title: The Suttanipata: An Ancient Collection of the Buddha's Discourses Together with Its Commentaries (The Teachings of the Buddha)
author: Bhikkhu Bodhi
description: <b>Bhikkhu Bodhi </b>is an American Buddhist monk originally from New York City. Ordained in 1972 in Sri Lanka, where he lived for over twenty years, he was the long-time president and chief editor for the Buddhist Publication Society in Kandy. He currently resides at Chuang Yen Monastery in upstate New York. Renowned for his systematic and elegant translations of Buddhist texts, Venerable Bodhi has many important publications to his credit, including <i>The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha</i>, <i>The Connected Discourses of the Buddha</i>, <i>The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha</i>, <i>The Buddhas Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony</i>, and <i>In the Buddhas Words</i>.
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  ## Sutta Nipāta
  
  
  
  
  
  ### The Discourse Group
  
  
  
  
  
  #### A Translation
  
  
  
  
  
  #### with an Introduction & Notes
  
  
  
  
  
  #### by
  
  
  
  
  
  ##### Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
  
  
  
  
  
  ##### (Geoffrey DeGraff)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Copyright 2016 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## Questions about this book may be addressed to
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## Additional resources
  
  
  
  
  
  More Dhamma talks, books and translations by Thanissaro Bhikkhu are available
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