Beginning the Buddhist Journey

[Viveka]

There is also this wonderful introduction to the Pali Nikkayas (Early Buddhist Texts) by Bhante Sujato. It is a wonderful clear outline of the structure of what the Buddha said. Well worth investigating. It’s like a road map.

They are in reading guides
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/search?q=reading%20guides%20tag%3Anikaya-introductions

The Linked Discourses: the blueprint for Buddhist philosophy

This series of introduction to the nikayas was originally published here as drafts for feedback. The final published versions made be read on the main SuttaCentral site. While the content is similar, I will not be updating and maintaining the draft versions here. The Saṁyutta Nikāya is the third of the four main divisions in the Sutta Piṭaka of the Pali Canon (tipiṭaka). It is translated here as Linked Discourses, and has been previously translated as the Connected Discourses or the Kindred S…