Pali discourses and verse collections from early Buddhist scripture, including Dhammapada, Sutta Nipata, Udana, and major sutta anthologies.
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Buddhist Suttas — T.W. Rhys Davids — Seven key suttas from the Pali canon including the Maha-Parinibbana Suttanta (the account of the Buddha's last days and death), the Dhamma-Kakka-Ppavattana Sutta (the First Sermon), and five other fundamental discourses. Volume XI of the Sacred Books of the East.
Dhammapada — The most beloved scripture of Theravāda Buddhism — 423 verses attributed to the Buddha on ethics, mind, and the path to liberation.
Dialogues of the Buddha — T.W. Rhys Davids — The first thirteen suttas of the Digha Nikaya, the collection of long discourses of the Buddha, translated from the Pali by T.W. Rhys Davids. Includes the Brahma-gala Sutta on the net of views, the Samannaphala Sutta on the fruits of the ascetic life, and eleven other foundational dialogues.
Mahaparinibbana Sutta — The Buddha's last days, final teachings, and death — the longest sutta in the Digha Nikaya, covering his final journey from Rajagaha to Kusinara, his last meal, his instructions to Ananda, and the distribution of his relics.
Sutta Nipata — The oldest collection of Buddhist poetry in the Pali Canon — seventy-two suttas across five books, including the ancient Atthakavagga and Parayanavagga.
The Dhammapada and the Sutta-Nipata — Max Muller and V. Fausboll — The Dhammapada, a collection of 423 verses on the path of righteousness, translated from Pali by F. Max Muller, together with the Sutta-Nipata, a collection of early Buddhist discourses translated by V. Fausboll. Volume X of the Sacred Books of the East.
Udana — Eighty short suttas of the Buddha's spontaneous utterances of joy, including the famous Parable of the Blind Men and the Elephant.