Dhammapada or way of Righteousness, is the name of one of the canonical books of the Buddhist sacred scriptures. It is written in the Pali language. It consists of 423 stanzas. These are reputed to be the very words of Buddha. The Dhammapada commentary (in Pali Dhammapad-Attha-katha) is ascribed to Buddhaghosa, the greatest of all the Buddhist scholastics. This ascription is without due warrant, as appears from translator's introduction. The commentary purports to tell us "where, when, why, for what purpose, with reference to what situation, with reference to what person or persons," Buddha uttered each one of these stanzas. In so doing, the author of the commentary narrates 299 legends or stories. These stories are the preponderating element of the commentary, and it are these which are here translated.

A Buddhist manual of psychological ethics of the fourth century B.C., being a translation, now made for the first time from the original Pali, of the first book in the Abhidhamma pitaka, entitled, Dhamma-sangani (Compendium of states or phenomena) with introductory essay and notes by Caroline A. F. Rhys Davids.

Pali text and translation, with stories in brief and notes, by Narada Thera.

Online version of The Dhammapada (The Buddha's Path of Wisdom) "the best known and most widely esteemed text in the Pali Tipitaka, the sacred scriptures of Theravada Buddhism.", translated by the Venerable Acharya Buddharakkhita.

Dhammapada verses with stories of occasions when they have been uttered by the Buddha, in the translation of Daw Mya Tin.

Full English translation of Majjhima Nikaya. Yet incomplete Digha, Samyutta and Anguttara Nikayas, some parts of Khuddaka Nikaya and Vinaya Pitaka.

Provides materials and links concerning the Vinaya, the Buddhist Monastic Discipline.

Online book. A definitive guide to the Burmese 6th Buddhist Council edition of the Pali Scriptures written by U Ko Lay.

The Inception of Discipline and the Vinaya-Nidana, Being a Translation and Edition of the Bahiranidana of Buddhaghosa's Samantapasadika, the Vinaya Commentary
by N. A. Jayawickrama
B.A., Ph.D.(Lond.), Professor of Pali and Buddhist
Civilization in the University of Ceylon

Pali, Sinhala and English texts of Tipitaka.

A rare collection of old translations of Pali texts, including Digha Nikaya, Dhammapada, and much more.

English translations for several important suttas, some of them with Pali "tooltips".

The original Teachings of Gotama Buddha are available online in simple English, translated by distinguished Buddhist Scholars from Burma (Myanmar) where Theravada Buddhism prospers in pristine form. Registered readers of TIPITAKA On-line will receive the articles or the daily digest by Email, or view at the site as options.

A sampling of web sites that offer non-English translations of Tipitaka texts.