Pāli

Links and resources for journeying into the Pāli textual tradition:

Links:

Sutta Central: online searchable repository of Pāli texts. It isn’t as user friendly as it once was (see this post for more opinions) but if you know the code e.g. mn10, then you can go straight to the text you want, and even read it in Pali and English side by side which is nice.

With this integration of Voice with Sutta Central, you can Listen to Pali texts recited by a robot: https://voice.suttacentral.net

Access to insight remains a favourite: simple and accessible resource focused on English translations by trusted scholars (many of the same translations form the core at Sutta Central)

Publicartions by Bikkhu Analayo from Barre Centre for Buddhist Studies https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/resources/offerings-analayo-old/publications/

Posts:

  • Sutta Central
    Sutta Central is an excellent online repository of texts from the early Buddhist canon… but I preferred the old version. The new one is still an amazing scholarly collaboration, with exhaustive cross referencing to parallels, multiple modern language translations, and cutting edge coding etc, but the update seems not to have improved usability in my … Read more
  • Text: Recitations in Pali
    Below is embedded a text containing the recitations of Refuge, Homage to the Buddha, Five Precepts and Metta Sutta in Pali and English. Note this text is in “pecha” format; it is intended to be printed and cut out to make a stack of unbound leaves, as in ancient times. (With thanks to Mahindra Dhamma … Read more
  • Audio: Metta Bhavana recitation in Pali
    Below is embedded a recording of Bhante Dhammadipa (www.dhammadipa.cz) reciting Metta Bhavana Pali.
  • Audio: Transference of Merit in Pali
    Below is embedded a recording of Bhante Dhammadipa (www.dhammadipa.cz) Chanting the Transference of Merit in Pali.