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	Readings in Theravada Buddhism - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ Over 700 translated discourses by the Buddha.
	Anapanasati Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn118.html Sutra on mindfulness of breathing.
	Shurangama Sutra - http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/Shurangama/Shurangama.htm Text, commentaries and articles on content of the sutra and its historical background.
	Samyutta Nikaya - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html The third division of the Sutta Pitaka, contains 2,889 suttas grouped into five sections (vaggas).
	Samaññaphala Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/digha/dn02.html The Fruits of the Contemplative Life Sutra. This discourse is one of the masterpieces of the Pali Canon.

	Sigalovada Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/digha/dn31.html#1 The Discourse to Sigala -- The Layperson's Code of Discipline.
	Kayagata-sati Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn119.html Sutra on Mindfulness immersing in the body.
	Maha-Satipatthana Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/digha/dn22.html The Great Frames of Reference Sutra.
	Sabbasava Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn002.html Sutra on All the Fermentations (thoughts that arise in mind).
	Sammaditthi Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn009.html The Discourse on Right View

	Maha-Nidana Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/digha/dn15.html The Great Causes Discourse.
	Maha-Cattarisaka Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn117.html "The Great Forty" - a discourse on Right View.
	Sunakkhatta Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn105.html The discourse to Sunakkhatta on craving.
	Lotus of the True Dharma - http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/lotus0.html A sacred text of Mahayana Buddhism on the subject of the true nature of the Buddha.
	Metta Sutra - http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/ip/sigs/religion/buddhism/introduction/sutras/metta-sutra.html The Buddha's Words on Kindness (Metta Sutta)

	Buddha's Sermons and Teachings - http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/bud-ser.html A version of Buddha's first sermon and a discussion of the nature of Nirvana.
	Buddha's First Sermon - http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/bud-ser1.html A reconstruction of Buddha's first sermon. Composed at least several centuries after Siddhartha Gautama's death, contains the essence of what the Buddha taught his earliest disciples.
	Maha-Parinibbana Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/digha/dn16.html Sutra on the Last Days of the Buddha. This sutra gives a good summary of the Buddha's Teachings.
	Anattalakkhana Sutta - http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/anatta.txt The Sermon on the Not-Self Characteristic.
	Cunda Kammaraputta Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an10-176.html Buddha's teaching about ways in which one is made impure by verbal or mental actions.

	Culasunnata Sutta - http://www.well.com/user/gilesgal/culasunn.html On Voidness (sunyata) - the quintessence of Buddhism.
	The Dhammapada - http://www.serve.com/cmtan/Dhammapada/ A collection of 423 verses containing the Buddha's essential teachings on some 305 occasions for the benefit of a wide range of human beings.
	Cula-Suññata Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn121.html The Lesser Discourse on Emptiness.
	Cula-Vedalla Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn044.html The Shorter Set of Questions-and-Answers.
	The Gospel of Buddha - http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/bud-gosp.txt A 19th century compilation from a variety of Buddhist texts by Paul Carus. It is modelled on the New Testament. It was very widely read, and was even recommended by Ceylonese Buddhist leaders as a teaching tool for Buddhist children.

	The Lotus Sutra - http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/lotus/ Translated By H. Kern (1884).
	Adittapariyaya Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon//sutta/samyutta/sn35-028.html The Fire Sermon.
	Kaccayanagotta Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/samyutta/sn12-015.html The sutra on right view.
	Cula-Kammavibhanga Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn135.html Buddhist text on how Action differentiates beings in terms of baseness and excellence.
	The Anattalakkhana Sutta - http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/anatta.html A document from the Pali canon of Buddhist scriptures in which Buddha speaks on not-self characteristic.

	Upajjhatthana Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an05-057.html Subjects for Contemplation.
	Cula-Malunkyovada Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn063.html The Shorter Instructions to Malunkya regarding the cosmos.
	Bhumija Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn126.html The discourse to Bhumija.
	Sammaditthi Sutta - http://web.mit.edu/stclair/www/sammaditthi.html The Discourse on Right View.
	Hiri Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/suttanipata/snp2-03.html A sutra from the Sutta Nipata, discussing definition of friendship.

	Dhammapada [Gutenberg] - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2017 A collection of verses; being one of the canonical books of the Buddhists.
	Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/samyutta/sn56-011a.html Setting Rolling the Wheel of Truth.
	Ananda Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/samyutta/sn54-013.html To Ananda (on Mindfulness of Breathing).
	Sallekha Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn008.html The Discourse on Effacement.
	Siha Sutta - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an05-034.html To General Siha (On Generosity). Anguttara Nikaya V.34.

	Householder Sutta Page - http://www.angelfire.com/on2/buddhism/householder.html Provides links of various Suttas on the internet.
	Rathakara Sutta (Pacetana Sutta) - The Chariot Maker - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an03-015.html Buddha's parable about the straightness of wheels as corresponding to the straightness of practice.
	Quotes from the Masters - http://www.angelfire.com/me2/sutras/quotes.html A collection of quotes from various sutras. Indexed by author.
	Dighavu-kumara Vatthu - http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/vinaya/mv10-2-3.html The Story of Prince Dighavu. Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
	The Lotus Sutra - http://lotus.nichirenshu.org/lotus/sutra/english/watson/indxwatson.htm Also known as the "White Lotus of the True Dharma" or "Saddharma-Pundarika Sutta". Translated by Burton Watson.

	Bhikkuni Samyutta Suttas - http://www.enabling.org/ia/vipassana/Archive/Suttas/S/Samyutta/index.html 10 suttas about Mara, the personification of doubt and evil, trying in vain to lure the bhikkhunis (nuns) away from their meditation spots in the forest by asking them provocative questions.
	Reflections On The Three Fold Lotus Sutra - http://www.buddhistethics.org/5/mayer981.html Paper by John R.A. Mayer. Presents reflections on how this text is applicable to issues in contemporary Western philosophy. Contrasts Nichiren and Tendai traditions with Zen.
	Satipatthana Sutra - http://www.saigon.com/~hoasen/4foundat.htm Discourse on The Four Foundations of Mindfulness.
	Anapanasati Sutra - http://www.saigon.com/~hoasen/breathin.htm Discourse on the mindfulness of breathing
	The Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Law - http://reluctant-messenger.com/lotus_sutra.htm This is the complete text in English as translated by H. Kern in 1884.

	Bodhisattva Kishitigarbha Vow Sutra - http://home.iprimus.com.au/elgaz/ Transalation presented in the form of a seemingly mythic dialogue between the Buddha and Kishitigarbha. Includes historical introduction, the text and a glossary.
	Lankavatara Sutra - http://www.webcom.com/~gnosis/library/lank.htm Excerpts from the Lankavatara Sutra.
	Dhammapada - http://www.comparative-religion.com/buddhism/dhammapada/index.php/ Full English translations of the Dhammapada.
	Dhammapada - The Path Of Dhamma - http://www.e-sangha.com/5,3,0,0,1,0.html The Dhammapada consists of 423 verses in Pali uttered by the Buddha on some 305 occasions for the benefit of a wide range of human beings.
	Buddhist Texts - http://lightning.prohosting.com/~eslovick A small collection of various Buddhist teachings and sutras.

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