Born in Germany in 1962 and ordained (for the second time) in Sri Lanka in 1995, Bhikkhu Anālayo arrived too late to study with his inspiration—Bhante Nyanaponika Thera—but stuck around anyway to study under a different Western monk: a certain “Bhikkhu Bodhi.”

In 2000, still studying in Sri Lanka, Bhikkhu Anālayo received a PhD in the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta. He became interested in the Northern parallels to the Pāli Canon and quickly picked up Sanskrit, ancient Chinese, and Tibetan, publishing Perspectives on Satipaṭṭhāna in 2013.

Today, Bhikkhu Anālayo is the preeminent comparative textual scholar of early Buddhism. His prolific articles can be found in most major journals of Buddhist Studies, and he is the author of several books on early Buddhism, some of which are available for free. He was a professor at the Numata Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Hamburg and co-founded the Āgama Research Group. He currently teaches and continues his research at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies in Barre, Massachusetts.

~ Adapted from the Wikipedia article

Selected Works by year

2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • Translations

2005

Rāga (Lust or Passion)
Rathavinīta Sutta
Some Pāli Discourses in the Light of their Chinese Parallels: Part 1
Some Pāli Discourses in the Light of their Chinese Parallels: Part 2

2006

Sampajañña (Clear Comprehension)
Samādhi (Concentration)
Sakkāyadiṭṭhi
Samatha & Vipassana
Sammādiṭṭhi
Santuṭṭhi
Sāmaññaphala Sutta
The Ekottarika-āgama Parallel to the Saccavibhaṅga-sutta and the Four (Noble) Truths
The Buddha and Omniscience

2007

Sati (Mindfulness)
Comparative Notes on the Madhyama-āgama
Oral Dimensions of Pāli Discourses: Pericopes, Other Mnemonic Techniques and the Oral Performance Context
Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
Suicide
Sukha
What the Buddha Would Not Do: According to the Bāhitika-sutta and its Madhyama-āgama Parallel
Śūnyatā

2008

Reflections on Comparative Āgama Studies
Tathāgata
Tevijja-Vacchagotta Sutta
The Conversion of Aṅgulimāla in the Saṃyukta-āgama
The Sixfold Purity of an Arahant According to the Chabbisodhana-sutta and its Parallel
The Verses on an Auspicious Night Explained by Mahākaccāna: A Study and Translation of the Chinese Version
Upakkilesa Sutta
Uttarakuru: The Northern Kuru Country

2009

From Craving to Liberation: Excursions into the Thought-world of the Pāli Discourses Volume 1
Gender Discrimination and the Pali Canon: An Open Letter to Ayya Tathaaloka
The Aneñjasappaya-sutta and its Parallels on Imperturbability and on the Contribution of Insight to the Development of Tranquility
The Buddha’s Truly Praiseworthy Qualities: According to the Mahāsakuludāyi-sutta and Its Chinese Parallel
Vibhava
Vihesā: Vexation
Vijjācaraṇa: Knowledge and Conduct
Vimuttimagga
Vimuttāyatana
Vipāka: Fruit
Viriya: Energy
Vitakkasaṇṭhāna Sutta
Vittaka
Viññāṇañcāyatana: The Sphere of Boundless Consciousness
Vohāra (Transactions)
Vācā: Speech
Vīmaṃsā
Yona
Zeng-yi A-han (T. 125)
Zhong A-han (T. 26)

2010

Attitudes Towards Nuns: A Case Study of the Nandakovāda in the Light of its Parallels
Channa’s Suicide in the Saṃyukta-āgama
From Grasping to Emptiness: Excursions into the Thought-world of the Pāli Discourses Volume 2
Teachings to Lay Disciples: The Saṃyukta-āgama Parallel to the Anāthapiṇḍikovāda-sutta
The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal

2011

A Comparative Study of the Majjhima-nikāya
Brahmā’s Invitation: the Ariyapariyesanā-sutta in the Light of its Madhyama-āgama Parallel
Chos sbyin gyi mdo: Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā Proves Her Wisdom
Dynamics of Theravāda Insight Meditation
Mahāpajāpatī’s Going Forth in the Madhyama-āgama
Right View and the Scheme of the Four Noble Truths: The Saṃyukta-āgama Parallel to the Sammādiṭṭhi-sutta and the Simile of the Four Skills of a Physician

2012

Madhyama-āgama Studies
A gradual entry into emptiness - Depicted in the early Buddhist discourses
Mindfulness According to Early Buddhist Sources
On the Five Aggregates 1: A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 1 to 32
Teaching the Abhidharma in the Heaven of the Thirty-Three: The Buddha and His Mother
The Case of Sudinna: On the Function of Vinaya Narrative, Based on a Comparative Study of the Background Narration to the First Pārājika Rule
The Dynamics of Theravāda Insight Meditation

2013

A Note on the Term Theravāda
On the Five Aggregates 2: A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 256 to 272
On the Five Aggregates 3: A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 59 to 87
Summaries of the Dharma: A Translation of Dīrgha-āgama Discourse No. 12
The Evolution of the Bodhisattva Concept in Early Buddhist Canonical Literature
The Madhyama Āgama: Volume 1
Tranquility and Insight: Readings in the MĀ 3

2014

Bhikkhave and Bhikkhu as Gender-inclusive Terminology in Early Buddhist Texts
Exploring the Four Satipaṭṭhānas in Study and Practice
Karma and Female Birth
On the Five Aggregates 4: A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 33 to 58
On the Five Aggregates 5: A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 103 to 110
The Dawn of Abhidharma
The Mass Suicide of Monks in Discourse and Vinaya Literature

2015

Saṃyukta-āgama Studies
Compassion in the Āgamas and Nikāyas
On Rādha and Views: A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 111 to 138
On Views and Penetrative Knowledge: A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 139 to 187
The Buddha’s Fire Miracles
The Buddha’s Past Life as a Princess in the Ekottarika-Agama

2016

Ekottarika-āgama Studies
On the Six Sense Spheres 1: A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 188 to 229
The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta in Early Buddhism and Contemporary Practice
The Foundation History of the Nuns’ Order
The Legal Consequences of Pārājika

2017

Dīrgha-āgama Studies
A Meditator’s Life of the Buddha: Based on the Early Discourses
Memento Mori: Recollection of Death in Early Buddhist Meditation
The Luminous Mind in Theravāda and Dharmaguptaka Discourses

2018

An Ekottarika-āgama Discourse Without Parallels: From Perception of Impermanence to the Pure Land
Rebirth in Early Buddhism
Satipaṭṭhāna Meditation: A Practice Guide
The Bāhiya Instruction and Bare Awareness

2019

A Brief History of Buddhist Absorption
A Task for Mindfulness: Facing Climate Change
Ancient Indian Education and Mindfulness
Craving and Dukkha
Meditation on the Breath: Mindfulness and Focused Attention
On Time
On the Six Sense Spheres 2: A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 230 to 249
On the Six Sense Spheres 3: A Translation of Saṃyukta-āgama Discourses 250 to 255
Open Monitoring and Mindfulness
Rebirth and the West
The Nibbāna Lectures
The Role of Mindfulness in the Cultivation of Absorption

2020

Somatics of Early Buddhist Mindfulness and How to Face Anxiety
The Centrality of Mindfulness-Related Meditations in Early Buddhist Discourse
The Madhyama Āgama: Volume 2
The Myth of McMindfulness
‘Mūlasarvāstivādin and Sarvāstivādin’: Oral Transmission Lineages of Āgama Texts

2021

Abbreviation in the Madhyama-āgama
An Inspired Utterance on Annihilation
Being Mindful of What is Absent
Hearing, Reflection, and Cultivation: Relating the Three Types of Wisdom to Mindfulness
How the Steps of Mindfulness of Breathing Decreased from Sixteen to Two
Superiority Conceit in Buddhist Traditions
The Buddha’s Pre-awakening Practices and Their Mindful Transformation
The Opening Debate in the Milindapañha

2022

Abbreviation in the Ekottarika-āgama
Daughters of the Buddha: Teachings by Ancient Indian Women
The Early Buddhist Oral Tradition
The Madhyama Āgama: Volume 3

2023

Studies in Āgama and Vinaya Literature
The Madhyama Āgama: Volume 4

2024

Crescendo Repetitions: From the Madhyama-āgama to the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā

Translations by Bhikkhu Anālayo:

SA 18: The Discourse on Not Belonging to Another
SA 267: The Second Discourse on Not Knowing