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The Path of Purity

Being a Translation of Buddhaghosa’s Visuddhimagga

By Buddhaghosa

Translated by Pe Maung Tin

Pali Text Society, London, 1923, Three parts, 1923–1931

First written c. 5th century CE

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The first English translation of Buddhaghosa’s Visuddhimagga, the comprehensive Theravāda manual of the path, organized around ethics, concentration and wisdom, with its forty subjects of meditation and its analysis of insight.

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Buddhaghosa. The Path of Purity: Being a Translation of Buddhaghosa’s Visuddhimagga. Translated by Pe Maung Tin. Three parts, 1923–1931. Pali Text Society, London, 1923.

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“The Path of Purity.” The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society, 7 Nov. 2026, www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/visuddhimagga-pe-maung-tin.

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@misc{sources-visuddhimagga-pe-maung-tin,
  title = {{The Path of Purity}},
  howpublished = {The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society},
  note = {Source. Last modified November 7, 2026},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/visuddhimagga-pe-maung-tin}
}

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