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Atthakatha
The Commentaries
(selected texts)
© 2005

Dhammapada Atthakatha — Commentary to the Dhammapada
  See Buddhist Stories from the Dhammapada Dommentary (Part II), by Burlingame (trans.) and Khantipalo (ed.)
Therigatha Atthakatha — Commentary to the Therigatha
  - Therigatha Commentary (ThigA X.1) — Skinny Gotami and the Mustard Seed [Olendzki]. In this famous parable a mother, blinded by grief over her dead son, asks the Buddha for medicine to cure her son's condition. The Buddha's cure works better than she could ever have imagined.
Cariyapitaka Atthakatha — Commentary to the Cariyapitaka
  See A Treatise on the Paramis, a translation of the portion of this commentary that deals with the development of the paramis (perfections of character).