title: The Wings to Awakening: An Anthology from the Pali Canon, Fourth Edition, Revised
author: Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Translator)
description: Many anthologies of the Buddha's teachings have appeared in English, but this is the first to be organized around the set of teachings that the Buddha himself said formed the heart of his message: the wings to awakening.
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  ## Poems of the Elders
  
  
  
  
  
  ### An Anthology
  
  
  
  
  
  ### from the
  
  
  
  
  
  #### Theragāthā
  
  
  
  
  
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  #### Therīgāthā
  
  
  
  
  
  ### A Translation
  
  
  
  
  
  ### With an Introduction and Notes
  
  
  
  
  
  ###### by
  
  
  
  
  
  ##### Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
  
  
  
  
  
  ##### (Geoffrey DeGraff)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## copyright 2015 ṭhānissaro bhikkhu
  
  
  
  
  
  This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0
  Unported. To see a copy of this license visit
  <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/>. “Commercial” shall mean any
  sale, whether for commercial or non-profit purposes or entities.
  
  
  
  
  
  ## questions about this book may be addressed to
  
  
  
  
  
  Metta Forest Monastery
  
  
  
  
  
  Valley Center, CA 92082-1409
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## additional resources
  
  
  
  
  
  More Dhamma talks, books and translations by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu are available
  to download in digital audio and various ebook formats at
  [dhammatalks.org](http://www.dhammatalks.org/)