SCRIPTURA

Pali Canon

Verses of the Senior Monks · Theragāthā

The Elder Monks

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

Poems of awakening by more than two hundred and sixty monks of the Buddha’s time.

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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 · 22

  1. 1Chapter One · Thag 1.1–1.9
  2. 2Chapter Two · Thag 1.11–1.19
  3. 3Chapter Three · Thag 1.21–1.29
  4. 4Chapter Four · Thag 1.31–1.39
  5. 5Chapter Five · Thag 1.41–1.49
  6. 6Chapter Six · Thag 1.51–1.59
  7. 7Chapter Seven · Thag 1.61–1.69
  8. 8Chapter Eight · Thag 1.71–1.79
  9. 9Chapter Nine · Thag 1.81–1.89
  10. 10Chapter Ten · Thag 1.91–1.99
  11. 11Chapter Eleven · Thag 1.101–1.109
  12. 12Chapter Twelve · Thag 1.111–1.119
  13. 13Chapter One · Thag 2.1–2.10
  14. 14Chapter Two · Thag 2.11–2.20
  15. 15Chapter Three · Thag 2.21–2.30
  16. 16Chapter Four · Thag 2.31–2.40
  17. 17Chapter Five · Thag 2.41–2.48
  18. 18Chapter One · Thag 3.1–6.13
  19. 19Chapter One · Thag 6.14–14.2
  20. 20Chapter One · Thag 15.1–16.9
  21. 21Chapter One · Thag 16.10–19.1
  22. 22Chapter One · Thag 20.1–21.1