Buddhism

The Dhammapada is indexed across its 26 chapters and 423 verses for mind, hatred, discipline, wisdom, craving, the path, the Buddha, the arhat, rebirth, nirvana, purity, and liberation.

Seven public-domain Buddhist suttas indexed for the Buddha's last days, the first sermon, the middle way, the four noble truths, monastic discipline, rebirth, Brahma-world critique, impermanence, liberation, asavas, and early Buddhist practice.

The Lotus Sutra is indexed for the one vehicle, bodhisattva vows, parables, Buddha-fields, many Buddhas, stupa devotion, Avalokitesvara, prophecy of Buddhahood, and Mahayana scripture practice.

Moral tales of the Buddha's former births from the Pali Jātaka book, in T. W. Rhys Davids's 1880 translation. Among the world's oldest collections of fables, many with parallels in Aesop and world folklore.

Devotional hymns by Shinran, founder of Japan's Pure Land Shin school, praising Amida Buddha and the way of salvation through faith. A cornerstone of Japanese Pure Land Buddhist piety.

Paul Carus's 1894 arrangement of the Buddha's life and teaching in 100 numbered chapters, compiled from canonical Buddhist texts. Widely used in early Western Buddhism and endorsed by contemporary Buddhist teachers.

The Buddhacarita, or Acts of the Buddha, is an early biographical poem about Gautama Buddha. This selection uses Samuel Beal's public-domain English translation from the Chinese tradition.