The Pāli Canon · in Pāli and English
Read the Buddha’s words. Study them together.
Every discourse with the Pāli beside the English, segment by segment. Study paths that lead you through the teaching step by step, and a community that discusses the texts themselves.
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The whole Tipiṭaka
Discourses, Monastic Law and Abhidhamma in Pāli, with English for most of the discourses and the whole Vinaya.
- Long Discourses Dīgha34 texts
- Middle Discourses Majjhima152 texts
- Linked Discourses Saṁyutta1,819 texts
- Numbered Discourses Aṅguttara1,408 texts
- Minor Collection Khuddaka2,351 texts
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Short sequences of discourses on one theme, each with a note on why it is there. Your progress stays on your device.
- The Heart of the Teaching6 texts
- Mindfulness Meditation (Satipaṭṭhāna)7 texts
- Dependent Origination7 texts
- The Gradual Training6 texts
- Kamma and Its Results7 texts
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From the first teaching to dependent origination and the purifications, with progress you can track.
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