Early Buddhist Discourses (Hackett Classics)

Twenty discourses from the Pali Canon--including those most essential to the study and teaching of early Buddhism--are provided in fresh translations, accompanied by introductions that highlight the main themes and set the ideas presented in the context of wider philosophical and religious issues. Taken together, these fascinating works give an account of Buddhist teachings directly from the earliest primary sources.

In his General Introduction, John J. Holder discusses the structure and language of the Pali Canon--its importance within the Buddhist tradition and the historical context in which it developed--and gives an overview of the basic doctrines of early Buddhism.

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• The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-neng (Shambhala Classics)
• The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
• The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture
• Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, 4th Ed.
• Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo (Hackett Classics)
• Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries (Hackett Classics)
• Zen Sourcebook: Traditional Documents from China, Korea, and Japan
• The Foundations of Buddhism (OPUS)
• Women Philosophers of the Early Modern Period