Abbreviations

AN Aṅguttara Nikāya
Dhp Dhammapada
DN Dīgha Nikāya
MN Majjhima Nikāya
SN Saṁyutta Nikaya
Sn Sutta Nipāta
Ud Udāna

References to DN and MN are to discourse (sutta). Those to Dhp are to verse. References to other texts are to section (saṁyutta, nipāta, or vagga) and discourse. Numbering for AN and SN follows the Thai Edition of the Pāli Canon.

All translations from these texts are by the author, and are based on the Royal Thai Edition of the Pāli Canon (Bangkok: Mahāmakut Rājavidyālaya, 1982) and the BUDSIR IV edition of the Canon and Commentary produced by Mahidol University, Bangkok.