{"product_id":"1553","title":"Anguttara Nikaya, Part I \u0026 III","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the Aṅguttara Nikāya the division is a purely numerical one. There are eleven classified groups (nipātas), the subject of the first being a single item, followed by groups of two items and so on, to the final group of eleven items. Each nipāta is divided into vaggas, each of which contains ten or more suttas, there being 2,308 suttas in all.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTranslated by Nyanaponika Thera, this Wheel contains a wonderful selection of the suttas from books one through four. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere are selected texts from the books eight to eleven of the A guttara Nik ya, edited and translated by Thera Nyanaponika. \"There are eight reasons for giving. What eight? People may give out of affection; or in an angry mood; out of stupidity; out of fear; or because they think: ?such gifts have been given before by my father and grandfather and it was done by them before; hence it will be unworthy of me to give up this old family tradition'; or because of thinking, ?by giving this gift, I shall - after the body's breakup, after death - be reborn in a happy realm of existence, in a heavenly word'; or because of thinking, ?when giving this gift, my heart will be glad, and happiness and joy will arise in me'; or one gives because it ennobles and adorns the mind.\" (2)(VIII. 33)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBetween 1958 and 2002, a total of 334 individual physical Wheel Publication booklets were published by the Buddhist Publication Society (BPS). Those 334 booklets included 468 essays, tracts, and monographs; many were published as double or triple volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThese classic Wheel booklets are not being reprinted; many are no longer available as single issues. We have the last print run in stock—the last existing physical booklets! If this specific Wheel No. is out of stock, please note that it won’t be restocked.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSee also: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/collected-wheels\"\u003eCollected Wheel Publications series (BPE)—Pariyatti Edition\u003c\/a\u003e (Free PDF available per volume)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFree PDF copies of individual booklets are available from the BPS website; some are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bps.lk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003elisted\u003c\/a\u003e, while others can be found via the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bps.lk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGoogle search feature\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nyanaponika, Thera","offers":[{"title":"$0 Part III","offer_id":42108771565662,"sku":"BPS:403-DON","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$0 Part I","offer_id":42108771598430,"sku":"BPS:403-DON","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$5 Part III","offer_id":42108771631198,"sku":"BPS:403-DON","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$5 Part I","offer_id":42108771663966,"sku":"BPS:403-DON","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$10 Part III","offer_id":42108771696734,"sku":"BPS:403-DON","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$10 Part I","offer_id":42108771729502,"sku":"BPS:403-DON","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$15 Part III","offer_id":42108771762270,"sku":"BPS:403-DON","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$15 Part I","offer_id":42108771795038,"sku":"BPS:403-DON","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$25 Part III","offer_id":42108771827806,"sku":"BPS:403-DON","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$25 Part I","offer_id":42108771860574,"sku":"BPS:403-DON","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$50 Part III","offer_id":42108771893342,"sku":"BPS:403-DON","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$50 Part I","offer_id":42108771926110,"sku":"BPS:403-DON","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$75 Part III","offer_id":42108771958878,"sku":"BPS:403-DON","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$75 Part I","offer_id":42108771991646,"sku":"BPS:403-DON","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$100 Part III","offer_id":42108772024414,"sku":"BPS:403-DON","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"$100 Part I","offer_id":42108772057182,"sku":"BPS:403-DON","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/IMG-20220426-WA0020_e63a72ec-d114-4fab-bb16-ef68b915d114.jpg?v=1760547706","url":"https:\/\/pariyatti.org\/products\/1553","provider":"Pariyatti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}