Author: Dhamma Paññā

INTRODUCTION TO THE TEVIJJA SUTTA THIS is the only Suttanta, among the thirteen translated in this volume, in which the discourse does

INTRODUCTION TO THE LOHICCA SUTTA IT is not easy to put ourselves in the mental position suitable for appreciating the kind of

INTRODUCTION TO THE KEVADDHA SUTTA IN this Sutta we have the position taken up by the early Buddhists, and no doubt by

INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBHA SUTTA As this Sutta is almost word for word the same as the Sāmañña-phala, the question arises why

INTRODUCTION TO THE POṬṬHAPĀDA SUTTA This Sutta, beginning with a discussion on the mystery of trance, passes over, by a natural transition,

INTRODUCTION TO THE KASSAPA-SĪHANĀDA SUTTA. IN this Sutta the Buddha, in conversation with a naked ascetic, explains his position as regards asceticism—so

VII. JĀLIYA SUTTA. [IS THE SOUL DISTINCT FROM THE BODY?] [This Sutta having been incorporated, word for word, as Sections 15-19,

INTRODUCTION TO THE MAHĀLI SUTTA THE form of this Sutta is remarkable. We have two distinct subjects discussed. First the question of

INTRODUCTION TO THE KŪṬADANTA SUTTA WHOEVER put this Sutta together must have been deeply imbued with the spirit of subtle irony that

DĪGHA NIKĀYA IV – INTRODUCTION TO THE SOṆADAṆḌA SUTTA THIS Dialogue comes very appropriately immediately after the Ambaṭṭha. That dealt with the

INTRODUCTION TO THE AMBAṬṬHA SUTTA THIS is one of several Suttas (mentioned in the notes to the celebrated verse quoted at the

1. Dīgha Nikāya INTRODUCTION THE first Dialogue deals with the most fundamental conceptions that lay at the root of the

INTRODUCTION TO THE BRAHMA-JĀLA SUTTA The phase of beliefs which this Suttanta is intended to meet, into which its argument fits, has