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All translations here are from Pali to English by Cittasanto, done for personal reflection and understanding, not as expert translations.
Please read translations by other translators who are more skilled in the pali language for a comparison. I suggest Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Ajahn Geoff) or Ven. Bhikkhu Bhodhi whos work are easily found.

Please check the calendar for upcoming posts, usually shared on a Wednesday.

Current Projects

Although I may translate any text that comes to my attention as the need arises there are specific projects on the way.

The Dhammapada -
I started this project a little while ago, although it was mainly Gathas used in chanting, or for Calligraphy Projects.
Apart from these I have finished the first 25 chapters. Updates of what will be shared on the calendar.

Latest Post

Bālā-paṇḍitā Sutta: The Foolish And Wise AN2.2

Content

Sutta Piṭaka
    Dīgha Nikāya - DN (References are to Sutta and passage)
        Mahā Vagga
            Mahasatipaṭṭhāna Sutta - The Great Discourse on the Ways to Reference the Foundations of Mindfulness - DN22, MN10 (in chapters).

    Majjhima Nikāya - MN (References are to Sutta and passage)
        Mūlapariyāya Vagga
            Pervading The Divine Dwellings - MN7 (excerpt)
            Buddhadhammasanghaguna - Virtues Of The Triple Gem - MN7 (excerpt)
            Mahasatipaṭṭhāna Sutta - The Great Discourse on the Ways to Reference the Foundations of Mindfulness - DN22, MN10 (in chapters).
        Rāja Vagga
            Aṅgulimala Sutta Paritta - The Aṅgulimala Discourse Protection - MN86 (excerpt)
        Anupada Vagga
            Mahā-cattārīsaka sutta - The Discourse on the Great Forty - MN 117
        Vibhaṅga Vagga
            Bhaddekaratta Gāthā - The Verses On Spending Ones Time Well - MN131 (excerpt)

    Saṃyutta Nikāya - SN (Reference to chapter then Sutta Number)  
        Devatā Saṃyutta - SN01
            Arahanta Sutta – The Discourse On The Worthy – SN1.25

        Devaputta Saṃyutta - SN02
            Rāhula Sutta - The Discourse To Honourable Rāhula - Snp 2.11 (KhN 5.23)

        Kosala Saṃyutta - SN03
            Pabbatūpama Sutta Gatha - Verses Of The Discourse On The Similie Of The Mountain - SN3.25

        Māra Saṃyutta - SN04
        Bhikkhuṇī Saṃyutta - SN05
            Gilāna Sutta - The Discourse For The Sick - AN5.121
           
        Brahmā Saṃyutta - SN06
        Brāhmaṇa Saṃyutta - SN07
        Vangīsa Thera Saṃyutta - SN08
        Vana Saṃyutta - SN09
        Yakkha Saṃyutta - SN10
        Sakka Saṃyutta - SN11
        Nidāna Saṃyutta - SN12
            Cetanā sutta - [Developing] Intentions - SN 12.38

        Abhisamaya Saṃyutta - SN13
        Dhātu Saṃyutta - SN14
        Anamatagga Saṃyutta - SN15
        Kassapa Saṃyutta - SN16
        Lābhasakkāra Saṃyutta - SN17
        Rāhula Saṃyutta - SN18
        Lakkhaṇa Saṃyutta - SN19
        Opamma Saṃyutta - SN20
        Bhikkhu Saṃyutta - SN21
        Khandha Saṃyutta - SN22
            Bhāra Sutta Gāthā - Verses on the Burden - SN22.22 (excerpt)
            Anatta-lakkhaṇa Sutta - The Not-Self Characteristic Discourse - SN 22.59; VinMv6.20 (Vin.I.6.20)

        Rādha Saṃyutta - SN23
        Diṭṭhi Saṃyutta - SN24
        Okkantika Saṃyutta - SN25
        Uppāda Saṃyutta - SN26
        Kilesa Saṃyutta - SN27
        Sāriputta Saṃyutta - SN28
        Nāga Saṃyutta - SN29
        Supaṇṇa Saṃyutta - SN30
        Gandhabbakāya Saṃyutta - SN31
        Valāhaka Saṃyutta - SN32
        Vacchagotta Saṃyutta - SN33
        Samādhi Saṃyutta - SN34
        Saḷāyatana Saṃyutta - SN35
            Āditta-pariyāya Sutta - The That Which Burns Discourse - S.35.28; Vin.Mv.I.12

        Vedanā Saṃyutta - SN36
        Mātugāma Saṃyutta - SN37
        Jambukhādaka Saṃyutta - SN38
        Sāmaṇḍaka Saṃyutta - SN39
        Moggallāna Saṃyutta - SN40
        Citta Saṃyutta - SN41
        Gāmani Saṃyutta - SN42
        Asaṅkhata Saṃyutta - SN43
        Avyākata Saṃyutta - SN44
        Magga Saṃyutta - SN45
            Dukkhatā Sutta – Discourse on Forms Of Stress – SN45.99

        Bojjhaṅga Saṃyutta - SN46
        Satipaṭṭhāna Saṃyutta - SN47
        Indriya Saṃyutta - SN48
        Sammappadhāna Saṃyutta - SN49
        Bala Saṃyutta - SN50
        Iddhipāda Saṃyutta - SN51
        Anuruddha Saṃyutta - SN52
        Jhāna Saṃyutta - SN53
        Ānāpāna Saṃyutta - SN54
        Sotāpatti Saṃyutta - SN55
        Sacca Saṃyutta - SN56
            Dhamma-cakkappavattana Sutta - The Setting The Wheel of Dhamma in Motion Discourse - SN.56.11; VinMv6.13 (Vin.1.6.13)

    Aṅguttara Nikāya - AN (Reference to chapter then sutta number)
        Ekaka Nipāta - AN 1
        Duka Nipāta - AN 2
            Bālavaggo - The Chapter On Fools
                Bālā-paṇḍitā Sutta: The Foolish And Wise AN2.21
                Abbhācikkhanti Sutta – Discourse On Defamation – AN2.22
                Bhāsita-abhāsita Sutta – Discourse On What Is Said And Not Said - AN2.23
            Āsāduppajahavaggo - The Chapter On Leaving Behind Foolishness
                Ghosa Suttas - Discourses On Words - AN2.126-127
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        Tika Nipāta - AN 3
        Catukka Nipāta - AN 4
            Vitthāra Sutta – Explanation (of the four means of practice) – AN 4.162
        Pañcaka Nipāta - AN 5
        Chakka Nipāta - AN 6
            Dutiya Sārāṇīya Sutta - The Second Discourse On Things To Remember - AN6.12

        Sattaka Nipāta - AN 7
        Aṭṭhaka Nipāta - AN 8
            Saṅkhitta Aṭṭhaṅguposatha Sutta - The Observance Day Endowed with Eight Factors - AN8.41
            Samkhitta Sutta - The Brief Discourse to Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī - AN 8.53 (VinCv10.5)
       
        Navaka Nipāta - AN 9
        Dasaka Nipāta - AN 10
            Pabbajitābhiṇha Sutta - What One Who Has Separated From Society For Mastery Should Do Often - AN10.48
            Girimānanda sutta - The Discourse for Girimānanda - AN10.60
            Āghātapaṭivinaya sutta – The Discourse On The Means To Subdue Hatred – AN10.80
        Ekādasaka Nipāta - AN 11 

    Khuddaka Nikāya - KN
        Khuddakapāṭha - KhN1 Khp
            Ratana Sutta - Khp6 (Snp2.1)
            Karaṇīya-metta-sutta – Discourse Of The Practice Of Friendliness - Khp9

        Dhammapada - The Words Of Truth - Dhp (KhN2)
            Yamakavaggo - The Paired Group - Dhp.V01-20 (KhN 2.1) 
            Appamādavaggo - The Group On Heedfulness - Dhp.V.21-32 (KhN2.2)  
            Cittavaggo - The Group On The Mind - DhpV.33-43 (KhN 2.3)
            Pupphavaggo - The Group with Flowers - DhpV.44-59 (KhN 2.4)
            Bālavaggo - The Group On Fools - DhpV.60-75 (KhN 2.5)
            Paṇḍitavaggo - The Group On Wise People - DhpV.76-89 (KhN 2.6)
            Arahantavaggo - The Group On Arahants - DhpV.90-99 (KhN 2.7)
            Sahassavaggo - The Group on One Thousand - DhpV.100-115 (KhN 2.8)
            Pāpavaggo - The Group On Malevolence - DhpV.116-128 (KhN 2.9)
            Daṇḍavaggo - The Group On Punishment - DhpV.129-145 (KhN 2.10) 
            Jarāvaggo - The Group On Ageing - DhpV.146-156 (KhN2.11)            
            Attavaggo - The Group On Oneself - DhpV.167-166 (KhN2.12)
            Lokavaggo - The Group On The World - DhpV.167-178 (KhN 2.13) 
            Buddhavaggo - The Group On The Awakened - DhpV.179-196 (KhN2.14)
            Sukhavaggo - The Group On Comfort - DhpV.197-208 (KhN 2.15)
            Piyavaggo - The Group On Affection - DhpV.209-220 (KhN2.16)
            Kodhavaggo - The Group On Anger - DhpV.221-234 (KhN2.17)
            Malavaggo - The Group On Impurities - DhpV.235-255 (KhN2.18)            
            Dhammaṭṭhavaggo - The Group On The Just - DhpV.256-272 (KhN2.19)
            Maggavaggo - The Group On The Path - DhpV.275-289 (KhN2.20)
            Pakiṇṇakavagga - The Group On Assorted Things - Dhp 290-305 (KhN2.21)
            Nirayavaggo - The Group On The State Of Anguish - DhpV.306-319 (KhN2.22)
            Nāgavaggo - The Group On Elephants - DhpV.320-323 (KhN2.23)
            Taṇhāvaggo - The Group On Thirst - DhpV.334-359 (KhN2.24)
            
Bhikkhuvaggo - The Group On Mendicants - DhpV.360-382 (KhN2.25)
            
Brāhmaṇavaggo - The Group On Brāhmaṇa - DhpV.383-423 (KhN2.26)

        Udāna - KhN3 Ud
            Paṭhamanibbānapaṭisaṃyutta Sutta - First Discourse Describing What Is Connected With Nibbāna - Ud8.1
            Taṭiyanibbānapaṭisaṃyutta Sutta - Third Discourse Describing What Is Connected With Nibbana (The Unconditioned) - Ud8.3

        Itivuttaka - KhN4 It
        Sutta Nipāta - KhN5 Snp
            Khaggavisāṇa sutta: A Rhinoceros! - Snp1.3
            Maṅgala Sutta - The Supreme Blessings - Snp 2.4
            Ratana Sutta - Snp2.1 (Khp6)

        Vimānavatthu - KhN6 Vv
        Petavatthu - KhN7 Pv
        Theragāthā - KhN8 Th            
            Dhammikatthera-gāthā – Verses of the Elder Dhammika – KN8.195 (Th4.10/V.303-306)

        Therīgāthā - KhN9 Thii
        Jātaka - KhN10 Ja
        Niddesa - KhN11 Nidd
        Paṭisambhidāmagga - KhN12
        Patis Apadāna - KhN13 Ap
        Buddhavaṃsa - KhN14 Bv
        Cariyāpiṭaka - KhN15 Cp

Vinaya Piṭaka
    Mahāvagga - VinMv
            Āditta-pariyāya Sutta - The That Which Burns Discourse - S.35.28; Vin.Mv.I.12
            Dhamma-cakkappavattana Sutta - The Setting The Wheel of Dhamma in Motion Discourse - SN.56.11; VinMv6.13 (Vin.1.6.13)
            Anatta-lakkhaṇa Sutta - The Not-Self Characteristic Discourse - SN 22.59; VinMv6.20 (Vin.I.6.20)
            The Ten Reasons For Setting Down The Rules Of A Mendicant - VinMV.1.5.11 (Vin1.1.5.11)
            Mahāpadesa - The Great Reasons - VinMv.6.40.1 (Vin1.6.40.1)
   
    Cūḷavagga - VinCv
            Samkhitta Sutta - The Brief Discourse to Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī - AN 8.53 (VinCv10.5)
   
    Parivāra - VinPrv
    Sutta Vibhaṅga - VinSvbh
            Abridged Bhikkhu Pātimokkha

Abhidhamma Piṭaka
    Dhammasaṅgaṇī - Abh Dhs
    Vibhaṅga - Abh Vbh
    Dhātukathā - Abh Dhatuk
    Puggalapaññatti - Abh Pp
    Kathāvatthu - Abh Kv
    Yamaka - Abh Yam
    Paṭṭhāna - Abh Patth

Post Canonical Texts
            Bojjhaṅga Paritta - The protection of the Steps Toward Awakening


Other Traditions Texts
            Eight Verses of Training the Mind (Tib. བློ་སྦྱོང་ཚིགས་རྐང་བརྒྱད་མ་, Wylie transliteration. blo sbyong tshigs rkang brgyad ma)
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What counts as a definitive word-for word; or sentence translation can be a purely subjective matter, and no doubt there are those who will disagree with renderings here; however, there seems to be no way to avoid this as I am not an expert translator and only dable in the fine art others spend time mastering fully. As there may be some discrepancies in the internal consistency I have attempted to keep in translating the texts, there are no-doubt areas of issue and problems in translation. For any failings I can only beg the reader's indulgence, and appologise for being part of the problem in your personal jorney to understand the teachings better.
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