Buddhist Suttas
By The Buddha
Translated by T. W. Rhys Davids
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1881
First written teachings of c. 5th century BCE
In the public domain
About this text
Rhys Davids’s translation of seven discourses from the Pali canon, including the Buddha’s first teaching, the Setting in Motion of the Wheel of the Dhamma, on the Four Noble Truths, and the Mahāparinibbāna Suttanta, the account of his last days.
How to cite
The Buddha. Buddhist Suttas: Sacred Books of the East, vol. 11. Translated by T. W. Rhys Davids. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1881.
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