Vinaya Texts (Part I)Translated from the Pâli by T.W. Rhys Davids and Herman Oldenberg.The Pâtimokkha and The Mahâvagga, I-IV.The Sacred Books of the East Part ThirteenTranslated from the Pali by T.W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg. The Sacred Books of the East series, comprising fifty volumes, has translations of key sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. The series was edited by the famous linguist Max...

The Questions of King Milinda - Part I of IIT. W. Rhys DavidsThe Milinda Pañha (also Milindapanha, Milindapañha, or MilindapañhÄ; abbrev., Mil) (Pali trans. "Questions of Milinda") is a Buddhist text which dates from approximately 100 BCE. It is sometimes included in the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism as a book of the Khuddaka Nikaya.It purports to record a dialogue in which the Indo-Greek king Menander I (Milinda in Pali) of Bactria, who reigned in the second cent...

In Early Buddhism, T. W. Rhys Davids distills decades of scholarship into a concise but richly layered account of the origins and development of Buddhism in its formative years. He examines the life of the Buddha, the establishment of the monastic order, and the core teachings that defined the new path — such as the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Rhys Davids also delves into early doctrinal developments and how Buddhism differentiated itself from the prevailing Vedic tr...

The Questions of King Milinda - Part 2T. W. Rhys DavidsThe Milinda Pañha (also Milindapanha, Milindapañha, or MilindapañhÄ; abbrev., Mil) (Pali trans. "Questions of Milinda") is a Buddhist text which dates from approximately 100 BCE. It is sometimes included in the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism as a book of the Khuddaka Nikaya.It purports to record a dialogue in which the Indo-Greek king Menander I (Milinda in Pali) of Bactria, who reigned in the second ...

In Buddhist India, T. W. Rhys Davids offers a comprehensive historical study of the political, social, and intellectual climate in which Buddhism arose and flourished. A pioneering Indologist and founder of the Pali Text Society, Rhys Davids reconstructs the India of the Buddha's time — from its kingdoms and castes to its philosophical debates and religious reform movements. Drawing from archaeological evidence and ancient texts, he presents early Buddhism not as a static religion...

The 'Mahapadana Sutta,' a pivotal text within the Pali Canon, encapsulates the essence of Theravada Buddhism through its exploration of historical and existential themes. In this discourse, the Buddha narrates the lineage of past Buddhas, weaving together a vibrant tapestry of moral impermanence and exemplifying the cyclical nature of existence. Rhys Davids adopts a scholarly approach, employing textual analysis and meticulous translations that reflect both the poetic intricacies of ancien...

Buddhist Suttasby T. W. Rhys DavidsThese seven scriptural writings are considered to be the most important and oldest of the Buddhist religion. Originally written in the Pali language, they date to the fourth and third centuries BC. This early date is what makes them so important —they form the very core of Buddhist teachings, sought after and studied by monks and scholars for centuries.ON being asked to contribute a volume of translations from the Pâli Suttas to the...

VINAYA TEXTS - Part IIT.W. RHYS DAVIDS AND HERMANN OLDENBERGTranslated from the Pali by T.W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg. The Sacred Books of the East series, comprising fifty volumes, has translations of key sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. The series was edited by the famous linguist Max Muller, who also produced many of the translations and were the foundational documents for the new discipline known as th...

Dialogues of the Buddhaby T. W. Rhys DavidsThe Digha Nikaya or "the collection of long doctrinary lectures" delivered by the Buddha is first of the five Nikayas or collection belonging to the Suttapitaka or the basket of (Buddha's) discourses which is one of the three major collection of Buddhist texts in Pali, the other two being Vinayapitaka and Abhidbamnapitaka.This set consists of texts that were translated over a period of years (from 1899 through 1921) by T.W.R...

Sakya or Buddhist Origins by Mrs. Rhys Davids is as relevant today as it was in 1928, the year of its first publication. Time has added to its value. The remarkable progress in the realm of Science has not abated man's yearning for the call of the quest.As the title implies, its aim is to unravel the genuine message of Gotama, the Buddha, from the accretions in the Pali scriptures, by adopting the techniques of archaeologist. It is divided into two parts. Part one treats of the dis...

VINAYA TEXTS - Part IIIT.W. RHYS DAVIDS AND HERMANN OLDENBERGPART IIITHE KULLAVAGGA, IV-XIITranslated from the Pali by T.W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg. The Sacred Books of the East series, comprising fifty volumes, has translations of key sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. The series was edited by the famous linguist Max Muller, who also produced many of the translations and were the foundationa...

This is the extended and annotated edition including * an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys Davids In Buddhism, the Patimokkha is the basic Theravada code of monastic discipline, consisting of 227 rules for fully ordained monks (bhikkhus) and 311 for nuns (bhikkhunis). It is contained in the Suttavibhanga, a division of the Vinaya Pitaka.