Handful of Leaves

An Anthology of the Sutta Pitaka

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Published

This all-in-one eBook bundles all of the sutta collections on this page: the Dīgha, Majjhima, Saṁyutta, and Aṅguttara Nikāyas, as well as six books from the Khuddaka Nikāya—the Khuddakapāṭha, Dhammapada, Udāna, Itivuttaka, Sutta Nipāta, Theragāthā & Therīgāthā.

The purpose of combining these collections into one volume is to hyper-link the extensive cross-referencing within and across the collections. The epub, azw3 and kobo eBook versions therefore serve as functional equivalents to an offline mirror of the sutta portion of the site.

Read the suttas online

  • epub (3.9 MB)
  • azw3 (5.9 MB)
  • kobo (4.6 MB)
  • pdf (41.5 MB)
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