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Oct 31, 2025 21 min

How do you cite sutras?

from Bright On Buddhism Hosted by Nicholas Bright Haight

Bright on Buddhism - Episode 127 - How do you cite sutras? Why does this matter? How do you read sutra citations? Resources: Cousins, L. S. (1982), Pali oral literature. In Denwood and Piatigorski, eds.: Buddhist Studies, ancient and modern, London: Curzon Press, pp. 1–11 Davidson, Ronald M. (2003), Indian Esoteric Buddhism, New York: Indian Esoteric BuddhismColumbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-12618-2 De Jong, J.W. (1993), "The Beginnings of Buddhism", The Eastern Buddhist, 26 (2): 25 Gethin, Rupert (1998), Foundations of Buddhism, Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press Gethin, Rupert (1992), The Buddha's Path to Awakening, Leiden: E. J. Brill Gombrich, Richard F (2006), Theravada Buddhism (2nd ed.), London: Routledge Jones, Lindsay (2005), Councils, Buddhist. In: Encyclopedia of religion, Detroit: Macmillan Reference Manné, Joy (1990), "Categories of sutta in the Pali Nikayas" (PDF), Journal of the Pali Text Society, XV: 29–88, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-01 Nakamura, Hajime (1999), Indian Buddhism: A Survey with Bibliographical Notes, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Ñāṇamoli, Bhikkhu; Warder, Anthony Kennedy (1982), Introduction to Path of Discrimination, London: Pali Text Society: Distributed by Routledge and Kegan Paul Norman, K.R. (1983), Pali Literature, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Norman, K.R. (1996), Collected Papers, volume VI, Bristol: Pali Text Society Norman, K.R. (2005). Buddhist Forum Volume V: Philological Approach to Buddhism. Routledge. pp. 75–76. ISBN 978-1-135-75154-8. Pali Canon Online Database, Bodhgaya News, retrieved 2012-10-14 Samuel, Geoffrey (2012), Introducing Tibetan Buddhism, New York: Routledge Schopen, Gregory (1997), Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press Wynne, Alexander (2003), How old is the Suttapiṭaka? The relative value of textual and epigraphical sources for the study of early Indian Buddhism (PDF), St John's College, archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-09 Wynne, Alexander (2004). "The Oral Transmission of the Early Buddhist Literature". Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. 27 (1): 97–128. Wynne, Alexander (2007), The origin of Buddhist meditation, New York: Routledge https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at [email protected]. Credits: Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

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