Title: Udana and the Itivuttaka: Two Classics from the Pali Canon
Author: John D. Ireland
Publisher: Buddhist Publication Society
Language: English
length: 266 pages
This book combines two of the most beautiful and uplifting texts of the Pali Canon, The Udana and The Itivuttaka. The Udana is a collection of 80 short suttas, each beginning with a memorable incident that comes to the Buddha’s attention and elicits from him inspired words expressing his insight into the event’s deeper significance.
CONTENTS:
PART I. THE UDANA
Introduction
1.The Bodhi Tree
2.Mucalinda
3.Nanda
4.Meghiya
5.Sona
6.Born Blind
7.The Minor Section
8.Patali Village
PART II. THE ITIVUTTAKA
Introduction
1.The Section of the Ones
2.The Section of the Twos
3.The Section of the Threes
4.The Section of the Fours
