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Translations
- The Book of the Kindred Sayings, tr C. A. F. Rhys Davids & F. L. Woodward, 1917-30, 5 volumes, Pali Text Society[1], Bristol
- The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, tr Bhikkhu Bodhi, 2000, Wisdom Publications, Somerville, MA, ISBN 0-86171-331-1; the Pali Text Society also issues a private edition of this for members only, which is its preferred translation
Selections
- anthology published by Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka[2]
- Nidana Samyutta, published in Burma; reprinted Sri Satguru, Delhi
Divisions
The vaggas contained in this nikaya are (the numbering of chapters samyuttas here refers to the PTS and Burmese editions; the Sinhalese[3] and Thai editions divide the text up somewhat differently):
Part I. Sagatha-vagga (SN chapters 1-11)
- a collection of suttas containing verses (Pali, sagatha), many shared by other parts of the Pali canon such as the Theragatha, Therigatha, Suttanipata, Dhammapada and the Jatakas.[4]
Part II. Nidana-vagga (SN chapters 12-21)
- a collection of suttas primarily pertaining to causation (Pali, nidana).
Part III. Khandha-vagga (SN chapters 22-34)
- a collection of suttas primarily pertaining to the five aggregates (Pali, khanda).
Part IV. Salayatana-vagga (SN chapters 35-44)
- a collection of suttas primarily pertaining to the six sense bases (Pali, salayatana), including the "Fire Sermon" (Adittapariyaya Sutta).
Part V. Maha-vagga (SN chapters 45-56)
- the largest – that is, great (Pali, maha) – collection consists of the following chapters:
- Ch 45. the Noble Eightfold Path
- Ch 46. the Seven Factors of Enlightenment
- Ch 47. the Four Establishment of Mindfulness
- Ch 48. the Faculties
- Ch 49. the Four Right Striving
- Ch 50. the Five Powers
- Ch 51. the Four Bases for Spiritual Power[5]
- Ch 52. Anuruddha discourses
- Ch 53. the Jhanas
- Ch 54. Mindfulness of Breathing
- Ch 55. Factors of Stream-entry
- Ch 56. the Truths
See also
Notes
- ^ Journal of the Pali Text Society, volume XXIX, pages 369, 381
- ^ The BPS anthology was published in three parts, edited by John D. Ireland (1981), Bhikkhu Ñanananda (1983) and Maurice O'C. Walshe (1985).
- ^ While the PTS Samyutta Nikaya has 56 saṃyuttas (connected collections), the Sinhala Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series (BJT) print edition has 54 saṃyuttas and, based on the BJT edition, the softcopy Sri Lanka Tripitaka Project (SLTP) edition has 55 saṃyuttas. The reason for these differences are that:
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- the BJT and SLTP saṃyutta 12 (Abhisamaya-saṃyutta) combines the PTS saṃyuttas 12 (Nidana-saṃyutta) and 13 (Abhisamaya-saṃyutta), representing the latter saṃyutta as a final vaggo (chapter) in the former saṃyutta.
- the BJT saṃyutta 34 (Vedanā-saṃyutta) combines the PTS saṃyuttas 35 (Salāyatana-saṃyutta) and 36 (Vedanā-saṃyutta).
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- ^ Bodhi (2000), p. 69.
- ^ Bodhi (2000), pp. 1485-6, points out that the first seven chapters of the Maggavagga-samyutta pertain to the seven sets of qualities conducive to Enlightenment.
Bibliography
- Digital Dictionary of Buddhism, entry on Zá Ahánjīng
External links
- Samyutta Nikaya suttas in English at metta.lk
- Samyutta Nikaya suttas in English at accesstoinsight.org
- "Connected Discourses in Gandhāra" by Andrew Glass (2006 dissertation) - compares four Gandharan sutras related to the Samyutta Nikaya with Pali, Chinese and Tibetan versions.
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