Dīgha Nikāya
Pāli canon · Long discourses
DN 1–2525 texts
- DN 1The Divine Net
- DN 2The Fruits of the Ascetic Life
- DN 3With Ambaṭṭha
- DN 4With Soṇadaṇḍa
- DN 5With Kūṭadanta
- DN 6With Mahāli
- DN 7With Jāliya
- DN 8The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa
- DN 9With Poṭṭhapāda
- DN 10With Subha
- DN 11With Kevaḍḍha
- DN 12With Lohicca
- DN 13Experts in the Three Vedas
- DN 14The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind
- DN 15The Great Discourse on Causation
- DN 16The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment
- DN 17King Mahāsudassana
- DN 18With Janavasabha
- DN 19The Great Steward
- DN 20The Great Congregation
- DN 21Sakka’s Questions
- DN 22The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation
- DN 23With Pāyāsi
- DN 24About Pāṭikaputta
- DN 25The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā
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Translations & sourcesEditions & translators
Bhikkhu Sujato’s translation, published by SuttaCentral. The edition offers reading and download options.
Bhikkhu Sujato’s translation, published by SuttaCentral. The edition offers reading and download options.
Edition & attribution
An introduction. Follow the source link below to read the translated text.
Introductions, reflection questions and added section headings are editorial material, separate from the attributed translation.
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Connections
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People & teachers3
- Siddhārtha Gautama · the Buddha
Principal teacher represented in this collection; it also preserves other voices.
Source
- Ānanda
A major participant in DN 16, one of this collection’s long discourses.
Source
- Bhante Sujato
Teaches on this text:
- Honoring Thich Nhat Hannh, Breath meditation, Q+ANames this text
Traditions & history2
- Pāli texts written down
The Pāli canon’s history of preservation and transmission.
Source
- Theravāda
Study context: this text is included in the Atlas guide to Theravāda.
Books1
- In the Buddha’s Words
A thematic route through selected Pāli discourses, with introductions.
Source
Topics2
- Mindfulness & awareness
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- Emptiness & not-self
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About this textContext & reading guide
The long discourses include extended dialogues, accounts of contemplative training, critiques of views, and narratives such as the Buddha’s final days.
DN 16 and DN 31 have individual guides here. The linked SuttaCentral edition contains Bhikkhu Sujato’s translation of the long discourses.