Buddhavacana: A Pali Reader

by Glenn Wallis

Overview

Encouraging the study of Buddhist canonical literature in Pali, this reader aims to provide a reliable overview of Siddhattha Gotama’s teachings, allowing students to distinguish them from historical changes, additions, and mutations. Sixteen suttas have been selected here for study, each compromising a section of the book. After each sutta are blank pages where students can write down their own renderings; a word-by-word guide to the sutta, with brief grammatical annotations; and, at the end of the book, polished translations of all the suttas offered. A familiarity with basic Pali grammar is recommended.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781928706854
Publisher:	Pariyatti Publishing
Publication date:	12/01/2010
Pages:	341
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Glenn Wallis is associate professor and chair of the Applied Meditation Studies program at the Won Institute of Graduate Studies and the author of Basic Teachings of the Buddha, The Dhammapada, and Meditating the Power of Buddhas. He lives in Glenside, Pennsylvania.

Editorial Reviews

“Those who have this intuitive gift will find that by the time they complete this book, they will be able to read virtually any sutta in the Pali Nikayas.”  —Bhikkhu Bodhi, author, The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha

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