Khuddakapatha

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The Khuddakapatha (-pāṭha; Pali for "short passages"; abbreviated as "Khp") is a Buddhist scripture, the first collection of suttas in the Khuddaka Nikaya of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. It includes texts essential to Buddhist disciples, including discourses on:

• Going for Refuge
• the Ten Precepts
• Metta

[edit] Translations

• Tr R. C. Childers, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1869
• Tr F. L. Woodward, in Some Sayings of the Buddha, 1925
• "The text of the minor sayings", in Minor Anthologies of the Pali Canon, volume I, tr C. A. F. Rhys Davids, 1931, Pali Text Society[1], Bristol
• "The minor readings", in 1 volume with "The illustrator of ultimate meaning", its commentary, tr Nanamoli, 1960, Pali Text Society, Bristol

[edit] External links

• "Khuddakapatha: The Short Passages," index of suttas from this collection on www.accesstoinsight.org.