{"product_id":"1860","title":"Vangisa:  An Early Buddhist Poet","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 36-page booklet offers a translation of poems from the Pāli texts in the \u003cstrong\u003eTheragāthā\u003c\/strong\u003e, the \u003cstrong\u003eSaṃyutta Nikāya\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003eSuttanipāta\u003c\/strong\u003e by Venerable Vaṅgisa. Ven. Vaṅgisa was designated by the Buddha as his foremost disciple in the composition of spontaneous verse. The book's introduction gives a portrait of Vaṅgisa and sets his poems in their historical and literary context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author and translator, John D. Ireland, has been a student of Pāli and Buddhist canonical literature for more than 35 years. His translations of the \u003cstrong\u003eUdāna\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003eItivuttaka\u003c\/strong\u003e are published by BPS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis booklet is an excellent and succinct resource for students of Pāli, or anyone interested in Pāli literature, as well as practitioners of meditation. In this tiny volume, well-edited and lucidly rendered, are both the Pāli passages and the English translations of these inspiring verses from the Pāli Canon. These short verses elucidate a spectrum of topics of great relevance to the seeker or to one practicing the Dhamma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThese verses came to the Venerable Vaṅgisa while he was listening to a talk delivered by the Buddha on the 'well-spoken word.' Having received permission from the Teacher, he then recited this poem in his presence\u003c\/em\u003e: ….1230 \u003cem\u003eyaṃ buddho bhāsati vācaṃ khemaṃ nibbānapattiyādukkhass'antakiriyāya sā ve vācānaṃ uttama\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1230 The sure word the Awakened One speaks for the attainment of nibbana, for making an end of suffering, is truly the best of words.\" (p. 16)\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":"Ireland, John D.","offers":[{"title":"$15","offer_id":42108808593502,"sku":"BPS:403417","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$25","offer_id":42108808626270,"sku":"BPS:403417","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$50","offer_id":42108808659038,"sku":"BPS:403417","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$75","offer_id":42108808691806,"sku":"BPS:403417","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$100","offer_id":42108808724574,"sku":"BPS:403417","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$10","offer_id":42108808757342,"sku":"BPS:403417","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$5","offer_id":42108808790110,"sku":"BPS:403417","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$0","offer_id":42108808822878,"sku":"BPS:403417","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/403417.jpg?v=1760547897","url":"https:\/\/pariyatti.org\/products\/1860","provider":"Pariyatti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}