Study of the Dhamma
Suttas & Chanting
Study materials, translations and chanting from the Theravāda tradition.
Study materials, translations and chanting from the Theravāda tradition.
The thirty-three Nibbāna Sermons of Venerable Katukurunde Ñāṇananda Thero, now translated into Spanish. Originally given to monastics at Meethirigala Forest Hermitage in Sri Lanka, they return to the suttas to dismantle, one by one, the misunderstandings that accumulated over centuries about what Nibbāna is.
This is not an introductory work and does not pretend to be one: it asks for slow reading and rereading. Much of the forest literature remains untranslated into Spanish, so having this text available is uncommon.
Download the translationIf you have never read a sutta, these are good starting points. The links go to SuttaCentral, where you can read them in English, Spanish and Pāḷi side by side.
SN 56.11 — The first discourse. The Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path, taught to the five ascetics.
SN 22.59 — The second discourse, on the characteristic of not-self. On hearing it, the five ascetics were liberated.
MN 10 — The four foundations of mindfulness. The reference text for meditation practice.
Snp 1.8 — The discourse on loving-kindness, chanted daily in monasteries of the forest tradition.
Snp 2.4 — The thirty-eight highest blessings: what, concretely, makes a life well lived.
AN 8.53 — The Buddha teaches Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī how to recognise what is Dhamma and what is not.
These three chants open any Dhamma gathering in the Theravāda tradition. They are recited in Pāḷi, with the translation below each line.
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa
Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Self-Enlightened One.
Recited three times.
Buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi
Dhammaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi
Saṅghaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi
I go to the Buddha for refuge.
I go to the Dhamma for refuge.
I go to the Saṅgha for refuge.
Repeated twice more, preceded by Dutiyampi ("for a second time") and Tatiyampi ("for a third time").
Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
I undertake the training rule to abstain from destroying living beings.
Adinnādānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
I undertake the training rule to abstain from taking what is not given.
Kāmesu micchācārā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
I undertake the training rule to abstain from sexual misconduct.
Musāvādā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
I undertake the training rule to abstain from false speech.
Surāmeraya-majja-pamādaṭṭhānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
I undertake the training rule to abstain from intoxicants that cause heedlessness.
Refuge and Precepts are offered twice monthly in the Sunday programme, and by the residents of Sanditthiko Vihara at weekends.
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