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Here we retell Buddhist texts in plain modern language. Each retelling sits next to the original and a canonical translation, so anyone can check whether the meaning has been lost.
A retelling is not yet an interpretation. That is why interpretations are kept apart and signed: whose view it is, what it rests on, and where the tradition ends and our hypothesis begins.
Sutta Nipāta 1.8 · Pali Canon · Snp 1.8
A short text of ten stanzas. In Theravada countries it is learned by heart and recited aloud as a protective text; the same text appears ninth in the Khuddakapāṭha. The first half describes how a person seeking peace lives; the second, how to develop goodwill towards all beings without exception.
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