Buddhas Teachings: Being the SuttaNipata or Discourse Collection: v.37 (Harvard Oriental Series, v.37)

BuddhaS Teachings Contains A Metrical English Rendering Of An Important Buddhist Work In Pali Named SuttaNipata With The Original Text In Romanized Version On The Opposite Page. The Pali Canon, As It Has Come Down To Us, Is Divided Into Three Pitakas Or Baskets, Viz. VinayaPitaka SuttaPitaka And AbhidhammaPitaka. The SuttaNipata, Translated Here, Contains An Ancient, Probably The Most Ancient, Part Of The SuttaPitaka. It Belongs To That Portion Of The SuttaPitaka Which Is Named Khuddaka Nikaya Or Collection Of Short Treatises As Distinct From The Four Long Nikayas Called Digha, Majjhima, Samyutta And Anguttara. Of The Five Vaggas(Or Books) Of The Present SuttaNipata The Fifth Stands Out From Its Fellows By Reason Of Its Purposeful Unity. While The Uraga, Maha, Cula And Atthaka Vaggas Consist Each Of A Collection Of Independent And Unconnected Poems (Sometimes Interspersed With Prose) Called Suttas, The Parayana Aims At A Dramatic Synthesis. Its Prologue And Epilogue Serve As A Setting To The Sixteen Questions Which Elicit GotamaS Gradual Exposition Of The Saving Way Across.