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PRINCIPAL TEXTS OF THE KHUDDAKA NIKĀYA VOLUME 2

PRINCIPAL TEXTS OF THE KHUDDAKA NIKĀYA VOLUME 2

Anonymous / Various Translators
Read by Jinānanda, Elizabeth English, Ratnādhya, Taradasa, Vishvantara, Tejasvini
25 hours 33 minutes
 
Jinananda200 Michael Lunts 

This is Volume 2 of Dharma Audiobooks’ ground-breaking overview of Principal Texts of the  Khuddaka Nikāya, the fifth section of the Sutta Pitaka in the Theravāda Pāli Canon. Far less known than the first four (Dīgha Nikāyā, Majjhima Nikāya, Saṁyutta Nikāya, Aṅguttara Nikāya) perhaps because of its character as an anthology rather than a self-contained work, it nevertheless contains gems which are only too easily overlooked or even underappreciated! Continue Reading →

Elizabeth English

Elizabeth English

Dr Elizabeth English was appointed as Cambridge University’s first ever Mindfulness Practitioner. Her courses are the subject of research published in The Lancet showing significant benefit to students. Elizabeth draws on four decades of personal meditation practice and her ordination within a Western Buddhist tradition, as well as her doctoral research at Oxford, where she studied Buddhist meditation texts. She is also a certified teacher of Focusing, Somatic Experiencing and Nonviolent Communication. She lives in Cambridge with her cocker spaniel, Cherub.

PRINCIPAL TEXTS OF THE KHUDDAKA NIKĀYA VOLUME 1

PRINCIPAL TEXTS OF THE KHUDDAKA NIKĀYA VOLUME 1

Anonymous / Various Translators
Read by Jinānanda, Elizabeth English, Ratnādhya, Taradasa
25 hours 10 minutes
 
Jinananda200 Michael Lunts 

The Khuddaka Nikāya is different in character from the other four Nikāyas of the Sutta Pitaka in the Theravada Pāli Canon in that rather than being a single work it is, as its customary translation ‘Minor Anthologies’ suggests, a collection of independent works. A true anthology! Continue Reading →