SuttaCentral is the best place on the internet to find translations of Buddhist Suttas. But the navigation on their website is, er, difficult - unless you are a sutta scholar. Below I have created two methods to make finding suttas easier if you are interested in English translations of the Pali Suttas:

2. click a quick jump link to take you to the relevant part of SuttaCentral.

• Long Discourses: DN (e.g. for DN 2: enter 2, click Go)
  DN 1-13   DN 14-23   DN 24-34     (--or-- click one of these links)

• Middle Length Discourses: MN
  MN 1 - 10   MN 11-20   MN 21-30   MN 31-40   MN 41-50
  MN 51-60   MN 61-70   MN 71-80   MN 81-90   MN 91-100
  MN 101-110   MN 111-120   MN 121-130   MN 131-142   MN 143-152

• Connected Discourses: SN (for SN 56.11: 56.11, click Go)
  SN 1-11   SN 12-21   SN 22-34   SN 35-44   SN 45-56

• Numerical Discourses: AN
  AN 1   AN 2   AN 3   AN 4   AN 5
  AN 6   AN 7   AN 8   AN 9   AN 10   AN 11

• Miscellaneous Discourses:
  Khuddakapāṭha: Kp   Kp 1-9
  Dhammapada: Dhp 1-423
  Udāna: Ud   Ud 1  Ud 2  Ud 3  Ud 4  Ud 5  Ud 6  Ud 7  Ud 8
  
  Itivuttaka: Iti   Iti 1-27   Iti 28-49   Iti 50-99   Iti 100-112
  Suttanipāta: Snp   Snp 1   Snp 2   Snp 3   Snp 4   Snp 5
  Vimānavatthu: Vv   Vv 1-85
  Petavatthu:     Pv   Pv 1-51

  Theragāthā: Thag   Thag 1.1 - 21.1
  Therīgāthā:  Thig    Thig 1.1 - 16.1
  Therāpadāna: Tha Ap   Tha Ap 1 - 563
  Therīapadāna: Thi Ap   Thi Ap 1 - 40
  Buddhavaṃsa   Cariyāpiṭaka  
  Jātaka: Ja   Ja 1-547
  Mahāniddesa   Cūḷaniddesa   Paṭisambhidāmagga   Netti   Peṭakopadesa

  Milindapañha: Mil 1   Mil 2   Mil 3   Mil 4   Mil 5   Mil 6   Mil 7   Mil 8

Hints:

• You can just press the Go button for DN, MN, Ud, Iti and Snp with the text field empty to get the entire collection. This also works for SN and AN but the resulting file is so huge, it is not recommended.

• For SN you can put only the Saṃyutta number to get an entire Saṃyutta - e.g. enter 12 and click Go for the Nidāna Saṃyutta.

• I find, in general, the translations by Bhikkhu Bodhi, Bhikkhu Sujato, and John D. Ireland to be the most helpful.

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