SCRIPTURA

Pali Canon

Long Discourses · Dīgha Nikāya

The Buddha

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

The thirty-four long discourses of the Buddha: the Divine Net of views, the fruits of the ascetic life, the Great Discourse on Mindfulness, and the last days and passing of the Buddha.

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  • Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0).
  • English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included.
  • Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines.

Contents · 70

  1. 1DN 1 · The Divine Net · part 1
  2. 2DN 1 · The Divine Net · part 2
  3. 3DN 1 · The Divine Net · part 3
  4. 4DN 2 · The Fruits of the Ascetic Life · part 1
  5. 5DN 2 · The Fruits of the Ascetic Life · part 2
  6. 6DN 2 · The Fruits of the Ascetic Life · part 3
  7. 7DN 3 · With Ambaṭṭha · part 1
  8. 8DN 3 · With Ambaṭṭha · part 2
  9. 9DN 4 · With Soṇadaṇḍa · part 1
  10. 10DN 4 · With Soṇadaṇḍa · part 2
  11. 11DN 5 · With Kūṭadanta · part 1
  12. 12DN 5 · With Kūṭadanta · part 2
  13. 13DN 6 · With Mahāli
  14. 14DN 7 · With Jāliya
  15. 15DN 8 · The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa
  16. 16DN 9 · With Poṭṭhapāda · part 1
  17. 17DN 9 · With Poṭṭhapāda · part 2
  18. 18DN 10 · With Subha · part 1
  19. 19DN 10 · With Subha · part 2
  20. 20DN 11 · With Kevaḍḍha
  21. 21DN 12 · With Lohicca
  22. 22DN 13 · Experts in the Three Vedas
  23. 23DN 14 · The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind · part 1
  24. 24DN 14 · The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind · part 2
  25. 25DN 14 · The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind · part 3
  26. 26DN 14 · The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind · part 4
  27. 27DN 15 · The Great Discourse on Causation
  28. 28DN 16 · The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment · part 1
  29. 29DN 16 · The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment · part 2
  30. 30DN 16 · The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment · part 3
  31. 31DN 16 · The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment · part 4
  32. 32DN 16 · The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment · part 5
  33. 33DN 16 · The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment · part 6
  34. 34DN 17 · King Mahāsudassana · part 1
  35. 35DN 17 · King Mahāsudassana · part 2
  36. 36DN 18 · With Janavasabha · part 1
  37. 37DN 18 · With Janavasabha · part 2
  38. 38DN 19 · The Great Steward · part 1
  39. 39DN 19 · The Great Steward · part 2
  40. 40DN 20 · The Great Congregation
  41. 41DN 21 · Sakka’s Questions · part 1
  42. 42DN 21 · Sakka’s Questions · part 2
  43. 43DN 22 · The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation · part 1
  44. 44DN 22 · The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation · part 2
  45. 45DN 23 · With Pāyāsi · part 1
  46. 46DN 23 · With Pāyāsi · part 2
  47. 47DN 23 · With Pāyāsi · part 3
  48. 48DN 24 · About Pāṭikaputta · part 1
  49. 49DN 24 · About Pāṭikaputta · part 2
  50. 50DN 25 · The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā · part 1
  51. 51DN 25 · The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā · part 2
  52. 52DN 26 · The Wheel-Turning Monarch · part 1
  53. 53DN 26 · The Wheel-Turning Monarch · part 2
  54. 54DN 27 · What Came First · part 1
  55. 55DN 27 · What Came First · part 2
  56. 56DN 28 · Inspiring Confidence · part 1
  57. 57DN 28 · Inspiring Confidence · part 2
  58. 58DN 29 · An Impressive Discourse · part 1
  59. 59DN 29 · An Impressive Discourse · part 2
  60. 60DN 30 · The Marks of a Great Man · part 1
  61. 61DN 30 · The Marks of a Great Man · part 2
  62. 62DN 31 · Advice to Sigālaka
  63. 63DN 32 · The Āṭānāṭiya Protection
  64. 64DN 33 · Reciting in Concert · part 1
  65. 65DN 33 · Reciting in Concert · part 2
  66. 66DN 33 · Reciting in Concert · part 3
  67. 67DN 33 · Reciting in Concert · part 4
  68. 68DN 34 · Up to Ten · part 1
  69. 69DN 34 · Up to Ten · part 2
  70. 70DN 34 · Up to Ten · part 3