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The Anguttara Nikaya (; "Gradual Collection" or "Numerical Discourses") is a Buddhist scripture, the fourth of the five nikaya
Nikaya

Nikaya is a word of meaning "collection", "assemblage", "class" or "group" in both Pali and Sanskrit. It is most commonly used in reference to the Buddhist texts of the Sutta Pitaka, but can also refer to the monastic divisions of Theravada Buddhism....
s, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka
Sutta Pitaka

The Sutta Pitaka is the second of the three divisions of the Tipitaka or Pali Canon, the great Pali collection of Buddhist texts, the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism....
, which is one of the "three baskets" that comprise the Pali
Páli

P?li is a village in Gyor-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary.External links...
 Tipitaka of Theravada
Theravada

Theravada...
 Buddhism. This nikaya consists of several thousand discourses ascribed to the Buddha
Gautama Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama was a Spirituality teacher in the northern region of the Indian subcontinent who founded Buddhism. He is generally seen by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddhahood of our age....
 and his chief disciples arranged in eleven nipatas, or books, according to the number of dhamma items referenced in them.

The Anguttara Nikaya corresponds to the Ekottara Agama ("Increased by One Discourses") found in the Sutra Pitikas of various Sanskritic early Buddhists schools, fragments of which survive in Sanskrit.






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The Anguttara Nikaya (; "Gradual Collection" or "Numerical Discourses") is a Buddhist scripture, the fourth of the five nikaya
Nikaya

Nikaya is a word of meaning "collection", "assemblage", "class" or "group" in both Pali and Sanskrit. It is most commonly used in reference to the Buddhist texts of the Sutta Pitaka, but can also refer to the monastic divisions of Theravada Buddhism....
s, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka
Sutta Pitaka

The Sutta Pitaka is the second of the three divisions of the Tipitaka or Pali Canon, the great Pali collection of Buddhist texts, the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism....
, which is one of the "three baskets" that comprise the Pali
Páli

P?li is a village in Gyor-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary.External links...
 Tipitaka of Theravada
Theravada

Theravada...
 Buddhism. This nikaya consists of several thousand discourses ascribed to the Buddha
Gautama Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama was a Spirituality teacher in the northern region of the Indian subcontinent who founded Buddhism. He is generally seen by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddhahood of our age....
 and his chief disciples arranged in eleven nipatas, or books, according to the number of dhamma items referenced in them.

The Anguttara Nikaya corresponds to the Ekottara Agama ("Increased by One Discourses") found in the Sutra Pitikas of various Sanskritic early Buddhists schools, fragments of which survive in Sanskrit. A complete version survives in Chinese translation by the name Zengyi Ahánjing; it is thought to be from either the Mahasa?ghika or Sarvastivadin recensions. According to Keown, "there is considerable disparity between the Pali and the Sarvastivadin versions, with more than two-thirds of the sutras found in one but not the other compilation, which suggests that much of this portion of the Sutra Pi?aka was not formed until a fairly late date."

Translations

  • The Book of the Gradual Sayings, tr F. L. Woodward & E. M. Hare, 1932-6, 5 volumes, Pali Text Society
    Pali Text Society

    The Pali Text Society was founded in 1881 by Thomas William Rhys Davids "to foster and promote the study of Pali texts".Pali is the language in which the texts of the Theravada school of Buddhism is preserved....
    , Bristol
  • A new translation by Bhikkhu Bodhi
    Bhikkhu Bodhi

    Bhikkhu Bodhi , born Jeffrey Block, is an American Buddhist monk, ordained in Sri Lanka and currently teaching in the New York/New Jersey area....
     is expected around 2009 .


Selections


  • 1st 3 nipatas tr E. R. J. Gooneratne, Ceylon, c1913
  • 4th nipata tr A. D. Jayasundare, London, 1925
  • anthology ed & tr Nyanaponika, Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka; revised, with additions & deletions, by Bodhi, as Numerical Discourses of the Buddha, Altamira Press, Oxford/New York/Lanham, Maryland/Walnut Creek, California, 1999


Divisions

The nipatas in this nikaya are:
  • The Book of Ones
  • The Book of Twos
  • The Book of Threes
  • The Book of Fours
  • The Book of Fives
  • The Book of Sixes
  • The Book of Sevens
  • The Book of Eights
  • The Book of Nines
  • The Book of Tens
  • The Book of Elevens


Appreciation

Translator Bhikkhu Bodhi
Bhikkhu Bodhi

Bhikkhu Bodhi , born Jeffrey Block, is an American Buddhist monk, ordained in Sri Lanka and currently teaching in the New York/New Jersey area....
 wrote: "In Anguttara Nikaya, persons are as a rule not reduced to mere collections of aggregates, elements and sense-bases, but are treated as real centers of living experience engaged in a heartfelt quest for happiness and freedom from suffering."(from Intro to Samyutta Nikaya
Samyutta Nikaya

The Samyutta Nikaya is a Buddhist scripture, the third of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pali Tipitaka of Theravada Buddhism....
)

See also

  • Buddhist Texts
    Buddhist texts

    Buddhist texts can be categorized in a number of ways. The Western terms "scripture" and "canonical" are applied to Buddhism in inconsistent ways by Western scholars: for example, one authority refers to "scriptures and other canonical texts", while another says that scriptures can be categorized into canonical, commentarial and pseudo-canon...
  • Digha Nikaya
    Digha Nikaya

    The Digha Nikaya is a Buddhism scripture, the first of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pali Tipitaka of Theravada Buddhism....
  • Khuddaka Nikaya
    Khuddaka Nikaya

    The Khuddaka Nikaya is the last of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pali Tipitaka, the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism....
  • Majjhima Nikaya
    Majjhima Nikaya

    The Majjhima Nikaya is a Buddhist scripture, the second of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pali Tipitaka of Theravada Buddhism....
  • Samyutta Nikaya
    Samyutta Nikaya

    The Samyutta Nikaya is a Buddhist scripture, the third of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pali Tipitaka of Theravada Buddhism....