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You can read Buddhist scriptures online in English, free and without an account, in the Inti Dharma library: 6,278 texts in human English translation, among them 5,549 from the Pali Canon of Theravāda Buddhism, 600 Mahāyāna and 118 Vajrayāna texts, 5,855 of them with a Vietnamese version alongside. The Dīgha, Majjhima, Saṃyutta and Aṅguttara Nikāyas are in Bhikkhu Sujato's translation and the Vinaya texts in Bhikkhu Brahmali's; other Pali texts come in classic translations by T.W. and C.A.F. Rhys Davids, Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli, Jonathan S. Walters, U Nārada and others, and the Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna texts in published translations from the Tibetan Kangyur and the Chinese canon, with the source and licence shown on each page. Another 22,529 texts have only a machine-made English draft so far, each labelled as such on its page.
Main collections: Dīgha Nikāya — The Long Discourses (38 in English) · Majjhima Nikāya — The Middle-Length Discourses (156 in English) · Saṃyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses (1,251 in English) · Aṅguttara Nikāya — The Numerical Discourses (1,400 in English) · Khuddaka Nikāya — The Minor Collection (1,890 in English) · Vinaya Piṭaka — The Discipline Basket (419 in English) · Abhidhamma Piṭaka — The Higher Doctrine (395 in English) · Linh Sơn Vietnamese Mahāyāna Canon (278 in English) · Kangyur — General Sūtras (294 in English) · Prajñāpāramitā Collection (14 in English) · Lotus Sūtra Collection (3 in English) · Kangyur — Tantras (98 in English)
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| Tradition | Texts | English, human translation | English, machine-made draft | Vietnamese, human translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theravāda — Pali Canon | 7,863 | 5,549 | 2,188 | 5,273 |
| Mahāyāna — Northern Canon | 10,002 | 600 | 9,344 | 6,231 |
| Vajrayāna — Diamond Vehicle | 1,119 | 118 | 997 | 458 |
| Early Schools · Comparative Canon | 10,975 | 11 | 9,989 | 1,865 |
| Awakening Dharma (Inti) | 11 | 0 | 11 | written in Vietnamese |
| All traditions | 29,970 | 6,278 | 22,529 | 13,827 |
Counted from the library itself. A text with only a machine-made English draft, or only an AI-made Vietnamese version, is labelled on its page.
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5,549 in human English translation · 2,188 machine-made drafts
The Pāli Tipiṭaka: Vinaya, Sutta (5 Nikāyas), Abhidhamma. The closest record of the historical Buddha's teaching.
600 in human English translation · 9,344 machine-made drafts
Mahāyāna scriptures: Prajñāpāramitā, Avataṃsaka, Lotus, Mahāparinirvāṇa, Ratnakūṭa, Mahāsaṃnipāta, Pure Land, and treatises by Nāgārjuna, Asaṅga, Vasubandhu.
118 in human English translation · 997 machine-made drafts
Esoteric scriptures of East Asian (Tangmi) and Tibetan Vajrayāna. Deep practice requires empowerment from a lineage master.
11 in human English translation · 9,989 machine-made drafts
Vinaya and Abhidharma of the early Buddhist schools — comparative scholarly material, distinct from both Theravāda and Mahāyāna.
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0 in human English translation · 11 machine-made drafts
The Awakening teachings of Thầy Tạ Minh Tuấn.
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In the Inti Dharma library, dharma.inti.foundation/en/scripture: 6,278 Buddhist texts in human English translation, free to read without an account, from the Pali Canon, the Mahāyāna sūtras and the Tibetan Kangyur.
Each page names its source and licence. Bhikkhu Sujato translated the Dīgha, Majjhima, Saṃyutta and Aṅguttara Nikāyas and, in the Khuddaka Nikāya, the Dhammapada, Sutta Nipāta, Udāna, Itivuttaka and Theragāthā; Bhikkhu Brahmali translated the Vinaya texts; the rest of the Pali Canon comes in classic translations by T.W. and C.A.F. Rhys Davids, Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli, Jonathan S. Walters, U Nārada and others.
Yes: 22,529 texts have only a machine-made English draft for now. Each of them is labelled on its page, and the counts on this page keep them apart from the human translations.
Yes. On a text's page choose Vietnamese, English or Both; Both sets the two side by side when the text is not split into parts. 4,675 texts have a human translation in both languages.
The scriptures of Theravāda Buddhism are the Pali Canon, or Tipiṭaka: the Vinaya Piṭaka (monastic discipline), the Sutta Piṭaka (the Buddha's discourses, in five Nikāyas) and the Abhidhamma Piṭaka (systematic doctrine). Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna texts are kept in the Chinese canon and in the Tibetan Kangyur (sūtras and tantras) and Tengyur (treatises); this library has a section for each.
