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However, some sections only appear in one language and not in others. Therefore, it is recommended to view all versions and make use of translation tools.
A – Vietnamese 🌿 B – English 🌿 C – Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) 🌿 D – Simplified Chinese
A – Vietnamese
A1 – General Introduction to the Tipiṭaka
– Table of contents with summaries:
Tipiṭaka: https://budsas.net/uni/u-tamtang/tt-00.htm
Dīgha Nikāya: https://budsas.net/uni/u-kinh-truongbo/truong-tn1.htm
Majjhima Nikāya: https://hoavouu.com/images/file/KsQjVlxH1wgQAJg7/tom-tat-kinh-trung-bo-ht-minh-chau.pdf
A2 – Sutta Piṭaka
You can download the entire Sutta Piṭaka (5 sections – PDF – Vietnamese + English) in Section III of the following page: Click HERE
The Sutta Piṭaka consists of five collections:
– Dīgha Nikāya:
Audio: https://archive.org/details/KinhTruongbo_20140731/
Reading: https://budsas.net/uni/u-kinh-truongbo/truong00.htm
Ebook: https://theravada.vn/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Kinh-Truong-Bo-Hoa-Thuong-Thich-Minh-Chau.pdf
– Majjhima Nikāya:
Audio: https://archive.org/details/KinhTrungBo_201407
Reading: https://budsas.net/uni/u-kinh-trungbo/trung00.htm
Ebook: https://theravada.vn/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/kinh-trung-bo.pdf
– Saṁyutta Nikāya:
Audio: https://archive.org/details/KinhTuongUngBo/
Reading: https://budsas.net/uni/u-kinh-tuongungbo/tu-00.htm
Ebook: https://thuvienhoasen.org/images/file/Nqrqkp1G0QgQACMa/tuongungbokinh.pdf
– Aṅguttara Nikāya:
Audio: https://archive.org/details/KinhTangChiBo/
Reading: https://budsas.net/uni/u-kinh-tangchibo/tangchi00.htm
Ebook: https://theravada.vn/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/kinh-tang-chi-bo-ht-minh-chau-dich.pdf
– Khuddaka Nikāya:
Audio: https://archive.org/details/pali_04
Complete ebook: https://bchannel.vn/kinh-tieu-bo-pdf/
Reading:
Khuddaka 1: https://budsas.net/uni/u-kinh-tieubo1/tieubo-00.htm
Khuddaka 2: https://budsas.net/uni/u-kinh-tieubo2/tb2-00.htm
Khuddaka 3: https://budsas.net/uni/u-kinh-tieubo3/tb3-00.htm
Khuddaka 4: https://budsas.net/uni/u-kinh-tieubo4/tb4-00.htm
Khuddaka 5: https://budsas.net/uni/u-kinh-tieubo5/tb5-00.htm
Khuddaka 6: https://budsas.net/uni/u-kinh-tieubo6/tb6-00.htm
Khuddaka 7: https://budsas.net/uni/u-kinh-tieubo7/tb7-00.htm
Khuddaka 8: https://budsas.net/uni/u-kinh-tieubo8/tb8-00.htm
Khuddaka 9: https://budsas.net/uni/u-kinh-tieubo9/tb9-00.htm
Khuddaka 10: https://budsas.net/uni/u-kinh-tieubo10/tb10-00.htm
B – English
B1 – Buddhist Websites:
- Sutta Central – https://suttacentral.net
This is a major resource for Pali scriptures, available in many languages besides English, such as Vietnamese and Chinese. Once you open a sutta, you can click the Parallels button in the top right corner to select other languages.
✅ Complete Pāli Tipiṭaka: Sutta, Vinaya, Abhidhamma
✅ Clear and modern English translations
✅ Parallel Pāli originals available
📌 Especially useful if you want bilingual comparison - Pali Audio – https://www.paliaudio.com/
✅ Although it does not cover the entire Tipiṭaka, it provides complete audio recordings of the four most important collections of the Sutta Piṭaka: Dīgha Nikāya, Majjhima Nikāya, Saṁyutta Nikāya, and Aṅguttara Nikāya.
✅ The content closely matches the PDF texts available on Sutta Central.
✅ It can be regarded as the audiobook version of the texts listed under B1.5 below.
❌ It does not include the Khuddaka Nikāya, the Vinaya Piṭaka, or the Abhidhamma Piṭaka. - Digital Pali Reader (DPR Online) – https://digitalpalireader.online
✅ Full electronic version of the Tipiṭaka in Pāli
✅ Fast Pāli dictionary lookup
❌ No English translations (meant for reading and word lookup, not English learning)
❌ No audio - Vietnamese website with English section: https://budsas.net/ebud/ebidx.htm
- You can download the entire Pali Tripitaka in English at the following Vietnamese website. (The names of the books are written in English so you can still read and download them even if you don’t know Vietnamese):
https://thuvienhoasen.org/p15a39612/4/tam-tang-pali-ban-dich-tieng-anh-phien-ban-dang-pdf-
B2 – General Introduction
– Overview of the Tipiṭaka:
https://budsas.net/ebud/ebsut005.htm
https://budsas.net/ebud/guide-tipitaka/guidetipitaka-00.htm
– Summaries:
Sutta Piṭaka summary: https://budsas.net/ebud/guide-tipitaka/guidetipitaka-03.htm
Dīgha Nikāya summary: https://budsas.net/ebud/guide-tipitaka/guidetipitaka-04.htm
Majjhima Nikāya summary: https://budsas.net/ebud/guide-tipitaka/guidetipitaka-05.htm
Saṁyutta Nikāya summary: https://budsas.net/ebud/guide-tipitaka/guidetipitaka-06.htm
Aṅguttara Nikāya summary: https://budsas.net/ebud/guide-tipitaka/guidetipitaka-07.htm
Khuddaka Nikāya summary: https://budsas.net/ebud/guide-tipitaka/guidetipitaka-08.htm
– Selected and summarized suttas:
https://budsas.net/ebud/dhp/1-index.htm
C – Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
CBETA (Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association)
🔗 https://www.cbeta.org
✅ The largest Traditional Chinese Tripiṭaka database
✅ Includes both Theravāda and Mahāyāna texts
✅ Offers ePub, Mobi, PDF formats
✅ CBReader app available for PC / Mac / Android
❌ No parallel Pāli originals
❌ No audio
📌 Currently the most authoritative and comprehensive Chinese Buddhist source
D – Simplified Chinese
thewaytotruehappiness.org 