Library Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
Traditional attribution
Kalama Sutta (Discourse to the Kalamas)
Kālāma Sutta (Kesamutti Sutta)
The Kalamas of Kesaputta, bewildered by teachers who contradict one another, ask whom to believe. The Buddha advises them not to accept a doctrine because of tradition, scripture, logic or the teacher's prestige, but to see for themselves whether it leads to harm or to well-being. It is among the most quoted Buddhist texts of modern times, often out of context.
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Authorship note
A discourse of the Pali canon (AN 3.65) attributed to the Buddha; transmitted orally and written down around the first century BCE, with parallels in the Chinese Agamas.
Editions and translations
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English
The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Aṅguttara Nikāya
Wisdom Publications, 2012
Translation: Bhikkhu Bodhi
ISBN 9781614290407
Other works by Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
- Tipitaka, the Pali Canon ("Three Baskets") · 25
- Digha Nikaya (The Long Discourses) · 25
- Majjhima Nikaya (The Middle Length Discourses) · 25
- Samyutta Nikaya (The Connected Discourses) · 25
- Anguttara Nikaya (The Numerical Discourses) · 25
- Dhammapada (Verses on the Dhamma) · 25
- Sutta Nipata (The Group of Discourses) · 25
- Udana (Inspired Utterances) · 25
- Vinaya Pitaka (The Basket of Discipline) · 25
- The Discourse on Setting the Wheel of the Dhamma in Motion · 25
- Mahaparinibbana Sutta (The Great Discourse on the Final Extinguishment) · 25
- The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections · 150
- The Lotus Sutra (Saddharmapundarika) · 100
- The Diamond Sutra · 300
- The Heart Sutra · 650
- The Lankavatara Sutra · 400
- Itivuttaka (Thus It Was Said) · 25
- Khuddakapatha (The Minor Readings) · 25
- Jataka (Stories of the Buddha's Former Births) · 25
- Satipatthana Sutta (Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness) · 25
- Anattalakkhana Sutta (Discourse on the Characteristic of Not-Self) · 25
- Pure Land Sutras (Sukhavativyuha) · 150
- Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) · 400
Sources
- SuttaCentral. Textos pali con traducciones de Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0) y paralelos en chino, sánscrito y tibetano. Consultados: DN 16, MN 22, MN 26, MN 63, SN 56.11, AN 3.38, AN 3.65, AN 3.131, Ud 1.10, Dhp, Snp 1.8.
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