Gautama Buddha

Primary texts – selected

• In the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon, The Dalai Lama, Bhikku Bodhi
• The Buddha before Buddhism, Gil Fronsdal

Primary texts – pali canon

• The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya, Translated by Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi
• The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya, Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
• The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A Complete Translation of the Anguttara Nikaya, Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
• The Suttanipata: An Ancient Collection of the Buddha’s Discourses Together with Its Commentaries, Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
• The Dhamapada, Translated by Eknath Easwaran

Secondary texts

• What the buddha taught, Walpola Rahula