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Abbreviations

DN
Dīgha Nikāya, The Long Discourses (the number refers to the sutta)
MN
Majjhima Nikāya, The Middle Length Discourses (the number refers to the sutta)
SN
Saṃyutta Nikāya, The Connected Discourses, (the first number refers to the division into groups or saṃyuttas, the second number to the sutta).
AN
Aṅguttara Nikāya, The Numerical Discourses (the first number refers to the main division into parts or nipātas, the second number to the sutta)
Dhp
Dhammapada (by verse)
Ud
Udāna, The Inspired Utterances (by chapter and sutta)
Sn
Suttanipāta, Early Buddhist Poems, (by verse)
Vism
Visuddhimagga, The Path of Purification, (by chapter and section)