Bhikkhu Bodhi
This post gives links to freely-available versions of the suttas included in Bhikkhu Bodhi's book. More details of this excellent book, and the Introuction for each chapter, are available at Wisdom Publications. You can read some of of it at Amazon and Google Books.
A more sophisticated version of this page has been constructed here:
In the Buddha's Words - Reading Faithfully
Links to Sutta Central (SC) will lead you to translations. That site also gives you direct access to the Pali version, and gives links to parallels from other Canons.
These links are mostly to Sutta Central (SC) itself (http://suttacentral.net/), Access to Insight (ATI) and Metta Net (http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/index.html. However, there are some other sources, includent Budhist Publication Society (BPS, http://www.bps.lk).
Links directly to Access to Insight (ATI) are also given in some cases where the links from Sutta Central are not yet functional.
Of course, you are encouraged to buy the book itself, but these links will give you alternative translations and easy on-line references.
Note that there are some numbering differences between different translations of the AN and SN, which may cause some confusion. Note also that at Metta Net the AN an SN suttas are presented in vaggas of about 10 suttas at a time, and you will need to match the Pali name from Sutta Central with the name at Metta Net to locate the particular sutta.
Note that there are talks by Bhikkhu Bodhi, base on this book, here[/ulr] or [url=http://www.noblepath.org/audio.html]here (for the second link you will nee to scroll down to find them --- that link was non-functional in late 2018, but will hopefully be back soon).
There are bound to be errors in the links. Please report them!
IN THE BUDDHA'S WORDS
Bhikkhu Bodhi
Introduction (PDF)
I. The Human Condition
Introduction
- 1. Old Age, Illness, and Death
- (1) Aging and Death (SN 3.3) SC
(2) The Simile of the Mountain (SN 3.25) SC
(3) The Divine Messengers (from AN 3.35 [AN 3.36]) SC
- (1) The Dart of Painful Feeling (SN 36.6) SC
(2) The Vicissitudes of Life (AN 8.6) SC
(3) Anxiety Due to Change (SN 22.7) SC
- (1) Aging and Death (SN 3.3) SC
Introduction
- 1. One Person (AN 1. xiii, 1, 5, 6) [AN 1.170-186] SC ATI
2. The Buddha’s Conception and Birth (MN 123, abridged) SC
3. The Quest for Enlightenment- (1) Seeking the Supreme State of Sublime Peace (from MN 26) SC
(2) The Realization of the Three True Knowledges (from MN 36) SC
(3) The Ancient City (SN 12.65) SC
5. The First Discourse (SN 56.11) SC - (1) Seeking the Supreme State of Sublime Peace (from MN 26) SC
Introduction
- 1. Not a Secret Doctrine (AN 3.129) SC
2. No Dogmas or Blind Belief (AN 3.65) SC
3. The Visible Origin and Passing Away of Suffering (SN 42.11) SC
4. Investigate the Teacher Himself (MN 47) SC
5. Steps toward the Realization of Truth (from MN 95) SC
Introduction
- 1. Upholding the Dhamma in Society
2. The Family
- (1) Parents and Children (2) Husbands and Wives
4. Right Livelihood- (1) Avoiding Wrong Livelihood (AN 5.177) SC
(2) The Proper Use of Wealth (AN 4.61) SC
(3) A Family Man’s Happiness (AN 4.62) SC
6. The Community- (1) Six Roots of Dispute (from MN 104) SC
(2) Six Principles of Cordiality (from MN 104) SC
(3) Purification Is for All Four Castes (MN 93, abridged) SC
(4) Seven Principles of Social Stability (from DN 16) SC
(5) The Wheel-Turning Monarch (from DN 26) SC
(6) Bringing Tranquillity to the Land (from DN 5) SC
Introduction
- 1. The Law of Kamma
- (1) Four Kinds of Kamma (AN 4.232) SC ATI
(2) Why Beings Fare as They Do after Death (MN 41) SC
(3) Kamma and Its Fruits (MN 135) SC
2. Merit. The Key to Good Fortune- (1) Meritorious Deeds (It 22) SC ATI]
(2) Three Bases of Merit (AN 8.36) SC
(3) The Best Kinds of Confidence (AN 4.34) SC
- (1) Four Kinds of Kamma (AN 4.232) SC ATI
Introduction
- 1. Four Wonderful Things (AN 4.128) SC
2. Gratification, Danger, and Escape- (1) Before My Enlightenment (AN 3.101 §§1–2) [3.103] SC
(2) I Set Out Seeking (AN 3.101 §3) [3.103] SC
(3) If There Were No Gratification (AN 3.105) SC
4. The Pitfalls in Sensual Pleasures 5. Life Is Short and Fleeting (AN 7.70) [AN 7.74] SC
6. Four Summaries of the Dhamma (from MN 82) SC
7. The Danger in Views- (1) A Miscellany on Wrong View (AN 1. xvii, 1, 3, 7, 9) [AN 1.306-308] SC SC SC
(2) The Blind Men and the Elephant (Ud 6.4) SC ATI
(3) Held by Two Kinds of Views (It 49) SC ATI
9. The Perils of Saṃsāra - (1) Before My Enlightenment (AN 3.101 §§1–2) [3.103] SC
Introduction
- 1. Why Does One Enter the Path?
- (1) The Arrow of Birth, Aging, and Death (MN 63) SC
(2) The Heartwood of the Spiritual Life (MN 29) SC
(3) The Fading Away of Lust (SN 45.41–48, combined) SC
SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
3. Good Friendship (SN 45.2) SC
4. The Graduated Training (MN 27) SC
5. The Higher Stages of Training with Similes (from MN 39) SC - (1) The Arrow of Birth, Aging, and Death (MN 63) SC
Introduction
- 1. The Mind Is the Key (AN 1. iii, 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10) [AN 1.21-30] SC ATI
2. Developing a Pair of Skills- (1) Serenity and Insight (AN 2. iii, 10) [AN 2.31] SC
(2) Four Ways to Arahantship (AN 4.170) SC
(3) Four Kinds of Persons (AN 4.94) SC
4. The Refinement of the Mind (AN 3.100 §§1–10) [AN 3.101] SC
5. The Removal of Distracting Thoughts (MN 20) SC
6. The Mind of Loving-Kindness (from MN 21) SC
7. The Six Recollections (AN 6.10) SC [Related: AN 11.12 SC]
8. The Four Establishments of Mindfulness (MN 10) SC
9. Mindfulness of Breathing (SN 54.13) SC
10. The Achievement of Mastery (SN 28.1–9,combined) SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC - (1) Serenity and Insight (AN 2. iii, 10) [AN 2.31] SC
Introduction
- 1. Images of Wisdom
2. The Conditions for Wisdom (AN 8.2, abridged) SC
3. A Discourse on Right View (MN 9) SC
4. The Domain of Wisdom- (1) By Way of the Five Aggregates
- (a) Phases of the Aggregates (SN 22.56) SC
(b) A Catechism on the Aggregates (SN 22.82 = MN 109, abridged) SC SC
(c) The Characteristic of Nonself (SN 22.59) SC
(d) Impermanent, Suffering, Nonself (SN 22.45) SC
(e) A Lump of Foam (SN 22.95) SC
- (a) Full Understanding (SN 35.26) SC
(b) Burning (SN 35.28) SC
(c) Suitable for Attaining Nibbāna (SN 35.147-49, combined) SC SC SC
(d) Empty Is the World (SN 35.85) SC
(e) Conscious Too Is Nonself (SN 35.234) SC
- (a) The Eighteen Elements (SN 14.1) SC
(b) The Four Elements (SN 14.37-39, combined) SC SC SC
(c) The Six Elements (from MN 140) SC
- (a) Phases of the Aggregates (SN 22.56) SC
- (1) By Way of the Five Aggregates
Introduction
- 1. The Field of Merit for the World
- (1) Eight Persons Worthy of Gifts (AN 8.59) SC
(2) Differentiation by Faculties (SN 48.18) SC [Related: SN 48.10 SC]
(3) In the Dhamma Well Expounded (from MN 22) SC
(4) The Completeness of the Teaching (from MN 73) SC
(5) Seven Kinds of Noble Persons (from MN 70) SC
- (1) The Four Factors Leading to Stream-Entry (SN 55.5) SC
[Related: Admirable Friendship (It 17) SC ATI; Hearing the Dhamma (AN 5.202) SC; Careful Attention (It 16) SC ATI; Practice in accorance with the Dhamma (SN 22.39) SC]
(2) Entering the Fixed Course of Rightness (SN 25.1) SC
(3) The Breakthrough to the Dhamma (SN 13.1) SC
(4) The Four Factors of a Stream-Enterer (SN 55.2) SC [Related: (SN 55.1) SC]
(5) Better than Sovereignty over the Earth (SN 55.1) SC
- (1) Abandoning the Five Lower Fetters (from MN 64) SC
(2) Four Kinds of Persons (AN 4.169) SC
(3) Six Things that Partake of True Knowledge (SN 55.3) SC [No links at present]
(4) Five Kinds of Nonreturners (SN 46.3) SC
- (1) Removing the Residual Conceit “I Am” (SN 22.89) SC
(2) The Trainee and the Arahant (SN 48.53) SC
(3) A Monk Whose Crossbar Has Been Lifted (from MN 22) SC
(4) Nine Things an Arahant Cannot Do (from AN 9.7) SC
(5) A Mind Unshaken (from AN 9.26) SC
(6) The Ten Powers of an Arahant Monk (AN 10.90) SC
(7) The Sage at Peace (from MN 140) SC
(8) Happy Indeed Are the Arahants (from SN 22.76) SC
- (1) The Buddha and the Arahant (SN 22.58) SC
(2) For the Welfare of Many (It 84) SC ATI
(3) Sāriputta’s Lofty Utterance (SN 47.12) SC
(4) The Powers and Grounds of Self-Confidence (from MN 12) SC
(5) The Manifestation of Great Light (SN 56.38) SC
(6) The Man Desiring Our Good (from MN 19) SC
(7) The Lion (SN 22.78) SC
(8) Why Is He Called the Tathāgata? (AN 4.23 = It 112) SC SC ATI
- (1) Eight Persons Worthy of Gifts (AN 8.59) SC