Udana vayu, one of the five divisions of the life force, prana, holds special significance in spiritual practice. Udana is the upward-moving breath, which directs the flow of prana from the lower to the higher planes of consciousness.
The Udana, the third book of the Khuddaka Nikaya, offers a rich collection of short suttas, each of which culminates in a short verse uttered by the Buddha. Altogether there are eighty suttas, arranged in eight vaggas, or chapters.
A Pāli and English line by line (interlinear) version of this important collection of eighty discourses covering many themes and biographical details in the Buddha’s teaching (together with extensive annotation).
GUIDE TO TIPITAKA SUTTANTA PITAKA Khuddaka Nikæya (3) Udæna Pæ¹i An udæna is an utterance mostly in metrical form inspired by a particularly intense emotion. This treatise is a collection of eighty joyful utterances made by the Buddha on unique occasions of sheer bliss; each udæna in verse is accompanied by an account in prose […]
Structure of the Udana. The Udana is composed of eight chapters (vagga) of ten discourses each. The chapter titles are: Bodhivagga (Awakening chapter) Mucalindavagga (King Mucalinda chapter) Nandavagga (Ven. Nanda chapter) Meghiyavagga (Ven. Meghiya chapter) Soṇavagga (Lay Follower Sona chapter)
The Udana, the third book of the Khuddaka Nikaya, offers a rich collection of short suttas, each of which culminates in a short verse uttered by the Buddha. Altogether there are eighty suttas, arranged in eight vaggas, or chapters.