Anandajoti Bhikkhu

The Light of Asia by Sir Edwin Arnold




Sir Edwin Arnold's classic poem on the Life of the Buddha read by Anandajoti Bhikkhu. The text of the poem in pdf format with a comprehensiv…

Dhammapada Chanted in Pali


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A recording of the Pāḷi text of one of the best loved books in the Canon, featuring verses written in different metres: Siloka, Tuṭṭhubha, J…

Buddhist Wisdom Verses by Section


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This collection of verses, made by one of the leading scholar-monks in Sri Lanka in the 20th century, is one of the most useful compiliation…

Daily Chanting, a book of daily worship


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This work gives a selection of verses that are recited when worshipping the Triple Gem; and a collection of discourses that are popularly us…

The Earliest Recorded Discourses of the Buddha


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The earliest recorded discourses of the Buddha are found in narratives detailing his early career, not long after the Awakening. We have thr…

The Ways of Attending to Mindfulness


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A reading of the Long Discourse on The Ways of Attending to Mindfulness, which forms the 22nd Discourse in the Long Collection (Digha Nikaya…

Buddhist Legends


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A reading of some of the stories from the Dhammapada Commentary as translated by Prof. Burlingame.

Jatakamala or Garland of Birth Stories By Āryasūra


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The Jatakamala or Garland of Birth Stories by Aryasura retells in Classical Sanskrit 34 of the Buddha's previous lives, illustrating the vir…

The Buddha-carita of Aśvaghoṣa


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This is a reading of Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha Translated by E. B. Cowell, with some small supplements from Johnson's edition. The te…

The Great Emancipation (Mahaparinibbanasutta)


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A translation of The Discourse about the Great Emancipation (Mahaparinibbanasuttam) which forms the 16th discourse in the Long Collection (D…

The Asokan Missions


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A reading of the first translation of the Extended Mahāvaṁsa chapters XII-XIV, which describe the missions sent out during King Asoka's time…

Chanting at IBC


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A record of the Daily Chanting at the Sadao branch of the International Buddhist College (http://ibc.ac.th/en) in the Winter of 2013/4. Alth…

Arahat Sanghamittā's Story


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The Mahāvaṁsa is a well-known Chronicle from Sri Lanka that has seen a number of translations into English, most famously by Wilhelm Geiger.…