Dīgha Nikāya

Structure and Contents

• Silakkhandha-vagga—The Division Concerning Morality ; named after a tract on monks' morality that occurs in each of its suttas ; in most of them it leads on to the jnanas, the cultivation of psychic powers and becoming an arahant.
• Maha-vagga—The Great Division
• Patika-vagga—The Patika Division

  Suttas of the Digha Nikaya

Correspondence with the Dīrgha Āgama

Translations

• Dialogues of the Buddha, tr T. W. and C. A. F. Rhys Davids, 1899–1921, 3 volumes, Pali Text Society, , , .
• Thus Have I Heard: the Long Discourses of the Buddha, tr Maurice Walshe, Wisdom Pubs, 1987; later reissued under the original subtitle;
• The Long Discourses, tr Bhikkhu Sujato, 2018, and released into the public domain.

• The Buddha's Philosophy of Man, Rhys Davids tr, rev Trevor Ling, Everyman, out of print; 10 suttas including 2, 16, 22, 31
• Long Discourses of the Buddha, tr Mrs A. A. G. Bennett, Bombay, 1964; 1-16
• Ten Suttas from Digha Nikaya, Burma Pitaka Association, Rangoon, 1984; 1, 2, 9, 15, 16, 22, 26, 28-9, 31