Suthras

බුදුරජානත් වහන්සේ නිර්වානාවබෝධය පිණිස වන ඒකායන මාර්ගය මේ සතිපට්ඨාන සූත්‍රයම බව අවධාරණයෙන් දේශනා කල සේක. එම සුත්‍රය විග්‍රහ කෙරේ. මෙහි එන සරල සිංහල භාවය සාමාන්‍ය දැනුමක් ඇති කවර කෙනෙකුට උවද අපහසුවකින් තොරව අවබෝධ කරගැනීමට හැකි වන අයුරින් සකස් කරන ලද්දකි.

මිහිඳු හිමියන් ලක්දිවට පැමිණ දේවානම් පියතිස්ස රජු බණ දේශනා කළේ චූල හත්ථි පදොපම සූත්‍රයෙනි.එම සූත්‍රයත් සූත්‍රයේ අනුවාදයත් සූත්‍රයෙන් මතුවන ධර්ම කරුණුත් විස්තර කරමින්  ලියන ලද කුඩා ග්‍රන්ථයකි.

සුත්ත නිපාතයෙහි අන්තර්ගත වන ඉගැන්වීම් අතුරින් වඩාත්ම වැදගත් ඒවා කෙරෙහි අවධානය යොමු කරමින්, එම ඉගැන්වීම් පැහැදිලි කරමින්, සම්පාදනය වූ මෙය පාලි සුත්ත නිපාතය ආශ්‍රයෙන් ලියැවුණු සරල සිංහල පරිවර්තනයකි. 

භෞතිකවාදී චින්තනය ඉක්ම වූ අතීන්ද්‍රිය විෂය ක‍්‍රියාකාරිත්වයක් විශ්ව නියාමයේ පවතින අරමුණය. ගැටපද විවරණය, පදගතාර්ථ සන්නය සහ සූත‍්‍ර සාරාංශය සහිත මෙම කෘතිය බෞද්ධයකු කියවිය යුතු ම පොතකි. කර්මය පිළිබඳ වැදගත් විග‍්‍රහයක් ද මීට ඇතුළත් වේ. විද්‍යාවට හසුනොවූ තරමින් අසත්‍ය යයි බැහැර කිරීමට ඇතැමුන් දරන ප‍්‍රයත්නයට මනා පිළිතුරක් මේ කෘතියෙන් සැපයෙයි. 

බුදු පියාණන් වහන්සේ සැවැත් නුවර පූර්වාරාමයෙහි වැඩසිටි සමයෙහි දේශනා කරන ලද මෙම සූත‍්‍රය දීඝ නිකායේ පාටික වග්ගයේ දැක්වෙන සූත‍්‍රයකි. මෙය බෞද්ධයන්ට පමණක් නොව, ලෝකය  පිලිබද ගවේෂණයෙහි යෙදෙන විද්‍යාර්ථීන්ට ද එකසේ ප‍්‍රයෝජනවත් වේ. 

මහා සතිපට්ඨාන සූත‍්‍රය (ධම්මානුපස්සනාව) - බුදු රජාණන් වහන්සේ විසින් දේශනා කොට වදාළ මහා සතිපට්ඨාන සූත‍්‍ර දේශනාව ප‍්‍රධාන වශයෙන් කොටස් හතරකට බෙදා දක්වා ඇත. එනම් කායානුපස්සනාව/ වේදනානුපස්සනාව/ චිත්තානුපස්සනාව/ ධම්මානුපස්සනාව යි. මෙම සදහම් ග‍්‍රන්ථයෙන් ධම්මානුපස්සනාව නමැති කොටස මැනවින් අර්ථ නිරූපණය කර ඇත.

Two small classics of the Pali Canon in one volume. The Udana is a compilation of eighty short but deeply impressive suttas, each expressing the Buddha's joyful insight into the profound significance of apparently simple events. 

This book contains an anthology of 154 selected discourses from the Pali canon. The original translation was by Nyanaponika Thera and was published in the BPS Wheel Series in three volumes.

Discussion On Sathipattana - Sattipattana has been commonly translated as ' Foundation Of Mindfulness '. However the more accurate and meaningful translation is focuses of Mindfulness.

This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikaya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pali Canon, the authorized scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. This collection--among the oldest records of the historical Buddha's original teachings--consists of 152 suttas or discourses of middle length, distinguished as such from the longer and shorter suttas of the other collections. The Majjhima Nikaya might be concisely described as the Buddhist scripture that combines the richest variety of contextual settings with the deepest and most comprehensive assortment of teachings. These teachings, which range from basic ethics to instructions in meditation and liberating insight, unfold in a fascinating procession of scenarios that show the Buddha in living dialogue with people from many different strata of ancient Indian society: with kings and princes, priests and ascetics, simple villagers and erudite philosophers. Replete with drama, reasoned argument, and illuminating parable and simile, these discourses exhibit the Buddha in the full glory of his resplendent wisdom, majestic sublimity, and compassionate humanity.

The Discourse On The Root Of Existence - This profound and difficult discourse of the Buddha aims at exposing and eliminating the concept of the ego at its most fundamental level. The commentary offers a detailed explanation of the sutta while a long introduction investigates the text's meaning and its implications for philosophy and psychology.

The Buddha traces the entire progress of a disciple from the first step on the path to the attainment of Nibbana in this second sutta of the Sutta Pitaka, one of the most elevating of the Buddha's discourses. The work is not only a great spiritual classic, but also a literary gem distinguished by its beauty of poetic imagery.

The Roots Of Good And Evil - Ven. Nyanaponika Thera deals exhaustively with psychological roots of morally good and morally wicked actions and shows how this knowledge could be linked up with mindfulness meditation. A great companion for the scholar and the layman.

This work is the Pali Canon’s account of the Buddha’s last journey to the small jungle town where he attained his final release. The sutta is not only a vivid historical document but a great religious classic. Includes helpful explanatory notes.

The Five Mental Hindrances and Their Conquest - In this booklet, following a brief introduction, Ven. Nyanaponika gives a selection of passages which he translated from the Discourses of the Buddha and the commentaries.

Three Cardinal Discourses Of The Buddha - This booklet contains the first three discourses that the Buddha gave after his Awakening.In these three discourses the Buddha displays the fundamental, cardinal teachings on the Four Noble Truths from which all of his teachings branch and to which they all point back.

Kalama Sutta - The discourse to the Kalama is well known for its encouragement of inquiry. It sets forth the principles that should be followed by a seeker of truth and contains a standard by which spiritual teachings can be judged. In this discourse the Buddha shows that the reason for a virtuous life does not necessarily depend on beliefs, but on mental well-being acquired through the overcoming of greed, hatred and delusion.

The Suttanipata - The Suttanipata, or “Group of Discourses” is a collection of discourses ascribed to the Buddha that includes some of the most popular suttas of the Pali Canon, among them the Discourse on Loving-Kindness Sutta. The suttas are primarily in verse, though several are in mixed prose and verse. The Suttanipata contains discourses that extol the figure of the muni, the illumined sage, who wanders homeless completely detached from the world.

The Long Discourses Of The Buddha - Venerable Sumedho Thera writes in his foreword: "[These suttas] are not meant to be 'sacred scriptures' that tell us what to believe. One should read them, listen to them, think about them, contemplate them, and investigate the present reality, the present experience, with them. Then, and only then, can one insightfully know the truth beyond words." Introduced with a vivid account of the Buddha's life and times and a short survey of his teachings, The Long Discourses of the Buddha brings us closer in every way to the wise and compassionate presence of Gotama Buddha and his path of truth.

The Numerical Discourses Of The Buddha - The Numerical Discourses  contains a full translation of the Anguttara Nikaya. The Anguttara arranges the Buddha's discourses in accordance with a numerical scheme intended to promote retention and easy comprehension. In an age when writing was still in its infancy, this proved to be the most effective way to ensure that the disciples could grasp and replicate the structure of a teaching.

The Lotus Sutra - Buddhism has a large corpus of scripture and "The Lotus Sutra" is regarded as the most important of the Mahayana Buddhism which spread in most parts of the then know world, including China, Korea and Japan, where it served as the  basis of Tien- tai, Tendai and Nichiren schools, the latter now very popular in the West under the name of Soka Gakkai led by the famous Daisaku lkeda.  The work " bears the character of a dramatic performance, Sakyamuni Load Buddha himself , consisting of a series of dialogued, brightened by the magic effects of a would - be supernatural scenery."

The Mahanidana Sutta, “The Great Discourse on Causation,” is the longest and most detailed of the Buddha’s discourses dealing with dependent arising (paticca samuppada), a doctrine generally regarded as the key to his entire teaching. The Buddha often described dependent arising as deep, subtle, and difficult to see, the special domain of noble wisdom. So when his close disciple Ananda comes to him and suggests that this doctrine might not be as deep as it seems, the stage is set for a particularly profound and illuminating exposition of the Dhamma.
This book contains a translation of the Mahanidana Sutta together with all the doctrinally important passages from its authorized commentary and sub commentary. A long introductory essay discusses the rich philosophical implications of the sutta; an appendix explains the treatment of dependent arising according to the Abhidhamma system of conditional relations.