The Dhammapada and The Sutta-Nipāta

Part I — The Dhammapada: Introduction to the canonical status, date, title, translation principles, and spelling of Buddhist terms; followed by twenty-six chapters: The Twin-verses, On Earnestness, Thought, Flowers, The Fool, The Wise Man, The Venerable, The Thousands, Evil, Punishment, Old Age, Self, The World, The Buddha, Pleasure, Anger, Impurity, The Just, The Way, Miscellaneous, The Downward Course, The Elephant, Thirst, The Bhikshu, The Brāhmaṇa. Part II — The Sutta-Nipāta: Introduction to the antiquity, language, and contents of the collection; followed by five divisions: Uragavagga, Cūḷavagga, Mahāvagga, Aṭṭhakavagga, and Pārāyanavagga. These sections contain discourses on renunciation, moral discipline, right conduct, the sage, purity, dispute, desire, death, and the path to liberation.