Buddha Vacana — The words of the Buddha — Learn Pali online for free and the easy way.

This website is dedicated to those who wish to understand better the words of the Buddha by learning the basics of Pali language, but who don't have much time available for it. The idea is that if their purpose is merely to get enabled to read the Pali texts and have a fair feeling of understanding them, even if that understanding does not cover all the minute details of grammatical rules, they don't really need to spend much time struggling with a discouraging learning of tedious grammatical theory involving such things as numerous declensions and conjugations. In that case, it is enough to limit themselves to simply learn the meaning of the most important Pali words, because the repeated experience of reading provides an empirical and intuitive understanding of the most common sentence structures. They are thus enabled to become autodidacts, choosing the time, duration, frequency, contents and depth of their own study. Their understanding of the Buddha Vacana will become much more precise as they effortlessly learn and memorize the words and the important formulae that are fundamental in the Buddha's teaching, by ways of regular reading. Their learning and the inspiration they get from it will grow deeper as their receptivity to the messages of the Teacher will improve. Disclaimer : This website is created by an autodidact and is meant for autodidacts. The webmaster has not followed any official Pali course and there is no claim that all the information presented here is totally free from errors. Those who want academic precision may consider joining a formal Pali course. In case the readers notice any mistake, the webmaster will be grateful if they report it via the mailbox mentioned under 'Contact'. Users of this website may have noticed that only few updates have been made in recent years. The main reason is that Sutta Central now provides the service this website intended to make available. If you want a quick tutorial explaining how you can use Sutta Central with a similar Pali lookup tooltip using pop-up 'bubbles', click here. The only work I keep doing on this part of the website is to expand the glossary with definitions and references taken only from the Sutta Pitaka and occasionally the Vinaya Pitaka.