Recommendations on fundamentals

[thomaslaw]

@SvDaele

I am reading and studying (and started translating the Samyuktagama) the sutta’s and the Vinaya.

Would you be so kind as to provide good resources and guidance for learning about:

• Early Buddhist philosophy

See the following information:

Can anyone recommend to me a book or a treatise about the philosophy in the EBTs?

Regarding the teachings or philosophy in EBTs based on both Pali and Chinese versions, the following books by Dr. Choong Mun-keat may be useful: The Fundamental Teachings of Early Buddhism: A Comparative Study Based on the Sūtrāṅga portion of the Pāli Saṃyutta-Nikāya and the Chinese Saṃyuktāgama (Series: Beitrage zur Indologie Band 32; Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2000). (PDF) The Fundamental Teachings of Early Buddhism: A comparative study based on the Sutra-anga portion of the Pali Samy…