SuttaCentral is proud to offer the full text of I.B. Horner’s translation of the Pali Vinaya in six volumes. This is the first time that this classic of 20th century Buddhist scholarship has been made available in a true digital edition. We are able to do this because the Pali Text Society, holders of the copyright, kindly released the text under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 licence.
| PDF (9.8mb) | This is the entire six volumes in one pdf file. The file was created in LaTeX, and is a high quality pdf suitable for all devices as well as for printing. Under the licence terms it is permissible to publish a print edition for free distribution. If you are interested to do this, please contact us and we can help tailor the pdf file to your needs. |
| EPUB (3.0mb) MOBI (5.6mb) |
E-book version suitable for use with e-readers. Mobi (Kindle) and ePub are the most common e-book formats, the Calibre software can convert to other formats. |
| ZIP (3.6mb) | Source archive, contains the tex source file suitable for compiling with LuaLatex, and the entire six volumes as one large html file. These are the base files from which the other formats were derived. |
The Sutta Nipāta is a well known and well loved early Buddhist text. It is a compilation of poems that inspire, educate, and admonish. Touching devotion, profound philosophy, pragmatic ethics, and insights into early Buddhist culture all find their place here. This translation expresses these teachings in a poetic voice. The primary translator and commentator is the experienced Pali scholar Laurence Khantipalo Mills, with portions by others including Bhikkhu Ñānamoli and Bhikkhu Sujato. Download the PDF (0.8mb) here or you can order the paperback on Lulu.com.
| PDF (9.8mb) | The text, footnotes, and introduction in a high quality PDF. |
| Print (3.0mb) | Buy a paperback from the print-on-demand service Lulu. |