The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya
by Maurice Walshe
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages648 pages
ISBN
9780861711031
Published
1995
Description
This book offers a complete translation of the digha nikaya, the long discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the pali canon, the authorized scriptures of theravada buddhism. This collection--a...This book offers a complete translation of the digha nikaya, the long discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the pali canon, the authorized scriptures of theravada buddhism. This collection--among the oldest records of the historical Fiction Buddha's original teachings, given in india two and a half thousand years ago--consists of thirty-four longer-length suttas, or discourses, distinguished as such from the middle-length and shorter suttas of the other collections.
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