The Udana

Attributed to the Buddha · Buddhism · 5th-3rd century BCE

Translated by Dawsonne Melanchthon Strong

10 chapters

Eighty inspired utterances of the Buddha, each set in its own brief narrative — one of the foundational books of the Pali canon's Khuddaka Nikaya. Includes the Buddha's first words after enlightenment and the famous parable of the blind men and the elephant.