The Buddha's discourses in full, line by line in Pāli and English, each with a plain-English guide. Translations by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral; introductions are ANEW's.
Long Discourses (Dīgha Nikāya)
Middle Discourses (Majjhima Nikāya)
- Sabbāsava Sutta: The Seven Ways to Deal With Defilements (MN 2) (MN2)
- The Simile of the Cloth (MN 7): A Clean Mind Takes the Dye (MN7)
- Right View (MN 9): Sāriputta's Great Teaching (MN9)
- Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta in Pāli and English: The Four Foundations of Mindfulness (MN10)
- Two Kinds of Thought (MN 19): What You Think Shapes Your Mind (MN19)
- How to Stop Overthinking: The Buddha's Five Methods (MN 20) (MN20)
- The Simile of the Saw (MN 21) in Pāli and English: Patience Without Limits (MN21)
- The Parable of the Raft (MN 22): Teachings Are for Crossing Over (MN22)
- The Noble Search (MN 26): The Buddha's Own Story (MN26)
- When to Speak Hard Truths: The Buddha's Rule for Speech (MN 58) (MN58)
- The Mirror: The Buddha's Advice to His Son Rāhula (MN 61) (MN61)
- Meditate Like the Earth: The Buddha's Advice to Rāhula (MN 62) (MN62)
- The Parable of the Poisoned Arrow (MN 63): What It Means (MN63)
- Aṅgulimāla Sutta: The Bandit Who Became a Monk (MN 86) (MN86)
- Born From the Beloved (MN 87): Why Love Brings Sorrow (MN87)
- Ānāpānasati: Mindfulness of Breathing in 16 Steps (MN 118)
- The Meditation on Emptiness (MN 121): Cūḷasuññata Sutta (MN121)
- Like Milk and Water: The Buddha on Living in Harmony (MN 128) (MN128)
- One Fine Night (MN 131): Don't Chase the Past (MN131)
- Why Are People Different? The Buddha on Karma (MN 135) (MN135)
Linked Discourses (Saṁyutta Nikāya)
- Crossing the Flood (SN 1.1): Neither Standing Nor Swimming (SN1.1)
- Diligence: The One Thing for This Life and the Next (SN 3.17) (SN3.17)
- The Simile of the Mountain (SN 3.25): Old Age and Death Approach (SN3.25)
- Dependent Origination, Explained Simply (With the Buddha's Words) (SN12.2)
- From Suffering to Freedom: The Path of Joy (SN 12.23) (SN12.23)
- The Ancient Path (SN 12.65): The Buddha's Rediscovery (SN12.65)
- More Tears Than the Ocean (SN 15.3): The Buddha on Grief (SN15.3)
- Sick in Body, Healthy in Mind (SN 22.1): The Buddha on Illness (SN22.1)
- The Five Aggregates, Explained Simply (SN 22.48) (SN22.48)
- Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta in Pāli and English: The Discourse on Not-Self (SN22.59)
- The Foam Simile (SN 22.95): Form Is Like a Lump of Foam (SN22.95)
- The Perception of Impermanence (SN 22.102): The Farmer's Plough (SN22.102)
- 'The All' (SN 35.23): The Buddha on the Six Senses (SN35.23)
- The Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta) in Pāli and English (SN35.28)
- The Second Arrow: The Buddha's Teaching on Pain and Suffering (SN 36.6) (SN36.6)
- What Is Nirvana? The Buddha's Answer in Plain English (SN 38.1)
- The Stone in the Lake (SN 42.6): Can Rituals Save the Dead? (SN42.6)
- The Noble Eightfold Path, Explained Simply (With the Buddha's Words) (SN 45.8)
- Bojjhaṅga Paritta: The Awakening Factors Chant for Healing (SN 46.14) (SN46.14)
- The Death of Sāriputta (SN 47.13): Be Your Own Island (SN47.13)
- The Acrobat Simile (SN 47.19): Protect Yourself, Protect Others (SN47.19)
- The Bowl of Oil (SN 47.20): The Buddha's Image for Mindfulness (SN47.20)
- The Buddhist Golden Rule: 'I Want to Live, So Do They' (SN 55.7) (SN55.7)
- Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta in Pāli and English: The First Sermon (SN56.11)
- The Handful of Leaves (SN 56.31): What the Buddha Chose to Teach (SN56.31)
- The Blind Turtle (SN 56.48): How Rare a Human Life Is (SN56.48)
Numbered Discourses (Aṅguttara Nikāya)
- The Luminous Mind (AN 1.51-52): 'This Mind Is Radiant' (AN1.51-60)
- Grateful People Are Rare: The Buddha on Gratitude (AN 2.119) (AN2.118-129)
- 'I Sleep Well': The Buddha on Sleeping at Ease (AN 3.35) (AN3.35)
- The Buddha's Three Palaces (AN 3.39): Youth, Health and Life (AN3.39)
- The Kalama Sutta: The Buddha on How to Know What to Trust (AN 3.65)
- How to Keep Uposatha: The Buddha's Teaching to Visākhā (AN 3.70) (AN3.70)
- The Salt Crystal Simile (AN 3.100): Why Karma Isn't Fixed (AN3.100)
- 'Remember Me as a Buddha' (AN 4.36): The Lotus Simile (AN4.36)
- Four Ways to Develop Stillness (AN 4.41) (AN4.41)
- Together in This Life and the Next: The Buddha on Marriage (AN 4.55) (AN4.55)
- Four Good Uses of Wealth (AN 4.61) (AN4.61)
- Four Kinds of Happiness for Lay People (AN 4.62) (AN4.62)
- The Four Unthinkables (AN 4.77): What Not to Think About (AN4.77)
- The Firebrand (AN 4.95): Helping Yourself and Others (AN4.95)
- Fear of Death: Who Is Not Afraid to Die? (AN 4.184) (AN4.184)
- Walking Meditation: The Buddha's Five Benefits (AN 5.29) (AN5.29)
- The Five Benefits of Giving (AN 5.35) (AN5.35)
- What Prayer Can't Buy: Five Things Wishing Won't Get You (AN 5.43) (AN5.43)
- Five Good Times to Practice (AN 5.54) (AN5.54)
- The Five Remembrances: Pāli and English, and Why They Help (AN 5.57)
- How to Let Go of Resentment: The Buddha's Five Ways (AN 5.161) (AN5.161)
- Wrong Livelihood: The Five Trades a Buddhist Avoids (AN 5.177) (AN5.177)
- Right Speech: Five Marks of Well-Spoken Words (AN 5.198) (AN5.198)
- The Six Recollections (AN 6.10): Balance Among the Unbalanced (AN6.10)
- Mindfulness of Death (AN 6.19): Maraṇassati, One Breath at a Time (AN6.19)
- What Anger Does to You: Seven Things an Enemy Wishes (AN 7.64) (AN7.64)
- The Eight Worldly Conditions (AN 8.6): Gain, Loss, Praise, Blame (AN8.6)
- The Five Precepts as Five Great Gifts (AN 8.39) (AN8.39)
- The Buddha's Advice on Money and Success (AN 8.54) (AN8.54)
- No Need to Wish: How Good Things Follow Virtue (AN 10.2) (AN10.2)
- Girimānanda Sutta in Pāli and English: The Ten Perceptions for Healing (AN10.60)
- The 11 Benefits of Loving-Kindness, in the Buddha's Words (AN 11.15)
Minor Collection (Khuddaka Nikāya)
- The Rhinoceros Sutta: Wander Alone Like a Rhino (Snp 1.3) (SNP1.3)
- The Causes of Downfall (Snp 1.6): Parābhava Sutta (SNP1.6)
- Not by Birth but by Deeds (Snp 1.7): The Vasala Sutta (SNP1.7)
- Karaniya Metta Sutta in Pāli and English: The Full Discourse on Loving-Kindness (Snp 1.8)
- Bāhiya Sutta: 'In the Seen, Only the Seen' (Ud 1.10) (UD1.10)
- Āḷavaka's Questions (Snp 1.10): What Is the Best Wealth? (SNP1.10)
- Ratana Sutta in Pāli and English: The Discourse on the Three Jewels (Snp 2.1)
- What Makes a True Friend (Snp 2.3) (SNP2.3)
- Mangala Sutta in Pāli and English: The Buddha's Discourse on Blessings (Snp 2.4)
- The Armies of Māra (Snp 3.2): The Buddha's Striving (SNP3.2)
- The Dart (Snp 3.8): The Buddha on Lament and Grief (SNP3.8)
- 'Fear Is Born From Taking Up Arms' (Snp 4.15) (SNP4.15)
- No One Is Dearer Than Oneself (Ud 5.1): So Harm No Other (UD5.1)
- Paṭācārā's Verses (Thig 5.10): Grief, a Lamp and Awakening (THIG5.10)
- 'There Is an Unborn' (Ud 8.3): The Buddha on Freedom (UD8.3)
- Don't Fear Good Deeds (Iti 22): Merit Means Happiness (ITI22)
- Love Outshines All Merit (Iti 27): Like the Moon Among Stars (ITI27)
The Dhammapada
All 26 chapters, in Pāli and English: the Dhammapada.
Chants
The chants most often recited at home and in temples: Buddhist chanting for beginners and paritta, the protection chants.