SCRIPTURA

Pali Canon

Heartfelt Sayings · Udāna

The Buddha

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

Eighty short stories that end in an inspired saying of the Buddha, with the blind men and the elephant.

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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 · 8

  1. 1Ud 1.1–2.7
  2. 2Ud 2.8–3.5
  3. 3Ud 3.6–4.4
  4. 4Ud 4.5–5.4
  5. 5Ud 5.5–5.10
  6. 6Ud 6.1–6.5
  7. 7Ud 6.6–8.4
  8. 8Ud 8.5–8.10