Description

Translation of the Udāna and the Itivuttaka.

An earlier translation is also found in Minor Anthologies, Vol. II

Udāna: Third book of the Khuddaka-nikāya of the Sutta-piṭaka, it consists of a collection of 80 “solemn utterances” made by the Buddha on special occasions. Most are in verse accompanied by a prose account of the circumstances that led to their being given.

Tr. P. Masefield, 1994, published with the Itivuttaka, 2013.

Itivuttaka: Fourth book in the Khuddaka-nikāya of the Sutta-piṭaka, it consists of 112 short discourses written in a mixture of prose and verse.

Tr. P. Masefield, 2000, 2001, 2003, published with the Udāna, 2013.