Abbreviations


Pāli Buddhist Texts:
AN Aṅguttara Nikāya
Dhp Dhammapada
DN Dīgha Nikāya
MN Majjhima Nikāya
Mv Mahāvagga
SN Saṁyutta Nikāya
Sn Sutta Nipāta
Ud Udāna
Vedic Texts:
BAU Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad
ChU Chāndogya Upaniṣad
KathU Kaṭha Upaniṣad

References to DN and MN are to discourse (sutta). The reference to Mv is to chapter, section, and sub-section. Those to Dhp are to verse. References to other texts are to section (saṁyutta, nipāta, or vagga) and discourse. Numbering for AN and SN follows the Thai Edition of the Pāli Canon.

All translations from these texts are by the author, and are based on the Royal Thai Edition of the Pāli Canon (Bangkok: Mahamakut Rajavidyalaya, 1982) and the BUDSIR IV edition of the Canon and Commentary produced by Mahidol University, Bangkok.