The Pali Canon

(Tipiṭaka) — the earliest fully preserved collection of the Buddha's teaching, in the Pali language. The Buddha taught in the 5th century BCE, about 2,500 years ago; the teaching was passed down orally and written down in Sri Lanka in the 1st century BCE, about 2,050 years ago. Pali text — Mahāsaṅgīti edition (no copyright); English translation — Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0), SuttaCentral. Pali is shown in Devanagari.