Atthakatha: The Commentaries

Atthakatha

The Commentaries

(selected texts)

Dhammapada Atthakatha — Commentary to the Dhammapada

See Buddhist Stories from the Dhammapada Dommentary (Part II) , by Burlingame (trans.) and Khantipalo (ed.)

Therigatha Atthakatha — Commentary to the Therigatha

Therigatha Commentary (ThigA X.1) — Skinny Gotami and the Mustard Seed [Olendzki] . In this famous parable a mother, blinded by grief over her dead son, asks the Buddha for medicine to cure her son's condition. The Buddha's cure works better than she could ever have imagined.

Cariyapitaka Atthakatha — Commentary to the Cariyapitaka

See A Treatise on the Paramis , a translation of the portion of this commentary that deals with the development of the paramis (perfections of character).

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