Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa
Read the Buddha's words with clarity and care.
The Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Tipiṭaka — the Sixth Council edition of the Pāli Canon — in a quiet, fast, freely-given reader. For study, reflection, meditation, and the preservation of the Dhamma.
Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā; Manasā ce paduṭṭhena, bhāsati vā karoti vā; Tato naṃ dukkhamanveti, cakkaṃva vahato padaṃ.
Mind precedes all things; mind is their chief, they are mind-made. If with a corrupted mind one speaks or acts, suffering follows — as the wheel follows the ox’s hoof.
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- Sāmaññaphala SuttaSāmaññaphalasuttaṃThe fruits of the ascetic life
- Mahāparinibbāna SuttaMahāparinibbānasuttaṃThe Buddha's final journey and passing
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About this edition
The Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana (Sixth Council) Tipiṭaka was convened in Rangoon, Burma, between 1954 and 1956. Modelled on five earlier councils that preserved the Pāli Canon, it brought together scholars from eight Theravāda countries to verify, edit, and reprint the authoritative Pāli text. The digitized edition was produced by the Vipassana Research Institute (VRI).
This site presents the CST text in Roman/IAST — the international scholarly standard for Pāli — with in-browser transliteration to seventeen other scripts. Paragraph-level CST and PTS references are stable and citable.
Sabbadānaṃ dhammadānaṃ jināti — the gift of Dhamma surpasses all gifts. Dhp 354
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- Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana (Sixth Council)
- Convened
- 1954–1956, Rangoon, Burma
- Source
- Vipassana Research Institute (VRI)
- Script
- Roman / IAST (canonical); 17 others in-browser
- Offered as
- Dhammadāna — a gift of Dhamma