What the Buddha Taught
Venerable Nyanatiloka’s classic anthology, The Word of the Buddha.
Bhikkhu Bodhi • The Noble Eightfold Path: Way to the End of Suffering
The Pali Canon, however, relates that immediately after his awakening the Buddha went to the Deer Park at Benares, and set forth his doctrine to those who had formerly been his companions in the ascetic life, expressing it in the form of those Four Noble Truths which provide so convenient a summary of Buddhism. These Four Truths are patterned on th
... See moreAlan W. Watts • The Way of Zen
Over the next several days, the truth emerged to Siddhartha—that release from suffering comes not from renunciation of the things of the world, but from release from attachment to those things. A Middle Way shunned both ascetic extremism and sensuous indulgence, because both are attachments and thus lead to dissatisfaction. At the moment of this re
... See moreArthur C. Brooks • From Strength to Strength
There is a concept in Buddhism called the Eightfold Path. It is usually presented something like this: Right View Right Purpose Right Speech Right Conduct Right Livelihood Right Effort Right Awareness Right Meditation