Bhikkhu Nanamoli

About The Author

Venerable Nanamoli (1905-60) was born in England and became a monk in Sri Lanka in 1949. During the eleven years he spent as a monk, he translated from Pali into lucid English some of the most difficult texts of Theravada Buddhism, including Buddhaghosa's Path of Purification.

Books by Bhikkhu Nanamoli

The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha

A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya

Translated by Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi
This book offers a complete translation of the Majjhima Nikaya, or Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Pali Canon, the authorized scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. This collection--among the oldest records of the historical Buddha's original teachi...
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