Sumangalavilasini: The Splendor of the Highest Blessing" - The Great Commentary On the Long Discourses Of the Buddha (Pali Edition)

The Sumangalavilasini ("Splendor of the Highest Blessing") is an ancient commentary in Pali. It was compiled by Buddhaghosa around 500 AD based on a much older commentarial tradition. The Sumangalavilasini comments on the Long Discourses of the Buddha, the Digha Nikaya, and offers valuable information about Buddhist philosophy as it was transmitted throughout the centuries. This study edition contains the original unabbreviated Pali text.