Digha-Nikaya

The Dīgha Nikāya ( "Collection of long discourses ", abbreviated DN) is the first of five Nikāyas ( "Collections" ), from which the Suttapitaka there.

The longer suttas contain a total of 34 speeches, including for example the Mahasatipatthana Sutta, which forms the basis for meditation Mindfulness and the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, in the last months of the Buddha are described prior to his death and his cremation.

The 34 words of the Dīgha Nikāya are divided into three groups:

German -language editions

  • Karl Eugen Neumann ( translator's ): The words of the Buddha. Longer collection. 2nd edition. Beyerlein Stone Schulte, Stammbachstrasse 1996, ISBN 3-931095-15-0.
  • Franke, Rudolf Otto ( translator's ). Dīghanikāya: the book of the long texts of the Buddhist canon / selection in trans. Göttingen: Cambridge University Press; Leipzig: JC Hinrichs, 1913 Digitalisat / Internet Archive

English Translations

  • Dialogues of the Buddha, tr TW and CAF Rhys Davids, 1899-1921, 3 volumes, Pali Text Society, Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3
  • Malthus Have I Heard: the Long Discourses of the Buddha, tr Maurice Walshe, Wisdom Pubs, 1987
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