttanipata contains discourses that extol the figure of the muni, the illumined sage, who wanders homeless completely detached from the world. Other suttas, such as the Discourse on Downfall and the Discourse on Blessings, establish the foundations of Buddhist lay ethics. The last two chapters—the A??hakavagga (Chapter of Octads) and the Parayanavagga (The Way to the Beyond)—are considered to be among the most ancient parts of the Pali Canon. The A??hakavagga advocates a critical attitude toward views and doctrines. The Parayanavagga is a beautiful poem in which sixteen spiritual seekers travel across India to meet the Buddha and ask him profound questions pertaining to the highest goal.
The commentary, the Paramatthajotika, relates the background story to each sutta and explains each verse in detail. The volume includes numerous excerpts from the Niddesa, an ancient commentary already included in the Pali Canon, which offers detailed expositions of each verse in the Ashakavagga, the Parayanavagga, and the Rhinoceros Horn Sutta.
The translator provides a long, insightful introduction, a guide to the individual suttas, extensive notes, a list of parallels to the discourses of the Suttanipata, and a list of the numerical sets mentioned in the commentaries.
Preface
Key to the Pronunciation of Pāli
Abbreviations
Introduction
A Guide to the Suttas
The Suttanipāta
I. The Chapter on the Serpent
1. The Serpent
2. Dhaniya
3. The Rhinoceros Horn
4. Kasibhāradvāja
5. Cunda
6. Downfall
7. The Outcast
8. Loving-Kindness
9. Hemavata
10. ḷavaka
11. Victory
12. The Muni
II. The Minor Chapter
1. Gems
2. Carrion
3. Moral Shame
4. Blessings
5. Sūciloma
6. Righteous Conduct
7. The Tradition of the Brahmins
8. The Boat
9. What Good Behavior?
10. Arouse Yourselves!
11. Rāhula
12. Vaṅgīsa
13. Proper Wandering
14. Dhammika
III. The Great Chapter
1. The Going Forth
2. Striving
3. Well Spoken
4. Sundarikabhāradvāja
5. Māgha
6. Sabhiya
7. Sela
8. The Dart
9. Vāseṭṭha
10. Kokālika
11. Nālaka
12. Contemplation of Dyads
IV. The Chapter of Octads
1. Sensual Pleasures
2. The Octad on the Cave
3. The Octad on the Hostile
4. The Octad on the Pure
5. The Octad on the Supreme
6. Old Age
7. Tissa Metteyya
8. Pasūra
9. Māgandiya
10. Before the Breakup
11. Quarrels and Disputes
12. The Smaller Discourse on Deployment
13. The Greater Discourse on Deployment
14. Quickly
15. One Who Has Taken Up the Rod
16. Sāriputta
V. The Chapter on the Way to the Beyond
Introductory Verses
1. The Questions of Ajita
2. The Questions of Tissa Metteyya
3. The Questions of Puṇṇaka
4. The Questions of Mettagū
5. The Questions of Dhotaka
6. The Questions of Upasīva
7. The Questions of Nanda
8. The Questions of Hemaka
9. The Questions of Todeyya
10. The Questions of Kappa
11. The Questions of Jatukaṇṇī
12. The Questions of Bhadrāvudha
13. The Questions of Udaya
14. The Questions of Posāla
15. The Questions of Mogharāja
16. The Questions of Piṅgiya
Epilogue
Elucidator of the Supreme Meaning (Paramatthajotikā II)
The Commentary to the Suttanipāta
The Purpose of This Work
I. The Chapter on the Serpent
1. The Serpent
2. Dhaniya
3. The Rhinoceros Horn
4. Kasibhāradvāja
5. Cunda
6. Downfall
7. Aggikabhāradvāja (The Outcast)
8. Loving-Kindness
9. Hemavata
10. ḷavaka
11. Victory
12. The Muni
II. The Minor Chapter
1. Gems
2. Carrion
3. Moral Shame
4. Blessings
5. Sūciloma
6. Kapila (Righteous Conduct)
7. The Tradition of the Brahmins
8. On Dhamma (The Boat)
9. What Good Behavior?
10. Arouse Yourselves!
11. Rāhula
12. Nigrodhakappa (Vaṅgīsa)
13. Proper Wandering
14. Dhammika
III. The Great Chapter
1. The Going Forth
2. Striving
3. Well Spoken
4. The Sacrificial Cake (Sundarikabhāradvāja)
5. Māgha
6. Sabhiya
7. Sela
8. The Dart
9. Vāseṭṭha
10. Kokālika
11. Nālaka
12. Contemplation of Dyads
IV. The Chapter of Octads
1. Sensual Pleasures
2. The Octad on the Cave
3. The Octad on the Hostile
4. The Octad on the Pure
5. The Octad on the Supreme
6. Old Age
7. Tissa Metteyya
8. Pasūra
9. Māgandiya
10. Before the Breakup
11. Quarrels and Disputes
12. The Smaller Discourse on Deployment
13. The Greater Discourse on Deployment
14. Quickly
15. One Who Has Taken Up the Rod
16. Sāriputta
V. The Chapter on the Way to the Beyond
Introductory Verses
1. Ajita
2. Tissa Metteyya
3. Puṇṇaka
4. Mettagū
5. Dhotaka
6. Upasīva
7. Nanda
8. Hemaka
9. Todeyya
10. Kappa
11. Jatukaṇṇī
12. Bhadrāvudha
13. Udaya
14. Posāla
15. Mogharāja
16. Piṅgiya
Epilogue
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Parallels to Suttas of the Suttanipāta
Appendix 2. Verse Parallels from the Yogācārabhūmi Śarīrārthagāthā
Appendix 3. Numerical Sets Mentioned in the Commentaries
Notes
Pāli-English Glossary
Bibliography
Index of Subjects Discussed in the Commentaries
Index of Proper Names
Index of Pāli Words Discussed in the Notes