Major Sources for the Comments and elaborations on the summary of B. Bodhi's In the Buddha's Words, An Anthology


In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon (Teachings of the Buddha) 

The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path to Wisdom (a collection of the Buddha's verses; print version)

What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada

The Foundations of Buddhism by Rupert Gethin

The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya (Teachings of the Buddha)

The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya (Teachings of the Buddha)

Abhidhammattha Sangaha, A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma (Vipassana Meditation and the Buddha's Teachings)

Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization (the Buddha's Satipatthana Sutta and extensive commentary)

selected suttas of the Long Discourses (Teachings of the Buddha)


The above list is what I recommend to others (minus the Abhidhamma), for a near fully complete, first-hand 
study of Theravada Buddhism (study of the majority of the actual words of the Buddha; and, it is first-hand 
exposure to essentially all the content of the teachings).

NOTE: I have read every word of the Buddha (i.e. all the words of the Buddha) that were not intended particularly 
for monks, so you may consider my views well-founded. 

[ In addition to the above reading list, you will also notice some quotes from the Numerical 
Discourses among the quotes in the main text of the web-site, and very occasionally some quotes 
from major Theravada scholars. ]