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Theravāda Text Library — twenty-seven works, free to read.

Practice compilations — the core works

• Consolidated Theravāda Practice: Thai · Pali · EnglishFifty-page chanting book and practice manual: salutation to the Triple Gem, Itipiso recollection, the five precepts, the sublime attitudes (mettā, karuṇā, muditā, upekkhā), Buddha-Jaya-Maṅgala Gāthā, Maṅgala Sutta, Karaniya Metta Sutta, Khaggavisana Sutta, Anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing, the sixteen steps), dependent origination, the customs of the noble ones, and the thudong forest-monk tradition of Southeast Asia.TH · PALI · EN
• Angewandte Theravada Praxis: ไทย · Pali · DeutschDas deutschsprachige Gegenstück: Rezitationstexte und Suttas des Theravāda in Thai-Schrift, Pali-Umschrift und deutscher Übersetzung mit etymologischen Kommentaren — Ratanattaya Vandana, Itipiso, Brahmavihāra, Mahagaruniko Jaya Gāthā, Maha-Mangala Sutta, Karaniya Metta Sutta, Paṭicca-samuppāda und die 16 Methoden der Anapanasati.TH · PALI · DE

Sutta translations and chants

• ขคฺควิสาณสุตฺตํ — Khaggavisana Sutta, four languagesThe Rhinoceros Sutta of the Sutta Nipāta in Pali, Thai, English and German, verse by verse.PALI · TH · EN · DE
• Khaggavisana Sutta — «Wandere allein wie ein Nashorn»German translation of the Rhinoceros Sutta on solitude and the wanderer's path.DE
• บทอิติปิโส — Itipiso: Besinnung auf Buddha, Dhamma und SanghaThe central Theravāda recollection chant with German translation and word-by-word etymology.TH · PALI · DE
• The 38 Factors of Auspiciousness — Maṅgala SuttaThe Buddha's discourse on good fortune, translated with commentary.PALI · EN
• Deutsche Bedeutung der Kata «Mongkut Pra Putta Jao»Meaning and use of the Crown-of-the-Buddha kata, from Thai amulet and protection tradition.TH · DE
• Clarification for English translations of the word "Dhamma"Etymological analysis of dhamma/dharma via Thai Pali loanwords, against flattening translations.EN

Listen to the chanted texts → schwoererd.com/listen

Thai originals and Akhara Khom manuscripts

• ปรกเทพนิมิตร อ.ชุม ไชยคีรี ปี ๒๔๙๗ (1954)Historic Thai Buddhist text by Ajahn Chum Chaikhiri, preserved and annotated.TH · KHOM
• บทสวดกะระณียะเมตตะสุตตังแปล — Karaniya Metta chant, translatedThe loving-kindness sutta as chanted in Thailand, with translation.TH · PALI
• หลวงพ่อดำวัดกุฎี ปราจีนบุรี — Luang Por Dam, Wat Kudi, PrachinburiDocumentation of a Thai monastery tradition and its master.TH
• คาถาชินบัญชร สมเด็จพระพุฒาจารย์ (โต พรหมรังสี) — Kata Chinabanchon, with translationThe Jinapañjara Gāthā of Somdet Phra Phutthachan (To Phrommarangsi), text and translation — the chant you can listen to above.TH · PALI
• พระยอดไตรปิฎก — Phra Yod Traipidok in Akhara Khom, with Thai translationThe Crown-of-the-Tipiṭaka kata written in Khom Thai script, translated into Thai.KHOM · TH
• อักขระขอมไทยและอักษรพม่า — Khom Thai and Burmese scripts, supplementary editionComparative notes on the Akhara Khom of Siam and the Burmese script.KHOM · MY
• ปฏิจจสมุปบาท — PaṭiccasamuppādaDependent origination, the twelve links, in Thai and Pali.TH · PALI
• ผ้ายันต์นวหรคุณ (อิติปิโส เก้าห้อง) — Pha Yant Navahorakhun, Wat Rat Charoen, Koh Phangan, BE 2542A yantra cloth of the nine Buddha virtues (the nine-chamber Itipiso), documented and transcribed.TH · KHOM
• พระผงว่านรุ่นแรกพิมพ์ใหญ่ พ่อทวดไกร ๒๕๐๕ — Phra Pong Wan amulet, Por Thuad Krai, BE 2505 (I)Documentation of the first-batch large-mould amulet of 1962.TH
• พระผงว่านรุ่นแรกพิมพ์ใหญ่ พ่อทวดไกร ๒๕๐๕ — Phra Pong Wan amulet, Por Thuad Krai, BE 2505 (II)Second part of the documentation.TH
• พระหลวงพ่อเข่ง วัดพระพิเรนทร์ กรุงเทพ ๒๔๘๐ — Phra Luang Por Kheng, Wat Phra Phiren, Bangkok, BE 2480Documentation of the 1937 amulet and its temple tradition.TH
• ผงอิทธิเจ — Phong ItthijeThe Itthije sacred powder: composition, kata and use.TH · KHOM

Essays on happiness, ownership and money

• Der Stuhl ist frei — Neun Kapitel über Glück und BesitzWas besitzen wir wirklich? Neun Kapitel über Eigentum, Sprache und Glück, im Gespräch mit Fromm, Schopenhauer und der buddhistischen Analyse.DE
• What Owns Us — Six Chapters on HappinessThe English companion essay: desire, possession and well-being.EN
• The Art of Appropriate AnalysisThe Kālāma Sutta's ten principles as a guard against intellectual dependence, advertising and propaganda.EN
• A possible SolutionA proposal for a zero-interest redesign of the global economy.EN
• Thoughts and ClarificationsNotes on translating Buddhist scripture without distortion.EN
• A Constitution for Living (P.A. Payutto)Preserved edition of Bhikkhu P.A. Payutto's classic on the lay Buddhist life.EN
• A Collection of Royal Wisdom (2006)Sayings of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, collected from the 2006 Bangkok Times.EN

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