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Audio Readings of Selected Texts
The audio readings presented here are in mp3 format and can be streamed by clicking on the link which will start the recordings playing; this will also open a player with a playlist with all the files on this page listed.
As of October 2010 all the English works have now been read in, and they are also all embedded in the respective pages in the English Only section. For the most part the readings have been broken into smaller sections to allow for easy access and download.
As of March 2011 I have started to make readings in Pāḷi available and will continue with this work over the coming years, and will try and include readings of the Sanskrit works in the collection here too.
Note that these files are not included in the website download but are being hosted on the very fast Internet Archive servers and must be downloaded separately. Please feel free to share these recordings with your friends.
In May 2011 I updated this page to take advantage of the Yahoo! Media Player, which adds a very convenient and unobtrusive player that automatically generates a playlist of all the files on this page. By clicking on the player (bottom left) it is possible to open up a list of all the files, from where you can right-click and download.
All of these recordings can be found on the Dharma Records Audio Page of the Internet Archive, from which they are embedded into this and the other pages on this website. There are also many Dhamma talks in the same collection.
For more audio readings in English and some also in Pāḷi please see the growing collection of files on Audio Tipitaka and Sutta Readings, read in by various people, including monks and lay teachers.
Ānandajoti Bhikkhu
April 2012
Readings in English
The Earliest Recorded Discourses of the Buddha (Text)
Play the Files (4 hours) – download
The Great Emancipation (Mahāparinibbānasuttaṁ, DN 16) (Text)
Play the Files (4 hours) – download
Thematic Discourses about Nuns (Bhikkhunīsaṁyuttaṁ, SN 5) (Text)
Play the Files (24 minutes) – download
The Way to the Beyond (Pārāyanavaggo) (Text)
Play the Files (41 minutes) – download
The Short Readings (Khuddhakapāṭho) (Text)
Play the Files (21 minutes) – download
Exalted Utterances (Udāna) (Text)
Play the Files (5 hours, 20 minutes) – download
The Ways of Attending to Mindfulness (Satipaṭṭhānasuttaṁ, MN 10) (Text)
Play the Files (58 minutes) – download
The Analysis of the Ways of Attending to Mindfulness (Text)
Play the Files (1 Hour 50 minutes) – download
The Matrix from the Abstract Teaching (Text)
The Matrix from the Abstract Teaching (19 mins) – download
Other Meditation Discourses
The Discourse about Mindfulness while Breathing (36 mins) (Text)
The Discourse about Mindfulness related to the Body (35 mins) (Text)
The Discourse to Girimānanda (13 mins) (Text)
The Long Discourse Giving Advice to Rāhula (20 mins) (Text)
The Discourse Concerning Māluṅkyaputta (12 mins) (Text)
Doctrinal Discourses
The Discourse that set the Dhamma Wheel Rolling (12 mins) (Text)
The Discourse giving the Analysis of the Truths (18 mins) (Text)
The Discourse giving the Analysis of Offerings (14 mins) (Text)
The Discourse about the Belief Systems (16 mins) (Text)
The First Discourse on the Bases for Talk (5 mins) (Text)
The Discourse about Suitable Deeds (12 mins) (Text)
Buddhist Wisdom Verses (Text)
Play the Files (6 hours 35 mins) – download
Readings from Sanskritised Prakrit
The Explanation and Analysis of Conditional Origination from the Beginning (8 mins) (Text)
The Discourse that Set the Dharma-Wheel Rolling (27 mins) (Text)
The Discourse on Arising and Ceasing (13 mins) (Text)
The Buddha's Journey from Uruvilva to ṣipatana (15 mins) (Text)
Jātaka Stories
Naḷinika's Story or: The Seduction of an Innocent (25 mins) (Text)
The Introduction to the Story of the Cuckoo or: The Buddha goes to War (12 mins) (Text)
Saṅkha's Story: or Paccekabuddhas Teach Awakening (9 mins) (Text)
Apadāna Stories
The Previous Excellent Deeds of the Buddhas (16 mins) (Text)
Why the Buddha Suffered (Text)
Play the Files (57 mins) – download
Garland of Birth Stories (Text)
Play the Files (15 Hours) – download
The Buddha-carita of Aśvaghoṣa (Text)
Play the Files (5 hours) – download
The Life of the Victorious Buddha (Jinacaritaṁ) (Text)
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The Light of Asia by Sir Edwin Arnold (Text)
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Buddha a poem by Madame A. Christina Albers (Text)
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Asoka and the Missions (from Extended Mahāvaṁsa V, XII-XV, XVIII-XX) (Text)
Play the Files (2 hours 12 mins) – download
Readings in Pāḷi
Bhikkhunīsaṁyuttaṁ, SN 5 (Text)
Play the Files (38 minutes) – download
Pārāyanavagga (Text)
Play the Files (1 hours 12 mins) – download
Dhammapada (Text)
Play all the Files (2 hours 25 mins) – download
Buddhanīti Saṅgaho (Text)
Play the Files (3 hours 23 mins) – download
Satipaṭṭhānavibhanga (Text)
Play the Files (2 hours 35 mins) – download
Classical Metres from Mahāvaṁsa (Text)
Play the Files (38 mins) – download
Namakkārapāḷi, The Reverence Text (18 mins) (Text)
