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Ekakanipāta AN 1 31 texts
- AN1.1-10 The Chapter on What Occupies the Mind
- AN1.11-20 The Chapter on Giving Up the Hindrances
- AN1.21-30 3. Unworkable
- AN1.31-40 4. Wild
- AN1.41-50 The Chapter on a Spike
- AN1.51-60 The Chapter on a Finger-Snap
- AN1.61-70 The Chapter on Arousing Energy
- AN1.71-81 8. Good Friends
- AN1.82-97 9. Negligence
- AN1.98-139 The Chapter on Negligence
- AN1.140-149 The Chapter on Not the Teaching
- AN1.150-169 The Chapter on Non-offense
- AN1.170-187 The Chapter on One Individual
- AN1.188-197 Chapter One
- AN1.198-208 Chapter Two
- AN1.209-218 Chapter Three
- AN1.219-234 Chapter Four
- AN1.235-247 Chapter Five
- AN1.248-257 Chapter Six
- AN1.258-267 Chapter Seven
- AN1.268-277 Chapter One
- AN1.278-286 Chapter Two
- AN1.287-295 Chapter Three
- AN1.296-305 Chapter One
- AN1.306-315 Chapter Two
- AN1.316-332 Chapter Three
- AN1.333-377 Chapter Four
- AN1.378-393 The Chapter on Inspiring Qualities
- AN1.394-574 Another Chapter on a Finger-Snap
- AN1.575-615 The Chapter on Mindfulness of the Body
- AN1.616-627 The Chapter on Freedom From Death
Dukanipāta AN 2 19 texts
- AN2.1-10 The Chapter on Punishments
- AN2.11-20 The Chapter on Disciplinary Issues
- AN2.21-31 The Chapter on Fools
- AN2.32-41 The Chapter on the Peaceful Mind
- AN2.42-51 The Chapter on Assemblies
- AN2.52-63 6. Individuals
- AN2.64-76 The Chapter on Happiness
- AN2.77-86 The Chapter with a Basis
- AN2.87-97 The Chapter on Two Things
- AN2.98-117 The Chapter on Fools
- AN2.118-129 The Chapter on Hopes That Are Hard to Give Up
- AN2.130-140 The Chapter on Aspiration
- AN2.141-150 The Chapter on Giving
- AN2.151-162 The Chapter on Welcome
- AN2.163-179 The Chapter on Attainment
- AN2.180-229 The Chapter of Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Anger
- AN2.230-279 The Chapter of Abbreviated Texts Beginning With the Unskillful
- AN2.280-309 The Chapter of Abbreviated Texts on Monastic Law
- AN2.310-479 The Chapter of Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed
Tikanipāta AN 3 158 texts
- AN3.1 Perils Fools are dangerous, but the wise are safe.
- AN3.2 Characteristics Marks of a fool and an astute person: body, speech, and mind.
- AN3.3 Thinking Marks of a fool and an astute person: thinking, speaking, and doing.
- AN3.4 Mistakes Marks of a fool and an astute person: recognizing mistakes.
- AN3.5 Irrational Marks of a fool and an astute person: asking questions.
- AN3.6 Unskillful Marks of a fool and an astute person: wholesome and unwholesome.
- AN3.7 Blameworthy Marks of a fool and an astute person: blameworthy and blameless.
- AN3.8 Hurtful Marks of a fool and an astute person: hurtful and kind.
- AN3.9 Broken Marks of a fool and an astute person: keeping your mind healthy.
- AN3.10 Stains Immorality, envy, and meanness determine rebirth.
- AN3.11 Well-known What well-known mendicants should encourage.
- AN3.12 Commemoration Places that should be commemorated by kings and mendicants.
- AN3.13 Hopes People who are hopeless, hopeful, and have done away with hope.
- AN3.14 The Wheel-Turning Monarch Wheel-turning Monarchs and Buddhas both rely on principle as authority.
- AN3.15 About Pacetana Quality takes time: the parable of the chariot-maker.
- AN3.16 Sure Bet Practices that can’t fail.
- AN3.17 Hurting Yourself Hurting yourself and others.
- AN3.18 The Realm of the Gods Spiritual practice isn’t for rebirth in heaven.
- AN3.19 A Shopkeeper (1st) Shopkeepers and mendicants both have to work hard.
- AN3.20 A Shopkeeper (2nd) Shopkeepers and mendicants both have to be clever, responsible, and well supported.
- AN3.21 With Saviṭṭha Of various individuals on the path, which is best?
- AN3.22 Patients Healing the body, healing the mind. Everyone should be treated, even if they don’t recover.
- AN3.23 Choices Hurtful or pleasing choices lead to hurtful or pleasing experiences in future lives.
- AN3.24 Very Helpful Three people who are very helpful.
- AN3.25 Like Diamond A mind like an open sore, like lightning, and like a diamond.
- AN3.26 Associates You should associate with people who are equal or better than you.
- AN3.27 You Should be Disgusted Who to associate with, and who to shun.
- AN3.28 Speech like Dung Speech like dung, like flowers, and like honey.
- AN3.29 Blind Being spiritually blind, one-eyed, or with two eyes.
- AN3.30 Upside-down How to make the wisdom of hearing Dharma last when the talk is over.
- AN3.31 With Divinity Parents should be honored like Brahmā.
- AN3.32 With Ānanda Could there be a state of convergence with no sense of self?
- AN3.33 With Sāriputta Even the Buddha found it hard to get students to understand.
- AN3.34 Sources Greed, hate, and delusion, and their opposites, are like seeds.
- AN3.35 With Hatthaka The Buddha sleeps well, even on the cold, hard ground.
- AN3.36 Messengers of the Gods The god of death questions us, but we are punished by our own deeds.
- AN3.37 The Four Great Kings (1st) The gods rejoice when they see people practicing well.
- AN3.38 The Four Great Kings (2nd) One should aspire to be like an awakened mendicant, not like Sakka.
- AN3.39 A Delicate Lifestyle Siddhattha’s delicate upbringing.
- AN3.40 In Charge Practicing with yourself in charge, or with others, or the teaching.
- AN3.41 Present Factors in making good karma.
- AN3.42 Three Grounds How to know a faithful person.
- AN3.43 Good Reasons The advantages of teaching Dharma.
- AN3.44 When Conversation Flows Teachers and audience should have understanding.
- AN3.45 Recommended by the Astute Giving, going forth, and caring for parents are praised.
- AN3.46 Ethical Villagers make good karma when good mendicants are there.
- AN3.47 Characteristics of the Conditioned The difference between conditioned and unconditioned.
- AN3.48 The King of Mountains A family is supported by their head, as a tree is supported by a mountain.
- AN3.49 Keen Being keen in three ways.
- AN3.50 A Master Thief Why a mendicant is like a thief.
- AN3.51 Two Brahmins (1st) You can begin to practice even late in life: advice to elderly brahmins.
- AN3.52 Two Brahmins (2nd) You can begin to practice even late in life: advice to elderly brahmins.
- AN3.53 A Certain Brahmin How is the teaching realizable in this very life?
- AN3.54 A Wanderer How is the teaching realizable in this very life?
- AN3.55 Quenched How is extinguishment realizable in this very life?
- AN3.56 Breaking Apart Why has the world become depopulated?
- AN3.57 With Vacchagotta The Buddha is accused of soliciting gifts for his community only.
- AN3.58 With Tikaṇṇa A master of Vedic knowledge in the brahmanical system and in the Buddha’s.
- AN3.59 With Jānussoṇi A master of Vedic knowledge in the brahmanical system and in the Buddha’s.
- AN3.60 With Saṅgārava A brahmin argues that a sacrifice is less selfish than the mendicant’s life. And the king’s men are deploring the decline in psychic abilities among the Saṅgha.
- AN3.61 Sectarian Tenets The beliefs that everything is caused by past karma, by a creator God, or by chance all lead to inaction. The Buddha teaches dependent origination.
- AN3.62 Perils Perils that tear mothers and children apart.
- AN3.63 At Venāgapura The high and luxurious beds that the Buddha uses.
- AN3.64 With Sarabha A recently disrobed monk boasts of knowing everything about the Buddha’s teaching.
- AN3.65 With the Kālāmas of Kesamutta How to navigate among different spiritual opinions.
- AN3.66 With Sāḷha and His Friend How to navigate among different spiritual opinions.
- AN3.67 Topics of Discussion Assessing whether someone is fit to hold a discussion.
- AN3.68 Followers of Other Religions The differences between greed, hate, and delusion.
- AN3.69 Unskillful Roots Unwholesome roots create unwholesome actions, and lead to suffering.
- AN3.70 Sabbath The uposatha observance day of the cowherds, the Jains, and the Buddha.
- AN3.71 With Channa Why should we give up greed, hate, and delusion?
- AN3.72 A Disciple of the Ājīvakas Who has good teaching and practice?
- AN3.73 With Mahānāma the Sakyan Does convergence come first, or knowledge?
- AN3.74 Jains Do we purify ourselves by wearing out old karma?
- AN3.75 Support How to encourage and support those close to you.
- AN3.76 Continued Existence (1st) How consciousness, karma, and craving create and sustain future lives.
- AN3.77 Continued Existence (2nd) How consciousness, karma, and craving create and sustain future lives, with an emphasis on intention.
- AN3.78 Precepts and Observances Not all spiritual paths are of equal value.
- AN3.79 Fragrances Some fragrances spread even against the wind.
- AN3.80 Lesser Ānanda gets the Buddha to talk about the scale of the universe.
- AN3.81 Ascetics The duties of an ascetic.
- AN3.82 The Donkey A donkey tries to moo like a cow. It doesn’t end well.
- AN3.83 Fields The duties of a farmer are like those of a mendicant.
- AN3.84 The Vajji What to do if you can’t keep all the rules.
- AN3.85 A Trainee What exactly is a “trainee”?
- AN3.86 Training (1st) Even spiritually advanced people can break minor rules.
- AN3.87 Training (2nd) Even spiritually advanced people can break minor rules.
- AN3.88 Training (3rd) Even spiritually advanced people can break minor rules.
- AN3.89 Three Trainings (1st) The three trainings explained, to seeing the truths.
- AN3.90 Three Trainings (2nd) The three trainings explained, to perfection.
- AN3.91 At Paṅkadhā A monk is critical of the Buddha, but later feels remorse.
- AN3.92 Urgent Neither a farmer or a mendicant makes their work bear fruit any faster just by wishing for it.
- AN3.93 Seclusion Seclusion as depicted in other paths and by the Buddha.
- AN3.94 Autumn The clarity of stream-entry is like a cloudless spring sky.
- AN3.95 Assemblies Assemblies that are the best, or divided, or harmonious. A harmonious assembly lead the mind to happiness and stillness.
- AN3.96 The Thoroughbred (1st) A mendicant is beautiful, strong, and fast like a thoroughbred horse: to seeing the truths.
- AN3.97 The Thoroughbred (2nd) A mendicant is beautiful, strong, and fast like a thoroughbred horse: to non-return.
- AN3.98 The Thoroughbred (3rd) A mendicant is beautiful, strong, and fast like a thoroughbred horse: to perfection.
- AN3.99 Jute A bad mendicant is ugly and rough like jute canvas.
- AN3.100 A Lump of Salt If deeds were experienced exactly as performed, there could be no spiritual practice.
- AN3.101 A Panner Meditation is like purifying gold. A meditator should progressively eliminate more refined corruptions.
- AN3.102 Basis Meditation is like purifying gold. A meditator should focus on different aspects at different times in order to proceed smoothly.
- AN3.103 Before Awakening Before awakening, Siddhattha reflected on gratification, danger and escape in the world.
- AN3.104 Gratification (1st) The Buddha became awakened by understanding gratification, danger and escape.
- AN3.105 Gratification (2nd) Gratification, danger and escape are essential to both binding and freeing.
- AN3.106 Ascetics and Brahmins Real ascetics understand gratification, danger and escape.
- AN3.107 Wailing Song, dance, and laughter.
- AN3.108 Satisfaction Indulgences never satisfy.
- AN3.109 Unprotected Protecting your mind is like protecting a house.
- AN3.110 Fallen A simile of a collapsing house.
- AN3.111 Sources (1st) Sources of deeds: greed, hate, and delusion.
- AN3.112 Sources (2nd) Sources of deeds: past, present, future.
- AN3.113 Bound for Loss Hypocrisy leads to downfall.
- AN3.114 Rare Three people hard to find.
- AN3.115 Immeasurable People who are easy to measure, hard to measure, and immeasurable.
- AN3.116 Imperturbable Rebirth in the formless realms, for ordinary people and for disciples of the Buddha.
- AN3.117 Failures and Accomplishments Failure or success in morality, mind, and view.
- AN3.118 Sure-bet Dice Failure or success in morality, mind, and view is like loaded dice.
- AN3.119 Action Failure or success in action, livelihood, and view.
- AN3.120 Purity (1st) Purity of body, speech, and mind.
- AN3.121 Purity (2nd) Purity of body, speech, and mind, with understanding the five hindrances.
- AN3.122 Sagacity Sagacity of body, speech, and mind.
- AN3.123 At Kusinārā What a mendicant thinks about the food they’re offered.
- AN3.124 Arguments When mendicants fight, the Buddha doesn’t like it.
- AN3.125 The Gotamaka Shrine The Buddha teaches a simple but powerful message: his teaching is from personal experience, and it works.
- AN3.126 Bharaṇḍu Kālāma The Buddha discusses different kinds of teachers while staying at a hermitage near his home town of Kapilavatthu.
- AN3.127 With Hatthaka A god from the Pure Abodes visits the Buddha, and complains about how busy he is.
- AN3.128 Bitter The Buddha helps a monk in distress by teaching of “bitterness”, “rotting flesh”, and “flies”.
- AN3.129 With Anuruddha (1st) Anuruddha asks the Buddha what leads women to bad rebirth.
- AN3.130 With Anuruddha (2nd) Anuruddha complains of not being awakened.
- AN3.131 Under Cover Three things shine in the open: the moon, the sun, and the teachings of the Buddha.
- AN3.132 Etchings A line drawn in stone, sand, or water.
- AN3.133 A Warrior Three ways a mendicant is like a king’s warrior.
- AN3.134 Assemblies Educated in fancy talk, in questioning, or to the fullest extent.
- AN3.135 A Friend A good friend does what’s hard.
- AN3.136 Arising Impermanence, suffering, and not-self are natural laws discovered by the Buddha.
- AN3.137 A Hair Blanket The teacher called Makkhali is the worst of all, like a hair blanket.
- AN3.138 Accomplishment Success in faith, morality, and wisdom.
- AN3.139 Growth Growth in faith, morality, and wisdom.
- AN3.140 A Wild Colt Training people is like training wild horses.
- AN3.141 Excellent Horses Training people is like training good horses.
- AN3.142 The Thoroughbred Training people is like training thoroughbred horses.
- AN3.143 At the Peacocks’ Feeding Ground (1st) The ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal: the three trainings.
- AN3.144 At the Peacocks’ Feeding Ground (2nd) The ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal: the three wonders.
- AN3.145 At the Peacocks’ Feeding Ground (3rd) The ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal: view, knowledge, freedom.
- AN3.146 Unskillful Wholesome and unwholesome deeds determine rebirth.
- AN3.147 Blameworthy Blameless and blameworthy deeds determine rebirth.
- AN3.148 Unethical Ethical and unethical deeds determine rebirth.
- AN3.149 Impure Pure and impure deeds determine rebirth.
- AN3.150 Broken (1st) Wholesome deeds keep you whole.
- AN3.151 Broken (2nd) Blameless deeds keep you whole.
- AN3.152 Broken (3rd) Ethical deeds keep you whole.
- AN3.153 Broken (4th) Pure deeds keep you whole.
- AN3.154 Homage Kinds of homage: body, speech, and mind.
- AN3.155 Morning A good morning, a good afternoon, a good evening.
- AN3.156-162 Untitled Discourses on Three Practices
- AN3.163-182 Untitled Discourses on Three Qualities
- AN3.183-352 Untitled Discourses on Greed, Etc.
Catukkanipāta AN 4 278 texts
- AN4.1 Understood Both the Buddha and his disciples have been reborn for a long time due to ignorance.
- AN4.2 Fallen Without morality, convergence, wisdom, and freedom, one has fallen from the teaching.
- AN4.3 Broken (1st) After reflection, you should criticize those worthy or criticism, and praise those worthy of praise.
- AN4.4 Broken (2nd) You harm yourself by acting badly towards parents, the Buddha, and spiritual practitioners.
- AN4.5 With the Stream A person who goes with the stream; a person who goes against the stream; a stable person; and one who has crossed over.
- AN4.6 A Little Learning Learning the texts and getting the point of learning.
- AN4.7 Grace A monk, nun, laywoman, and layman who light up the Saṅgha.
- AN4.8 Self-assured Because of his spiritual attainments and practice, a Buddha is supremely self-confident.
- AN4.9 The Arising of Craving Sources of craving for mendicants.
- AN4.10 Yokes The yokes of sensual pleasures, future lives, views, and ignorance.
- AN4.11 Walking A mendicant gets rid of unwholesome states right away, in whatever posture they happen to be in.
- AN4.12 Ethics Morality and further practice of eliminating hindrances in all postures.
- AN4.13 Effort The four right efforts: to prevent, to give up, to develop, and to preserve.
- AN4.14 Restraint The endeavors to restrain, to give up, to develop, and to preserve.
- AN4.15 Regarded as Foremost The foremost in body, sensuality, dominion, and spiritual development.
- AN4.16 Subtlety Subtlety of form, feeling, perception, and choices.
- AN4.17 Prejudice (1st) Making decisions prejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice.
- AN4.18 Prejudice (2nd) Making decisions unprejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice.
- AN4.19 Prejudice (3rd) Making decisions prejudiced and unprejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice.
- AN4.20 A Meal Assigner Allocating meals prejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice.
- AN4.21 At Uruvelā (1st) Who should the Buddha revere?
- AN4.22 At Uruvelā (2nd) What qualifies you as a senior.
- AN4.23 The World Why the Buddha is called the Realized One.
- AN4.24 At Kāḷaka’s Monastery The Buddha knows what can be known, and remains poised in the midst of the world.
- AN4.25 The Spiritual Life This spiritual life is lived for the sake of restraint, giving up, fading away, and stopping.
- AN4.26 Deceivers Mendicants who are deceivers, stubborn, flatterers, frauds, insolent, and scattered: they are no mendicants of the Buddha.
- AN4.27 Contentment A mendicant should be content with trifles that are easy to get hold of.
- AN4.28 The Noble Traditions Contentment with any old robe, alms-food, lodgings, and love of meditation: these are ancient traditions of the noble ones.
- AN4.29 Footprints of the Dhamma Contentment, good will, mindfulness and convergence are basic principles.
- AN4.30 Wanderers A discussion with some wanderers on the basic principles.
- AN4.31 Situations Living in a suitable region, relying on good people, right determination, and past good karma.
- AN4.32 Inclusion Inclusiveness through giving, kind speech, taking care, and impartiality.
- AN4.33 The Lion A lion’s roar terrifies beasts. The Buddha’s teaching terrifies the gods.
- AN4.34 The Best Kinds of Confidence Confidence in the Buddha, the path, the Dharma, and the Saṅgha are the best kinds of confidence.
- AN4.35 With Vassakāra A great man as understood by brahmins and by the Buddha.
- AN4.36 Doṇa The brahmin Doṇa is filled with wonder when he sees the Buddha’s footprints.
- AN4.37 Non-decline A mendicant who has morality, guards the sense doors, eats in moderation, and is committed to wakefulness can’t decline.
- AN4.38 Withdrawn A mendicant has eliminated idiosyncratic interpretations of the truth, has totally given up searching, has tranquilized bodily activity, and is said to be ‘withdrawn’.
- AN4.39 With Ujjaya The Buddha criticizes violent sacrifice, but not non-violent giving.
- AN4.40 With Udāyī The Buddha criticizes violent sacrifice, but not non-violent giving.
- AN4.41 Ways of Developing Immersion Further Developing convergence for pleasure, understanding, mindfulness, and ending defilements.
- AN4.42 Ways of Answering Questions Answering questions definitively, analytically, with a counter-question, or setting it aside.
- AN4.43 Valuing Anger Valuing anger, or denigration, or material possessions, or honor, or valuing the true teaching.
- AN4.44 Valuing Anger (2nd) Valuing anger, or denigration, or material possessions, or honor, or valuing the true teaching.
- AN4.45 With Rohitassa The god Rohitassa tells how he tried to go to the end of the world.
- AN4.46 With Rohitassa (2nd) The Buddha relates the story of Rohitassa.
- AN4.47 Very Far Apart The sky and earth and very far apart. What’s further apart?
- AN4.48 With Visākha, Pañcāli’s Son The Buddha praises the teaching of the monk Visākha.
- AN4.49 Perversions Distortions of perception, mind, and view.
- AN4.50 Corruptions Four things obscure the sun and moon, so they don’t shine and glow and radiate. And four things corrupt mendicants: alcohol, sex, money, wrong livelihood.
- AN4.51 Overflowing Merit When a mendicant meditates using an offering, merit overflows for the donor.
- AN4.52 Overflowing Merit (2nd) When a mendicant has confidence and morality, merit overflows for the donor.
- AN4.53 Living Together (1st) Living with gods and zombies.
- AN4.54 Living Together (2nd) Living with gods and zombies.
- AN4.55 Equality (1st) How a married couple can stay together in this life and the next.
- AN4.56 Equality (2nd) How a married couple can stay together in this life and the next.
- AN4.57 Suppavāsā Long life, beauty, happiness, and strength.
- AN4.58 Sudatta Long life, beauty, happiness, and strength.
- AN4.59 Food Long life, beauty, happiness, and strength.
- AN4.60 Lay Practice A lay disciple serves the mendicant Saṅgha with robes, alms-food, lodgings, and medicines.
- AN4.61 Fitting Deeds Four things that are desirable, but hard to get; and how to get them through deeds of substance.
- AN4.62 Debtlessness The happiness of ownership, using wealth, debtlessness, and blamelessness.
- AN4.63 Living with Divinity A family where the children honor their parents in their home is said to live with Brahmā.
- AN4.64 Hell Breaking precepts leads to hell.
- AN4.65 Appearance Estimating others based on appearance, voice, austerity, and principle.
- AN4.66 Greedy The greedy, the hateful, the delusional, and the conceited.
- AN4.67 The Snake King Spreading loving-kindness to snakes and other creatures.
- AN4.68 Devadatta Possessions, honor, and popularity came to Devadatta for his own ruin and downfall.
- AN4.69 Effort The endeavors to restrain, to give up, to develop, and to preserve.
- AN4.70 Unprincipled Corruption of the realm follows corruption of the king.
- AN4.71 Effort Unfailing practices: morality, learning, energy, and wisdom.
- AN4.72 Right View Unfailing practices: thoughts of renunciation, good will, and kindness; and right view.
- AN4.73 A True Person Speaking well and ill of others.
- AN4.74 Best (1st) The best morality, convergence, wisdom, and freedom.
- AN4.75 Best (2nd) The best form, feeling, perception, and state of existence.
- AN4.76 At Kusinārā As he lay dying, the Buddha encouraged his disciples to ask any last questions.
- AN4.77 Unthinkable If you try to think about these things you will go mad or get frustrated.
- AN4.78 A Religious Donation Four ways of purifying an offering to a teacher.
- AN4.79 Business Why for different people the same kind of business undertaking might fail or succeed.
- AN4.80 Persia Ānanda asks the Buddha why females don’t attend council meetings, undertake business, or travel to Persia.
- AN4.81 Killing Living Creatures Precepts lead to heaven or hell.
- AN4.82 Lying Wrong or right speech leads to heaven or hell.
- AN4.83 Where Criticism Takes You Criticizing and praising leads to heaven or hell.
- AN4.84 Valuing Anger Valuing defilements above the Dharma leads to hell.
- AN4.85 From Darkness to Darkness The dark bound for darkness, the dark bound for light, the light bound for darkness, and the light bound for light.
- AN4.86 Sunk Low One sunk low who sinks lower, one sunk low who rises high, one risen high who sinks low, and one risen high who rises higher.
- AN4.87 The Son The confirmed ascetic, the white lotus ascetic, the pink lotus ascetic, and the refined ascetic of ascetics.
- AN4.88 Fetters The confirmed ascetic, the white lotus ascetic, the pink lotus ascetic, and the refined ascetic of ascetics.
- AN4.89 Right View The confirmed ascetic, the white lotus ascetic, the pink lotus ascetic, and the refined ascetic of ascetics.
- AN4.90 Aggregates The confirmed ascetic, the white lotus ascetic, the pink lotus ascetic, and the refined ascetic of ascetics.
- AN4.91 Titans Demons and gods.
- AN4.92 Immersion (1st) Serenity and discernment.
- AN4.93 Immersion (2nd) Serenity and discernment should be developed.
- AN4.94 Immersion (3rd) To develop serenity and discernment, you should ask experienced practitioners.
- AN4.95 A Firebrand Practice to help yourself and others.
- AN4.96 Removing Greed Practice to help yourself and others.
- AN4.97 Quick-witted Practice to help yourself and others.
- AN4.98 To Benefit Oneself Practice to help yourself and others.
- AN4.99 Training Rules Practice to help yourself and others.
- AN4.100 With Potaliya the Wanderer Which is better: appropriate praise and criticism, or equanimity?
- AN4.101 Clouds (1st) Four people similar to clouds.
- AN4.102 Clouds (2nd) Four people similar to clouds.
- AN4.103 Pots Four people similar to pots.
- AN4.104 Lakes Four people similar to ponds.
- AN4.105 Mangoes Four people similar to mangoes.
- AN4.106 Mangoes (2nd) This is a ghost sutta: there is no text for it in any available editions. However, the summary verse at the end of the chapter (AN 4.110) mentions “two on mangoes”. The commentary notes the existence of a discourse here, but merely says that its meaning is clear. A note in the VRI edition says that there is a reading that has obhāsa where the previous sutta has vaṇṇa.
- AN4.107 Mice Four people similar to mice.
- AN4.108 Oxen Four people similar to oxen.
- AN4.109 Trees Four people similar to trees.
- AN4.110 Vipers Four people similar to vipers.
- AN4.111 With Kesi Guiding people like horses: sometimes, strictly, sometimes gently. And sometimes you have to kill them.
- AN4.112 Speed A mendicant is like a king’s thoroughbred.
- AN4.113 The Goad A thoroughbred responds when it sees the goad. So does a mendicant.
- AN4.114 A Royal Elephant A mendicant is like a king’s elephant.
- AN4.115 Things Things that are pleasant or unpleasant, harmful or beneficial.
- AN4.116 Diligence Don’t neglect good conduct.
- AN4.117 Guarding Practice in your own way.
- AN4.118 Inspiring Four inspiring places to visit.
- AN4.119 Perils (1st) The perils of birth, old age, sickness, and death.
- AN4.120 Perils (2nd) The perils of fire, water, kings, and bandits.
- AN4.121 Guilt The fears of guilt, shame, punishment, and rebirth in a bad place.
- AN4.122 The Danger of Waves The risks of waves, crocodiles, whirlpools, and sharks.
- AN4.123 Difference (1st) Length of rebirth in various exalted realms.
- AN4.124 Difference (2nd) Contemplating jhānas with wisdom.
- AN4.125 Love (1st) Rebirth in Brahmā realms from divine abiding meditations.
- AN4.126 Love (2nd) Contemplating divine abiding meditations with wisdom.
- AN4.127 Incredible Things About the Realized One (1st) The Buddha illuminates even interstellar space, so that beings reborn there see each other.
- AN4.128 Incredible Things About the Realized One (2nd) Even in a world full of attachment, people listen to the Buddha’s teaching.
- AN4.129 Incredible Things About Ānanda Monks, nuns, laywomen, and laymen love to hear Dharma from Ānanda.
- AN4.130 Incredible Things About the Wheel-Turning Monarch Monks, nuns, laywomen, and laymen love to hear Dharma from Ānanda.
- AN4.131 Fetters People who have given up various fetters.
- AN4.132 Eloquence Speaking on topic and fluently.
- AN4.133 One Who Understands Immediately One who understands immediately, one who understands after detailed explanation, one who needs personal guidance, and one who merely learns by rote.
- AN4.134 The Fruits of Initiative Living on the fruit of effort or of past karma.
- AN4.135 Blameworthy The blameworthy, the mostly blameworthy, the slightly blameworthy, and the blameless.
- AN4.136 Ethics (1st) Fulfilling morality, convergence, and wisdom.
- AN4.137 Ethics (2nd) Valuing morality, convergence, and wisdom.
- AN4.138 Retreat Retreat of body and mind.
- AN4.139 Dhamma Speakers Good and bad Dharma speakers, and their followings.
- AN4.140 Speaker Having things to say, and saying them well.
- AN4.141 Brightness The brightness of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom.
- AN4.142 Radiance The radiance of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom.
- AN4.143 Light The lights of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom.
- AN4.144 Shining The shining of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom.
- AN4.145 Lamps The lamps of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom.
- AN4.146 Times (1st) A time for listening to the teaching, a time for discussing the teaching, a time for serenity, and a time for discernment.
- AN4.147 Times (2nd) A time for listening to the teaching, a time for discussing the teaching, a time for serenity, and a time for discernment.
- AN4.148 Bad Conduct Speech that’s lying, divisive, harsh, or meaningless.
- AN4.149 Good Conduct Speech that’s true, harmonious, gentle, and meaningful.
- AN4.150 Essentials Morality, convergence, wisdom, and freedom are essentials.
- AN4.151 Faculties The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, and convergence.
- AN4.152 The Power of Faith The powers of faith, energy, mindfulness, and convergence.
- AN4.153 The Power of Wisdom The powers of wisdom, energy, blamelessness, and inclusiveness.
- AN4.154 The Power of Mindfulness The powers of mindfulness, convergence, blamelessness, and inclusiveness.
- AN4.155 The Power of Reflection The powers of reflection, development, blamelessness, and inclusiveness.
- AN4.156 Eons It’s not easy to measure the length of an eon.
- AN4.157 Illness Physical health is easier than mental health.
- AN4.158 Decline Signs of decline: much greed, much hate, and much delusion; and wisdom doesn’t go deep.
- AN4.159 Nun A nun fakes illness as a pretext to seduce Ānanda.
- AN4.160 The Training of a Holy One Things that lead to the disappearance of the Dharma.
- AN4.161 In Brief Painful practice with slow insight, painful practice with swift insight, pleasant practice with slow insight, and pleasant practice with swift insight: in brief.
- AN4.162 In Detail Painful practice with slow insight, painful practice with swift insight, pleasant practice with slow insight, and pleasant practice with swift insight: in detail.
- AN4.163 Ugly Painful practice with slow insight, painful practice with swift insight, pleasant practice with slow insight, and pleasant practice with swift insight: in detail.
- AN4.164 Patient (1st) Impatient practice, patient practice, taming practice, and calming practice.
- AN4.165 Patience (2nd) Impatient practice, patient practice, taming practice, and calming practice.
- AN4.166 Both Painful practice with slow insight, painful practice with swift insight, pleasant practice with slow insight, and pleasant practice with swift insight: which is best?
- AN4.167 Moggallāna’s Practice Sāriputta and Moggallāna discuss their practice.
- AN4.168 Sāriputta’s Practice Sāriputta and Moggallāna discuss their practice.
- AN4.169 Extra Effort Getting awakened either with or without extra effort.
- AN4.170 In Conjunction Ways of practicing serenity and discernment.
- AN4.171 Intention Intention and its results.
- AN4.172 Sāriputta’s Attainment of Textual Analysis Sāriputta realized the four kinds of textual analysis a fortnight after he ordained.
- AN4.173 With Mahākoṭṭhita When the senses end, is there anything left? Or is that just proliferation?
- AN4.174 With Ānanda When the senses end, is there anything left? Or is that just proliferation?
- AN4.175 With Upavāṇa A “terminator” is someone who has made an end of suffering. But are they defined by knowledge or conduct?
- AN4.176 Aspiration Leading examples for the four assemblies.
- AN4.177 With Rāhula A teaching to Rāhula, the Buddha’s son, on the four elements.
- AN4.178 Billabong Meditative attainments don’t always lead to letting go of the attachment to self.
- AN4.179 Extinguishment Why only some people realize Nirvana in this life.
- AN4.180 The Four Great References How to determine what is an authentic teaching of the Buddha.
- AN4.181 A Warrior How a mendicant is like a warrior.
- AN4.182 Guarantee There are some things no-one can guarantee.
- AN4.183 Vassakāra on What is Heard What we say should never go beyond what we know; but it must also be meanungful.
- AN4.184 Fearless Not everyone is afraid to die.
- AN4.185 Truths of the Brahmins The Buddha redefines the truths of the brahmins.
- AN4.186 Approach A monk asks a series of questions, which are praised by the Buddha.
- AN4.187 With Vassakāra The Buddha explains to Vassakāra how only a good person can judge others. Meanwhile, the followers of Todeyya complain about the King.
- AN4.188 With Upaka If you criticize someone, you should have a good reason.
- AN4.189 Things to be Realized Different things are realized in different ways.
- AN4.190 Sabbath On the Uposatha night, the Buddha praises monks of great spiritual attainments in the Saṅgha.
- AN4.191 Followed by Ear The benefits in the next life of studying Dharma in this life.
- AN4.192 Facts Ways of assessing a person’s morality, integrity, resilience, and wisdom.
- AN4.193 With Bhaddiya The Buddha is accused of using magic to convert followers.
- AN4.194 At Sāpūga Making an effort to be pure in morality, mind, view, and freedom.
- AN4.195 With Vappa A discussion with a Jain on whether someone with purified understanding can experience the results of bad karma in the next life.
- AN4.196 With Sāḷha The practice of self-torture doesn’t purify you internally.
- AN4.197 Queen Mallikā Queen Mallikā asks about the karmic causes of beauty, wealth, and power.
- AN4.198 Fervent Mortification of Oneself Those who torture themselves and others, and those who do not.
- AN4.199 Craving, the Weaver The web of craving that wraps around the self.
- AN4.200 Fondness How love and hate give rise to love and hate; and how one doesn’t fume, ignite, or burn up.
- AN4.201 Training Rules A good person keeps precepts—including avoiding alcohol—for themselves, while a better person encourages others as well.
- AN4.202 Faithless A good person has faith and other good qualities, while a better person encourages others to develop these.
- AN4.203 Seven Kinds of Deeds A good person keeps precepts—including avoiding various kinds of wrong speech—for themselves, while a better person encourages others as well.
- AN4.204 Ten Kinds of Deeds A good person practices the ten ways of wholesome deeds for themselves, while a better person encourages others as well.
- AN4.205 Eightfold A good person practices the eightfold path for themselves, while a better person encourages others as well.
- AN4.206 The Path with Ten Factors A good person practices the tenfold path for themselves, while a better person encourages others as well.
- AN4.207 Bad Character (1st) It’s good to practice the ten ways of wholesome deeds and to encourage others.
- AN4.208 Bad Character (2nd) It’s good to practice the tenfold path and to encourage others.
- AN4.209 Bad Character (3rd) It’s good character to practice the ten ways of wholesome deeds and to encourage others.
- AN4.210 Bad Character (4th) It’s good character to practice the tenfold path and to encourage others.
- AN4.211 Assembly Good people light up an assembly.
- AN4.212 View Conduct and view determine rebirth.
- AN4.213 Ungrateful Conduct and gratitude determine rebirth.
- AN4.214 Killing Living Creatures Precepts determine rebirth.
- AN4.215 Path (1st) Initial path factors determine rebirth.
- AN4.216 Path (2nd) Subsequent path factors determine rebirth.
- AN4.217 Kinds of Expression (1st) Truth and untruth determine rebirth.
- AN4.218 Kinds of Expression (2nd) Truth and untruth determine rebirth.
- AN4.219 Lack of Conscience Faith and other qualities determine rebirth.
- AN4.220 Unethical Faith and other qualities determine rebirth.
- AN4.221 Verbal Conduct Good speech and bad speech.
- AN4.222 View Things that keep you spiritually healthy, including view.
- AN4.223 Ungrateful Things that keep you spiritually healthy, including gratitude.
- AN4.224 Killing Living Creatures
- AN4.225 Path (1st)
- AN4.226 Path (2nd)
- AN4.227 Kinds of Expression (1st)
- AN4.228 Kinds of Expression (2nd)
- AN4.229 Lack of Conscience
- AN4.230 Witless
- AN4.231 Poets Four kinds of poets.
- AN4.232 Deeds In Brief Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither.
- AN4.233 Deeds in Detail Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither.
- AN4.234 About Soṇakāyana A brahmin accuses the Buddha of being an annihilationist.
- AN4.235 Training Rules (1st) Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither, explained with the precepts.
- AN4.236 Training Rules (2nd) Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither, explained with the grave violations and the paths of wholesome deeds.
- AN4.237 The Noble Path Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither, explained with the noble eightfold path.
- AN4.238 Awakening Factors Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither, explained with the awakening factors.
- AN4.239 Blameworthy Blameworthy or blameless deeds and view determine rebirth.
- AN4.240 Pleasing Hurtful or pleasing deeds and view determine rebirth.
- AN4.241 Ascetics Four kinds of ascetics found only in the Buddha’s teaching.
- AN4.242 Benefits of Relying on a True Person Relying on a good person brings four benefits.
- AN4.243 Schism in the Saṅgha A bad monk enjoys schism in the Saṅgha.
- AN4.244 Perils of Offenses A mendicant fears offenses just as someone would fear punishment.
- AN4.245 The Benefits of Training How training benefits, wisdom oversees, freedom is the heart, and mindfulness is in charge.
- AN4.246 Lying Postures How a corpse, a hedonist, a lion, and a Buddha go to sleep.
- AN4.247 Worthy of a Monument Four people worthy of a pagoda.
- AN4.248 The Growth of Wisdom Four things lead to the growth of wisdom.
- AN4.249 Very Helpful Four things helpful for human beings.
- AN4.250 Expressions (1st) Four kinds of ignoble expression by saying you don’t know what you do know.
- AN4.251 Expressions (2nd) Four kinds of noble expression by saying you don’t know what you don’t know.
- AN4.252 Expressions (3rd) Four kinds of ignoble expression by saying you do know what you don’t know.
- AN4.253 Expressions (4th) Four kinds of noble expression by saying you do know what you do know.
- AN4.254 Insight Things that are to be fully known, given up, developed, and realized through insight.
- AN4.255 Searches Noble and ignoble searches.
- AN4.256 Ways of Being Inclusive How to gather and sustain a community.
- AN4.257 With Māluṅkyaputta An old monk asks for advice before his retreat.
- AN4.258 Families Why families lose wealth.
- AN4.259 A Thoroughbred (1st) How a mendicant is like a fine thoroughbred.
- AN4.260 A Thoroughbred (2nd) How a mendicant is like a fine thoroughbred.
- AN4.261 Powers Four spiritual powers.
- AN4.262 Wilderness Things that make you unfit for living secluded in the wilderness.
- AN4.263 Deeds Blameworthy and blameless deeds.
- AN4.264 Killing Living Creatures Killing leads to hell, not killing leads to heaven.
- AN4.265 Stealing Stealing leads to hell, not stealing leads to heaven.
- AN4.266 Misconduct Sexual misconduct leads to hell, not committing sexual misconduct leads to heaven.
- AN4.267 Lying Lying leads to hell, truth leads to heaven.
- AN4.268 Divisive Speech Divisive speech leads to hell, harmonious speech leads to heaven.
- AN4.269 Harsh Speech Harsh speech leads to hell, kind speech leads to heaven.
- AN4.270 Talking Nonsense Talking nonsense leads to hell, meaningful speech leads to heaven.
- AN4.271 Covetousness Covetousness leads to hell, contentment leads to heaven.
- AN4.272 Ill Will Ill will leads to hell, love leads to heaven.
- AN4.273 Wrong View Wrong view leads to hell, right view leads to heaven.
- AN4.274 Mindfulness Meditation Develop insight into greed through the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
- AN4.275 Right Efforts Develop insight into greed through the four right efforts.
- AN4.276 Bases of Psychic Power Develop insight into greed through the four bases of psychic power.
- AN4.277-303 Complete Understanding, Etc. Develop complete understanding, etc., of greed.
- AN4.304-783 Insight into Hate, Etc. Develop complete understanding, etc., of hate, etc.
Pañcakanipāta AN 5 271 texts
- AN5.1 In Brief Five powers of a trainee.
- AN5.2 In Detail Five powers of a trainee, explained.
- AN5.3 Suffering Suffering in this life and the next.
- AN5.4 Cast Down Five qualities determine rebirth.
- AN5.5 Disrobing Reasons to criticize a mendicant who disrobes, or praise one who remains.
- AN5.6 Becoming Loss of foundational qualities leads to decline.
- AN5.7 Sensual Pleasures The Buddha looks after mendicants like a nurse looks after a child until they’ve grown up.
- AN5.8 Failure A mendicant with five bad qualities fails in the Dharma.
- AN5.9 Disrespect (1st) A disrespectful mendicant with five bad qualities fails in the Dharma.
- AN5.10 Disrespect (2nd) A mendicant with five bad qualities can’t grow in the Dharma.
- AN5.11 Not Learned From Anyone Else The five powers of a Realized One.
- AN5.12 Peak Of the five powers, wisdom is chief.
- AN5.13 In Brief The five powers in brief.
- AN5.14 In Detail The five powers explained in detail.
- AN5.15 Should Be Seen Where to look for the five powers.
- AN5.16 The Peak, Again Wisdom is the chief of the five powers.
- AN5.17 One’s Own Welfare By practicing but not teaching, one practices for one’s own good.
- AN5.18 Welfare of Others (2nd) By teaching but not practicing, one practices for the good of others.
- AN5.19 The Welfare of Neither By neither teaching nor practicing, one doesn’t practice for anyone’ good.
- AN5.20 The Welfare of Both By both teaching and practicing, one practice for everyone’s good.
- AN5.21 Disrespect (1st) If your basic practice is not there, you can’t go higher.
- AN5.22 Disrespect (2nd) If your basic practice is not there, you can’t go higher.
- AN5.23 Corruptions The hindrances are like the corruptions in gold.
- AN5.24 Unethical Dharmas starting with morality naturally evolve to freedom.
- AN5.25 Supported Right view leads to freedom when supported by five factors.
- AN5.26 Opportunities for Freedom Occasions when one can experience liberation.
- AN5.27 Immersion Develop measureless convergence of mind and five knowledges intuitively arise.
- AN5.28 With Five Factors Five kinds of noble right convergence, including similes.
- AN5.29 Walking Meditation The benefits of walking meditation.
- AN5.30 With Nāgita The Buddha tells Venerable Nāgita how he dislikes noisy crowds, and wishes never to become famous.
- AN5.31 With Sumanā Princess Sumanā asks the Buddha about the karmic results of generosity, when other qualities are equal.
- AN5.32 With Cundī Princess Cundī asks the Buddha about the best kind of confidence.
- AN5.33 With Uggaha Uggaha invites the Buddha for a meal, and asks him to advise his daughters, who about about to be married.
- AN5.34 With General Sīha The Buddha teaches General Sīha the benefits which he can see for himself in this life, and those in the next life, which he must take on faith.
- AN5.35 The Benefits of Giving Five benefits of generosity for lay people.
- AN5.36 Timely Gifts Gifts at the right time, in a appropriate way. The verses are the classic kāladāna blessing.
- AN5.37 Food Give and you shall receive. The verses are a classic blessing, beginning with Āyudo balado dhīro.
- AN5.38 Faith When someone is a donor, they reap the benefits of association with the Saṅgha.
- AN5.39 A Child Reasons why parents want to have children.
- AN5.40 Great Sal Trees How a virtuous family head is like a great tree in the mountains.
- AN5.41 Getting Rich The legitimate purposes of wealth.
- AN5.42 A True Person A good person brings many blessings to their family.
- AN5.43 Likable You don’t get good things by praying for them, but by how you live.
- AN5.44 Agreeable If you give the best, you get the best.
- AN5.45 Overflowing Merit When offerings are used for deep meditation, the merit multiplies enormously.
- AN5.46 Success Kinds of spiritual success, in brief.
- AN5.47 Wealth Kinds of spiritual wealth, in detail.
- AN5.48 Things That Cannot Be Had A wise person reflects on their nature, so they do not suffer when struck by loss.
- AN5.49 The King of Kosala When King Pasenadi learns of the death of his beloved Queen Mallikā, the Buddha consoles him.
- AN5.50 With Nārada Depressed by the death of Queen Bhaddā, King Muṇḍa of Rājagaha neglects his duties, and broods by the side of his beloved’s corpse. Venerable Nārada eases his grief.
- AN5.51 Obstacles The five hindrances weaken wisdom like side-channels weaken a river’s flow.
- AN5.52 A Heap of the Unskillful The five hindrances are entirely unwholesome.
- AN5.53 Factors That Support Meditation Conditions that help meditation progress smoothly.
- AN5.54 Times Good for Meditation Times that are supportive for meditation practice.
- AN5.55 Mother and Son A mother and son, though ordained as monk and nun, have sexual relations. The Buddha launches a powerful attack on the dangers of sex.
- AN5.56 Mentor A monk, dissatisfied with monastic life, seeks support from his mentor.
- AN5.57 Subjects for Regular Reviewing Topics that are worthy regularly reflecting on, whether as a lay person or renunciant.
- AN5.58 The Licchavi Youths When some wild young men show deep respect for the Buddha, a family elder is astonished.
- AN5.59 Gone Forth When Old (1st) Things that are hard to find in someone who has gone forth when old.
- AN5.60 Gone Forth When Old (2nd) Things that are hard to find in someone who has gone forth when old.
- AN5.61 Perceptions (1st) Five meditations are very beneficial.
- AN5.62 Perceptions (2nd) Five meditations lead to the deathless.
- AN5.63 Growth (1st) Noble growth for a male disciple.
- AN5.64 Growth (2nd) Noble growth for a female disciple.
- AN5.65 Discussion Qualifications for taking part in a discussion on Dharma.
- AN5.66 Sharing Life Qualifications for sharing Dharma.
- AN5.67 Bases of Psychic Power (1st) The four bases of psychic power, together with energy, lead to awakening.
- AN5.68 Bases of Psychic Power (2nd) The Buddha developed the bases for psychic power, which lead to his awakening.
- AN5.69 Disillusionment Five meditations that lead to disillusionment with the world.
- AN5.70 The Ending of Defilements Five meditations that lead to the end of defilements.
- AN5.71 Freedom of Heart is the Fruit (1st) Five meditations lead to freedom. The Buddha supplies five similes, which subtly illustrate five aspects of awakening.
- AN5.72 Freedom of Heart is the Fruit (2nd) Five meditations lead to freedom. The Buddha supplies five similes, which subtly illustrate five aspects of awakening.
- AN5.73 One Who Lives by the Teaching (1st) The difference between someone who merely studies the letter of the Dharma, and someone who truly lives by it.
- AN5.74 One Who Lives by the Teaching (2nd) The difference between someone who merely studies the letter of the Dharma, and someone who truly lives by it.
- AN5.75 Warriors (1st) Some warriors, like some monks, falter before the threat of battle, while others emerge victorious.
- AN5.76 Warriors (2nd) Some warriors, like some monks, are killed or injured in battle, while others emerge victorious.
- AN5.77 Future Perils (1st) The dangers of living in a wilderness among wild beasts and so on.
- AN5.78 Future Perils (2nd) The uncertainties of life may prevent your practice.
- AN5.79 Future Perils (3rd) When the teachers and leaders of the Saṅgha are not well practiced, their weakness will be passed down the generations.
- AN5.80 Future Perils (4th) The Saṅgha may forsake the simple life and indulge in luxuries.
- AN5.81 Desirable Senior mendicants with strong defilements are disliked.
- AN5.82 Free of Greed Senior mendicants with strong defilements are disliked.
- AN5.83 Deceiver Senior mendicants who are manipulative and opportunistic are disliked.
- AN5.84 Faithless Qualities making a senior mendicant liked or disliked.
- AN5.85 Cannot Endure A senior mendicant with no endurance is disliked.
- AN5.86 Attaining the Methods of Textual Analysis A senior mendicant is liked if they can analyze and explain the Dharma well, and if they are helpful in the monastery.
- AN5.87 Ethical A senior mendicant with morality, learning, who is a good speaker and successful meditator is liked.
- AN5.88 Senior Mendicants Even if a senior mendicant has many good qualities, they can still lead people astray if they have wrong view.
- AN5.89 A Trainee (1st) Even if a mendicant is a trainee, they won’t progress if they don’t focus on practice. In brief.
- AN5.90 A Trainee (2nd) Even if a mendicant is a trainee, they won’t progress if they don’t focus on practice. In detail.
- AN5.91 Accomplishments (1st) Five spiritual accomplishments culminating in wisdom.
- AN5.92 Accomplishment (2nd) Five spiritual accomplishments culminating in freedom.
- AN5.93 Declarations When people are asked whether they are enlightened, they might answer for different reasons.
- AN5.94 Living Comfortably Living comfortably by practicing meditation.
- AN5.95 Unshakable Supported by five factors, including four aspects of textual analysis, one will soon realize the unshakable.
- AN5.96 Remembering What You’ve Learned Supported by five factors, one who practices mindfulness of breathing will soon realize the unshakable.
- AN5.97 Talk Supported by five factors, one who practices mindfulness of breathing will soon realize the unshakable.
- AN5.98 In the Wilderness Supported by five factors, one who practices mindfulness of breathing will soon realize the unshakable.
- AN5.99 The Lion A lion is always respectful when it kills. So too when the Buddha teaches he always respects his audience.
- AN5.100 With Kakudha Kakudha, Venerable Moggallāna’s lay supporter, having recently passed away, returned to warn him about Devadatta’s fall. The Buddha analyses different kinds of teacher.
- AN5.101 Assurance Five factors in which a trainee is assured.
- AN5.102 Suspected Five reasons why even a good mendicant might be suspected of bad behavior.
- AN5.103 A Master Thief Five tricks used by thieves to hide, and similar tricks used by bad mendicants.
- AN5.104 A Delicate Ascetic of Ascetics Five qualities of the most refined type of ascetic.
- AN5.105 Living Comfortably Five ways in which a mendicant can live comfortably with their spiritual companions.
- AN5.106 With Ānanda The Buddha explains to Ānanda five ways in which a mendicant can live comfortably with their spiritual companions.
- AN5.107 Ethics Five factors of a worthy mendicant.
- AN5.108 An adept Five factors of a worthy mendicant.
- AN5.109 All Four Quarters Five factors by which a mendicant covers all the directions.
- AN5.110 Wilderness Five factors that show whether a mendicant is ready to live in the wilderness.
- AN5.111 Visiting Families Five qualities that endear a mendicant who visits families.
- AN5.112 A Second Monk Five factors to be observed by a companion who follows on alms-round; this would typically be a novice or junior mendicant.
- AN5.113 Right Immersion To enter samādhi, a mendicant must be able to endure sense impacts.
- AN5.114 At Andhakavinda Five qualities to instill in recently ordained mendicants.
- AN5.115 Stingy Five good and five bad qualities that determine a nun’s destiny after death.
- AN5.116 Praise Five good and five bad qualities that determine a nun’s destiny after death.
- AN5.117 Jealous Five good and five bad qualities that determine a nun’s destiny after death.
- AN5.118 Having Wrong View Five good and five bad qualities that determine a nun’s destiny after death.
- AN5.119 Wrong Speech Five good and five bad qualities that determine a nun’s destiny after death.
- AN5.120 Wrong Effort Five good and five bad qualities that determine a nun’s destiny after death.
- AN5.121 Sick Five meditations recommended for sick mendicants.
- AN5.122 Mindfulness Well Established Five meditations that lead to perfection or non-return.
- AN5.123 A Carer (1st) Five qualities that make a patient hard to nurse.
- AN5.124 A Carer (2nd) Five requirements that a carer or nurse should meet before looking after a patient.
- AN5.125 Longevity (1st) Things that assist or impede longevity.
- AN5.126 Longevity (2nd) Things that assist or impede longevity.
- AN5.127 Living Apart Five factors that show whether a mendicant is ready to live apart from the Sangha.
- AN5.128 An Ascetic’s Happiness Things that make an ascetic happy or unhappy.
- AN5.129 Fatal Wounds Five deeds that condemn the perpetrator to hell.
- AN5.130 Loss Worldly or moral losses and their consequences.
- AN5.131 Wielding Power (1st) Five qualities by which a wheel-turning monarch rules justly, and five corresponding qualities by which the Buddha rolls the Wheel of Dhamma.
- AN5.132 Wielding Power (2nd) Five qualities by which a wheel-turning monarch’s son rules justly, and five corresponding qualities by which Sāriputta keeps rolling the Wheel of Dhamma.
- AN5.133 A Principled King Even a wheel-turning monarch has a king, as does the Buddha.
- AN5.134 In Whatever Region A wheel-turning monarch always lives in his own realm, and so does a mendicant whose mind is freed.
- AN5.135 Aspiration (1st) A wheel-turning monarch’s son aspires to kingship, as a mendicant aspires to awakening.
- AN5.136 Aspiration (2nd) A wheel-turning monarch’s son aspires to be a viceroy, as a mendicant aspires to awakening.
- AN5.137 Little Sleep Five people who sleep little.
- AN5.138 Eating Food Even a clumsy royal elephant is considered to be a royal elephant, and so too even a clumsy mendicant is still a mendicant.
- AN5.139 Cannot Endure A royal elephant who can’t endure sense impacts is unfit, and so too a mendicant.
- AN5.140 A Listener A royal elephant with five factors is fit, and so too a mendicant.
- AN5.141 Scorn Five people susceptible to various flaws.
- AN5.142 Transgression Those who violate moral precepts may regret it or may not.
- AN5.143 At Sārandada The Licchavis discuss the greatest treasures in the world. The Buddha, criticizing them for their fixation on sensual pleasures, suggests spiritual treasures.
- AN5.144 At Tikaṇḍakī Five meditations that train a mendicant to shift their perception at will.
- AN5.145 Hell Reasons one is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.
- AN5.146 A Friend Don’t befriend a mendicant with five qualities; look instead for the five opposites.
- AN5.147 Gifts of an Untrue Person Good and bad ways of offering gifts.
- AN5.148 Gifts of a True Person The way a good person gives gifts and the outcome.
- AN5.149 Temporarily Free (1st) A mendicant who has found only temporary freedom may decline for five reasons.
- AN5.150 Temporarily Free (2nd) A mendicant who has found only temporary freedom may decline for five reasons.
- AN5.151 The Sure Path (1st) Qualities that prevent one who is listening to the teaching from understanding.
- AN5.152 The Sure Path (2nd) Qualities that prevent one who is listening to the teaching from understanding.
- AN5.153 The Sure Path (3rd) Qualities that prevent one who is listening to the teaching from understanding.
- AN5.154 The Decline of the True Teaching (1st) Things that lead to the decline or the prosperity of the Dhamma.
- AN5.155 The Decline of the True Teaching (2nd) Things that lead to the decline or the prosperity of the Dhamma.
- AN5.156 The Decline of the True Teaching (3rd) Things that lead to the decline or the prosperity of the Dhamma.
- AN5.157 Inappropriate Talk Certain topics are inappropriate to discuss with certain kinds of people.
- AN5.158 Timidity Confidence or lack thereof in mendicants is due to their practice.
- AN5.159 With Udāyī When told Venerable Udāyī is teaching, the Buddha defines five factors that a Dhamma teacher should establish in themselves.
- AN5.160 Hard to Get Rid Of Five things that are hard to dispel once they have arisen
- AN5.161 Getting Rid of Resentment (1st) Five reflections to help eliminate resentment, in brief.
- AN5.162 Getting Rid of Resentment (2nd) Five reflections to help eliminate resentment, an explanation by Sāriputta..
- AN5.163 Discussions Qualifications for a mendicant to hold a Dhamma discussion.
- AN5.164 Sharing a Way of Life Qualifications for a mendicant to share their way of life.
- AN5.165 Asking Questions Sāriputta explains five reasons for asking a question, and the reason he asks a question.
- AN5.166 Cessation Udāyī refuses to believe Sāriputta’s description of the achievements of an accomplished meditator. The Buddha dismisses Udāyī’s foolishness, and outlines the reasons senior mendicants should be respected.
- AN5.167 Accusation Factors that a mendicant should establish in themselves before accusing another.
- AN5.168 Ethics Lack of ethics prevents the attaining of samādhi, wisdom, and freedom.
- AN5.169 Quick-witted Ānanda asks Sāriputta to explain what it means to be quick-witted, but Sāriputta gets Ānanda to explain it himself.
- AN5.170 With Bhaddaji Ānanda asks Bhaddaji about the best sense objects, and corrects his answer.
- AN5.171 Timidity Confidence or lack thereof in layfolk is due to their precepts.
- AN5.172 Assured Confidence or lack thereof in layfolk is due to their precepts.
- AN5.173 Hell Reasons one is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.
- AN5.174 Threats Breaking of precepts is a threat and a danger.
- AN5.175 Corpse-worker An outcaste is not born, but they make themselves an outcaste by their behavior.
- AN5.176 Rapture The Buddha encourages Anāthapiṇḍika to not rest short with generosity, but to practice meditation too.
- AN5.177 Trades Five kinds of trade that are wrong livelihood.
- AN5.178 Kings Kings do not punish people for keeping precepts.
- AN5.179 A Layperson Qualities possessing which a lay person may claim to be a stream-enterer.
- AN5.180 About Gavesī The Buddha tells of the layman Gavesī in the time of Buddha Kassapa, and how he went forth with all his followers.
- AN5.181 Wilderness Dwellers Different reasons why someone might dwell in the wilderness.
- AN5.182 Robes Different reasons why someone might wear rag robes.
- AN5.183 Dwelling at the Root of a Tree Different reasons why someone might dwell at the root of a tree.
- AN5.184 Charnel Ground Dwellers Different reasons why someone might dwell in a charnel ground.
- AN5.185 Open Air Dwellers Different reasons why someone might dwell in the open air.
- AN5.186 Those Who Never Lie Down Different reasons why someone might never lie down.
- AN5.187 Those Who Sleep Wherever a Mat is Laid Different reasons why someone might sleep wherever a mat is laid down.
- AN5.188 Those Who Eat in One Sitting Different reasons why someone might eat once per day.
- AN5.189 Refusers of Late Food Different reasons why someone might refuse food offered late.
- AN5.190 Those Who Eat Only From the Almsbowl Different reasons why someone might eat only from their bowl.
- AN5.191 Hounds Ancient traditions of the brahmins that are these days only seen among dogs.
- AN5.192 With the Brahmin Doṇa The brahmin Doṇa accuses the Buddha of not respecting brahmins, so the Buddha responds by analyzing the different kinds of brahmin.
- AN5.193 With Saṅgārava Saṅgārava the brahmin asks why memorized hymns are sometimes clear to the mind and sometimes not. The Buddha answers with the five hindrances.
- AN5.194 With Kāraṇapālī The brahmins Kāraṇapālī and Piṅgiyānī extol the good qualities of the Buddha.
- AN5.195 Piṅgiyānī During a visit by the Licchavis, the brahmin Piṅgiyānī utters a verse in praise of the Buddha.
- AN5.196 The Great Dreams Before his awakening, the bodhisatta had five great dreams that foretold profound aspects of his awakening and dispensation.
- AN5.197 Obstacles to Rain Weather forecasters remain ignorant of these five obstacles to rain.
- AN5.198 Well-Spoken Words Five factors of good speech.
- AN5.199 Families When a renunciate visits a family, they make merit on five bases.
- AN5.200 Elements of Escape Five kinds of escape, showing how different aspects of suffering are escaped by different practices.
- AN5.201 With Kimbila Things that lead to the long-lasting of the Dhamma after the Buddha’s death.
- AN5.202 Listening to the Teaching Five benefits of listening to the teaching.
- AN5.203 A Thoroughbred Factors that make a thoroughbred worthy of a king.
- AN5.204 Powers Five spiritual powers.
- AN5.205 Hard-heartedness Five kinds of emotional barrenness that can affect mendicants.
- AN5.206 Shackles Five kinds of emotional shackle that can affect mendicants.
- AN5.207 Porridge The five health benefits of eating porridge.
- AN5.208 Chew Sticks The five health problems of not cleaning one’s teeth with chew sticks.
- AN5.209 The Sound of Singing Why you shouldn’t recite Dhamma in an overly drawn-out singing style.
- AN5.210 Unmindful Why you shouldn’t fall asleep unmindfully.
- AN5.211 An Abuser Why a mendicant shouldn’t speak ill of their spiritual companions.
- AN5.212 Starting Fights Why a mendicant shouldn’t start arguments.
- AN5.213 Ethics Five drawbacks of failure in morality, and the corresponding benefits of the reverse.
- AN5.214 Someone Who Talks a Lot Five drawbacks for a person who talks a lot, and the corresponding benefits of the reverse.
- AN5.215 Intolerance (1st) Five drawbacks of intolerance, and the corresponding benefits of the reverse.
- AN5.216 Intolerance (2nd) Five drawbacks of intolerance, and the corresponding benefits of the reverse.
- AN5.217 Unimpressive Conduct (1st) Five drawbacks of uninspiring conduct, and the corresponding benefits of the reverse.
- AN5.218 Unimpressive Conduct (2nd) Five drawbacks of uninspiring conduct, and the corresponding benefits of the reverse.
- AN5.219 Fire Five drawbacks of sitting around a fire.
- AN5.220 About Madhurā Five drawbacks of the city of Madhura.
- AN5.221 Long Wandering (1st) For five reasons, a mendicant should wander a reasonable amount, not aimlessly.
- AN5.222 Long Wandering (2nd) For five reasons, a mendicant should wander a reasonable amount, not aimlessly.
- AN5.223 Overstaying For five reasons, a mendicant should stay in a monastery a reasonable length of time, not excessively.
- AN5.224 Stingy For five reasons, a mendicant should stay in a monastery a reasonable length of time, not excessively.
- AN5.225 Visiting Families (1st) A mendicant who visits families risks the following five problems.
- AN5.226 Visiting Families (2nd) A mendicant who visits families risks the following five problems.
- AN5.227 Riches Five drawbacks of riches, and five benefits.
- AN5.228 Eating Late Five drawbacks for families who eat overly late, and five benefits of eating at a reasonable hour.
- AN5.229 Black Snakes (1st) Five ways a woman is like a black snake.
- AN5.230 Black Snakes (2nd) Five ways a woman is like a black snake.
- AN5.231 A Resident Mendicant Reasons a resident mendicant is admirable, and the reverse.
- AN5.232 Liked Reasons a resident mendicant is admirable.
- AN5.233 Beautification Reasons a resident mendicant beautifies a monastery.
- AN5.234 Very Helpful Reasons a resident mendicant helps a monastery.
- AN5.235 A Sympathetic Mendicant How a mendicant shows compassion to lay folk.
- AN5.236 Deserving Criticism (1st) Reasons a resident mendicant is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.
- AN5.237 Deserving Criticism (2nd) Reasons a resident mendicant is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.
- AN5.238 Deserving Criticism (3rd) Reasons a resident mendicant is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.
- AN5.239 Stinginess (1st) Reasons a resident mendicant is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.
- AN5.240 Stinginess (2nd) Reasons a resident mendicant is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.
- AN5.241 Bad Conduct (1st) Drawbacks of bad conduct, and the reverse.
- AN5.242 Bad Bodily Conduct (1st) Drawbacks of bad bodily conduct, and the reverse.
- AN5.243 Bad Verbal Conduct (1st) Drawbacks of bad verbal conduct, and the reverse.
- AN5.244 Bad Mental Conduct (1st) Drawbacks of bad mental conduct, and the reverse.
- AN5.245 Bad Conduct (2nd) Drawbacks of bad conduct, and the reverse.
- AN5.246 Bad Bodily Conduct (2nd) Drawbacks of bad bodily conduct, and the reverse.
- AN5.247 Bad Verbal Conduct (2nd) Drawbacks of bad verbal conduct, and the reverse.
- AN5.248 Bad Mental Conduct (2nd) Drawbacks of bad mental conduct, and the reverse.
- AN5.249 A Charnel Ground Why a person may have the same defects as a charnel ground.
- AN5.250 Faith in Individuals Placing faith in an individual is dangerous for five reasons.
- AN5.251 Who Should Give Ordination Qualifications for one who should give an ordination.
- AN5.252 Who Should Give Dependence Qualifications for one who should give dependence.
- AN5.253 Who Should Have a Novice as Attendant Qualifications for one who should have a novice as attendant.
- AN5.254 Five Kinds of Stinginess Material and spiritual stinginess.
- AN5.255 Giving Up Stinginess Getting rid of the five kinds of stinginess.
- AN5.256 The First Absorption Give up stinginess to enter the first absorption.
- AN5.257-263 The Second Absorption, Etc. Give up stinginess to enter the absorptions and higher attainments.
- AN5.264 Another Discourse on the First Absorption Give up stinginess to enter the first absorption.
- AN5.265-271 Another Discourse on the Second Absorption, Etc. Give up stinginess to enter the absorptions and higher attainments.
- AN5.272 A Meal Assigner Qualities of one who is appointed to assign meals.
- AN5.273-285 A Lodgings Allotter Qualities of one who is appointed to assign lodgings, and other monastery responsibilities.
- AN5.286 A Monk Why a monk is cast down to hell or raised up to heaven.
- AN5.287-292 A Nun Why a nun, etc. is cast down to hell or raised up to heaven.
- AN5.293 An Ājīvaka Why an ājīvaka ascetic is cast down to hell or raised up to heaven.
- AN5.294-302 A Jain Ascetic, Etc. Why various ascetics are cast down to hell or raised up to heaven.
- AN5.303 Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st) Develop insight into greed starting with ugliness.
- AN5.304 Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd) Develop insight into greed starting with impermanence.
- AN5.305 Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd) Develop insight into greed starting with impermanence.
- AN5.306 Untitled Discourse on Greed (4th) Develop insight into greed through the faculties.
- AN5.307 Untitled Discourse on Greed (5th) Develop insight into greed through the powers.
- AN5.308-1152 Untitled Discourses on Greed, Etc. Develop complete undestanding, etc., of greed.
Chakkanipāta AN 6 125 texts
- AN6.1 Worthy of Offerings (1st) A mendicant is worthy of gifts because of equanimity for the six senses.
- AN6.2 Worthy of Offerings (2nd) A mendicant is worthy of gifts because of the six higher knowledges.
- AN6.3 Faculties A mendicant is worthy of gifts because of six faculties.
- AN6.4 Powers A mendicant is worthy of gifts because of six powers.
- AN6.5 The Thoroughbred (1st) A steed is worthy of the king for six reasons, and a mendicant is worthy for six similar reasons.
- AN6.6 The Thoroughbred (2nd) A steed is worthy of the king for six reasons, and a mendicant is worthy for six similar reasons.
- AN6.7 The Thoroughbred (3rd) A steed is worthy of the king for six reasons, and a mendicant is worthy for six similar reasons.
- AN6.8 Unsurpassable Six things that are unsurpassable.
- AN6.9 Topics for Recollection Six topics for recollection.
- AN6.10 With Mahānāma The Buddha teaches his relative Mahānāma that a noble disciple often practices the six recollections, which lead to joy and peace.
- AN6.11 Warm-hearted (1st) Six warm-hearted qualities practiced among the mendicants.
- AN6.12 Warm-hearted (2nd) Six warm-hearted qualities practiced among the mendicants.
- AN6.13 Elements of Escape The Buddha’s teachings are effective, so we can’t claim to have practiced them fully if we’re still afflicted by the various forms of suffering.
- AN6.14 A Good Death A mendicant who lives well and doesn’t waste time will have a good death.
- AN6.15 Regret A mendicant who lives well and doesn’t waste time dies without regret.
- AN6.16 Nakula’s Father A sick householder is consoled by his wife, who says there is no need for him to be worried about dying, as she is well able to support the family and practice the Dhamma. He recovers, and visits the Buddha to sing the praises of his kind and wise wife.
- AN6.17 Sleep Neither a king nor a mendicant gets anything accomplished if they just sleep all the time.
- AN6.18 A Fish Dealer Those whose livelihood is the killing of animals do not prosper.
- AN6.19 Mindfulness of Death (1st) Many of those who practice mindfulness of death don’t do so urgently enough. Death might come to us at any moment.
- AN6.20 Mindfulness of Death (2nd) A method for recollecting one’s own death that leads to urgency, diligence, and joy.
- AN6.21 At Sāma Village Even the gods know that some monks are falling away from their practice.
- AN6.22 Non-decline In the past, future, and present, practicing six good qualities protects against decline.
- AN6.23 Dangers Sensual pleasures are perilous.
- AN6.24 The Himalaya A mendicant who has fully mastered meditation could even split apart the Himalayas.
- AN6.25 Topics for Recollection The six recollections are a way to escape from greed.
- AN6.26 With Mahākaccāna Mahākaccāna teaches that the six recollections are a way to escape from greed and lead to a mind as vast as space.
- AN6.27 Proper Occasions (1st) The right time to visit an esteemed mendicant is when you need spiritual guidance and support.
- AN6.28 Proper Occasions (2nd) Some senior mendicants discuss the right time to see an esteemed mendicant, and Mahākaccāna answers by quoting the Buddha from AN 6.27.
- AN6.29 With Udāyī When the Buddha asks about the topics for recollection, a monk reveals his ignorance. Ānanda then gives an unusual list of five recollections, which the Buddha supplements with a sixth.
- AN6.30 Unsurpassable There are things in the world considered to be unsurpassed, but none of them compare with the Dhamma.
- AN6.31 A Trainee Things leading to decline or non-decline.
- AN6.32 Non-decline (1st) A god speaks on things leading to decline or non-decline.
- AN6.33 Non-decline (2nd) The Buddha recounts the events of the previous discourse.
- AN6.34 With Mahāmoggallāna Mahāmoggallāna is visited by a Brahmā god who had formerly been a mendicant, and they discuss which of the gods are stream-enterers.
- AN6.35 Things That Play a Part in Realization Six kinds of perception that lead to wisdom.
- AN6.36 Roots of Dispute If a mendicant nurses six kinds of defilements it leads to bitterness and disputes in the Saṅgha.
- AN6.37 A Gift With Six Factors Seeing the laywoman Veḷukaṇṭakī preparing a meal for the Saṅgha, the Buddha celebrated by saying that giving is of great benefit when the donor and the recipient each possess three qualities.
- AN6.38 One’s Own Volition The Buddha rebuts a brahmin’s claim that there is no such thing as actions initiated by oneself.
- AN6.39 Sources Greed, hate, and delusion are the roots of deeds.
- AN6.40 With Kimbila The Buddha explains to Venerable Kimbila the reasons why Buddhism lasts long after the Buddha’s demise.
- AN6.41 A Tree Trunk Even a simple block of wood can be perceived in different ways by a mendicant with advanced meditation.
- AN6.42 With Nāgita When visited by a noisy crowd, the Buddha speaks to his attendant Nāgita of his love of seclusion and solitude, and of his regard for forest mendicants.
- AN6.43 The Giant When going for a bath, the Buddha encounters a giant royal elephant. But a spiritual giant is even more impressive.
- AN6.44 With Migasālā In response to criticism, the Buddha explains that it is difficult to compare the spiritual development of different individuals, so we should not be judgmental.
- AN6.45 Debt Poor people suffer when they get in debt. Spiritual practitioners who are devoid of good qualities suffer in a similar way.
- AN6.46 By Mahācunda In a discourse evidently set some time after the Buddha’s passing, Venerable Mahācunda urges different groups of meditators, whether they emphasize serenity or insight, to respect and support each other.
- AN6.47 Apparent in the Present Life (1st) The Buddha explains to the wanderer Moliyasīvaka how the teaching may be realized in the present life.
- AN6.48 Apparent in the Present Life (2nd) The Buddha explains a brahmin how the teaching may be realized in the present life.
- AN6.49 With Khema Two monks separately come to the Buddha and speak of awakening in terms of letting go conceit. The Buddha affirms that they are, in fact, awakened, and that such indirect means are the proper way to make such declarations.
- AN6.50 Sense Restraint Just as a tree without leaves cannot grow, sense restraint is the foundation for spiritual growth.
- AN6.51 With Ānanda Venerables Ānanda and Sāriputta discuss how a mendicant can further their learning and understanding.
- AN6.52 Aristocrats The Buddha explains to the brahmin Jāṇussoṇī the ambition, quest, commitment, insistence, and ultimate goal of aristocrats, brahmins, householders, women, bandits, and ascetics.
- AN6.53 Diligence With a series of vivid similes, the Buddha shows how diligence leads to benefits in both this life and the next.
- AN6.54 About Dhammika The monk Dhammika annoys both the monks and the layfolk so badly that they banish him. He comes to the Buddha, who consoles him and raises his spirits with a story, while at the same time showing him the error of his ways.
- AN6.55 With Soṇa When Venerable Soṇa thinks of disrobing, the Buddha comes and encourages him with the famous simile of the lute that is tuned neither too loose nor too tight.
- AN6.56 With Phagguna The Buddha consoles Venerable Phagguṇa on his deathbed, and he dies at peace. The Buddha then explains to Ānanda the benefits of hearing the Dhamma at the right time.
- AN6.57 The Six Classes of Rebirth Ānanda asks the Buddha about the six classes of people described by the rival ascetic Pūraṇa Kassapa. The Buddha rejects them, and proposes an alternate scheme, emphasizing the importance ones deeds in this life.
- AN6.58 Defilements The Buddha explains diverse methods for overcoming diverse kinds of defilements.
- AN6.59 With Dārukammika The householder Dārukammika claims to give gifts to arahants. But the Buddha warns him that it’s hard to know who is really an arahant, and encourage him instead to make offerings to the Saṅgha.
- AN6.60 With Hatthisāriputta The junior monk Citta Hatthisāriputta rudely interrupts his seniors, and is admonished by Mahākoṭṭhita. His friends speak in his defense, but Mahākoṭṭhita warns them with a long explanation of how hard it is to know another’s mind. Ultimately, Citta disrobes.
- AN6.61 In the Middle Several senior mendicants discuss the “Questions of Metteyya” from the Pārāyana (Snp 5.3). Each propose an interpretation, and they then ask the Buddha. He praises each reading, but gives his own intended meaning.
- AN6.62 Knowledge of the Faculties of Persons A monk asks whether, when the Buddha said that Devadatta was going to hell, he was speaking metaphorically. The Buddha castigates him, wondering how anyone could misunderstand such a straightforward statement, and explains how he reads the minds of others and understands where their deeds will lead them.
- AN6.63 Penetrative A detailed analysis of several central themes, including sense perception, feeling, defilements, kamma, etc.
- AN6.64 The Lion’s Roar The Buddha possesses six spiritual powers that enable him to roar his lion’s roar.
- AN6.65 The Fruit of Non-Return Six things lead to non-return.
- AN6.66 Perfection Six things lead to perfection.
- AN6.67 Friends With bad friends, a mendicant cannot fulfill six good qualities, but with good friends they can.
- AN6.68 Enjoying Company A mendicant who loves to socialize can’t find peace in meditation, but one who loves solitude can.
- AN6.69 A God A god speaks on the factors of non-decline. When the Buddha repeats what he says, Sāriputta gives an explaination.
- AN6.70 Immersion Without samādhi or immersion it is impossible to realize the higher truths of the path.
- AN6.71 Capable of Realizing Six qualities that enable a mendicant to gain understanding.
- AN6.72 Strength Six qualities that enable a mendicant to gain strength in meditation.
- AN6.73 First Absorption (1st) Six qualities that enable a mendicant to gain the first absorption.
- AN6.74 First Absorption (2nd) Six qualities that enable a mendicant to gain the first absorption.
- AN6.75 Suffering Six qualities that lead to suffering, and whose absence leads to happiness.
- AN6.76 Perfection Qualities for realizing arahantship.
- AN6.77 Superhuman States Qualities for realizing superhuman states.
- AN6.78 Joy and Happiness Qualities leading to happiness.
- AN6.79 Achievement Qualities for gaining and strengthening good qualities.
- AN6.80 Greatness Possessing six qualities a mendicant attains to greatness.
- AN6.81 Hell (1st) Things leading to hell or heaven.
- AN6.82 Hell (2nd) Things leading to hell or heaven.
- AN6.83 The Best Thing Things leading to or obstructing the attainment of perfection.
- AN6.84 Day and Night Things leading to growth or deterioration by day or night.
- AN6.85 Coolness Possessing six qualities a mendicant attains to coolness.
- AN6.86 Obstacles Things that enable or obstruct true understanding while listening to the teachings.
- AN6.87 A Murderer Things that enable or obstruct true understanding while listening to the teachings.
- AN6.88 Wanting to Listen Things that enable or obstruct true understanding while listening to the teachings.
- AN6.89 Not Giving Up Requirements for becoming a stream-enterer.
- AN6.90 Given Up Things given up by a stream-enterer.
- AN6.91 Can’t Give Rise Things impossible for a stream-enterer.
- AN6.92 Things That Can’t Be Done (1st) Things impossible for a stream-enterer.
- AN6.93 Things That Can’t Be Done (2nd) Things impossible for a stream-enterer.
- AN6.94 Things That Can’t Be Done (3rd) Things impossible for a stream-enterer.
- AN6.95 Things That Can’t Be Done (4th) Things impossible for a stream-enterer.
- AN6.96 Appearance Things rare to find in the world.
- AN6.97 Benefit Benefits of stream-entry.
- AN6.98 Impermanence A mendicant on the path cannot see any condition as permanent.
- AN6.99 Suffering A mendicant on the path cannot see any condition as pleasurable.
- AN6.100 Not-Self A mendicant on the path cannot see any thing as not-self.
- AN6.101 Extinguished A mendicant on the path cannot see extinguishment as suffering.
- AN6.102 Transience Reasons for meditating on impermanence.
- AN6.103 With a Drawn Sword Reasons for meditating on suffering.
- AN6.104 Not Determined by Anything Reasons for meditating on not-self.
- AN6.105 States of Existence Giving up rebirth in the three realms of existence, and developing the three trainings.
- AN6.106 Craving Giving up conceit and craving.
- AN6.107 Greed Antidotes for greed, hate, and delusion.
- AN6.108 Bad Conduct Antidotes for bad conduct.
- AN6.109 Thoughts Antidotes for bad thoughts.
- AN6.110 Perceptions Antidotes for harmful perceptions.
- AN6.111 Elements Antidotes for harmful properties.
- AN6.112 Gratification Antidotes for views of gratification, self, and wrong views.
- AN6.113 Discontent Antidotes for discontent, cruelty, and misconduct.
- AN6.114 Contentment Antidotes for discontent, unawareness, and desire.
- AN6.115 Hard to Admonish Antidotes for being hard to correct, bad friendship, and distraction.
- AN6.116 Restlessness Antidotes for restlessness, lack of restraint, and heedlessness.
- AN6.117 Observing the Body Things that enable or obstruct meditation on the body.
- AN6.118 Observing Principles, Etc. Things that enable or obstruct meditation on various things.
- AN6.119 About Tapussa Possessing six qualities, the householder Tapussa sees the Dhamma.
- AN6.120-139 About Bhallika, Etc. Possessing six qualities, various householders see the Dhamma.
- AN6.140 Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st)
- AN6.141 Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd)
- AN6.142 Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd)
- AN6.143-169 Untitled Discourses on Greed, Etc.
- AN6.170-649 Untitled Discourses on Hate, Etc.
Sattakanipāta AN 7 101 texts
- AN7.1 Pleasing (1st) Seven qualities that make a mendicant either agreeable or disagreeable to their fellow monastics.
- AN7.2 Pleasing (2nd) Seven qualities that make a mendicant either agreeable or disagreeable to their fellow monastics.
- AN7.3 Powers in Brief The powers of faith, energy, conscience, prudence, mindfulness, samādhi, and wisdom.
- AN7.4 Powers in Detail The powers of faith, energy, conscience, prudence, mindfulness, samādhi, and wisdom.
- AN7.5 Wealth in Brief The wealth of faith, energy, conscience, prudence, learning, generosity, and wisdom.
- AN7.6 Wealth in Detail The wealth of faith, energy, conscience, prudence, learning, generosity, and wisdom.
- AN7.7 With Ugga Migāra of Rohaṇa is a wealthy man, but even his riches are vulnerable to the vicissitudes of life, unlike spiritual wealth.
- AN7.8 Fetters The fetters of compliance, repulsion, views, doubt, conceit, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.
- AN7.9 Giving Up The purpose of the spiritual life is to give up the fetters of compliance, repulsion, views, doubt, conceit, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.
- AN7.10 Stinginess The fetters of compliance, repulsion, views, doubt, conceit, envy, and stinginess.
- AN7.11 Underlying Tendencies (1st) The underlying tendencies of sensual desire, repulsion, views, doubt, conceit, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.
- AN7.12 Underlying Tendencies (2nd) The purpose of the spiritual life is to give up the underlying tendencies of sensual desire, repulsion, views, doubt, conceit, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.
- AN7.13 A Family Factors that make a family worth visiting.
- AN7.14 Individuals Seven persons who are worthy of gifts and veneration.
- AN7.15 A Simile With Water Seven people found in the world who are like those in water.
- AN7.16 Observing Impermanence Seven persons who are worthy of gifts and veneration.
- AN7.17 Observing Suffering Seven persons who are worthy of gifts and veneration.
- AN7.18 Observing Not-self Seven persons who are worthy of gifts and veneration.
- AN7.19 Extinguishment Seven persons who are worthy of gifts and veneration.
- AN7.20 Qualifications for Graduation A mendicant with seven qualities is qualified to graduate.
- AN7.21 At Sārandada The Buddha teaches the seven principles of non-decline to the Licchavis at the Sārandada shrine near Vesālī.
- AN7.22 With Vassakāra King Ajātasattu of Magadha wishes to invade the Vajjians, and sends his minister Vassakāra to tell the Buddha of his intentions. The Buddha recalls the time he taught the seven principles of non-decline to the Vajjians.
- AN7.23 Non-Decline for Mendicants (1st) The Buddha teaches the seven principles of non-decline to the mendicants.
- AN7.24 Non-Decline for Mendicants (2nd) The Buddha teaches seven principles of non-decline to the mendicants.
- AN7.25 Non-Decline for Mendicants (3rd) The Buddha teaches seven principles of non-decline to the mendicants.
- AN7.26 Awakening Factors The Buddha teaches seven principles of non-decline to the mendicants.
- AN7.27 Perceptions The Buddha teaches seven principles of non-decline to the mendicants.
- AN7.28 Non-decline for a Mendicant Trainee Seven qualities leading to the decline of a mendicant who is a trainee.
- AN7.29 Non-decline for a Lay Follower Seven qualities leading to the decline of a lay follower.
- AN7.30 Failures for a Lay Follower Seven failures for a lay follower.
- AN7.31 Downfalls for a Lay Follower Seven ruins for a lay follower.
- AN7.32 Respect for Diligence A god speaks of the the seven principles of non-decline to the Buddha, who repeats it to the mendicants.
- AN7.33 Respect for Conscience The Buddha tells of hearing the seven principles of non-decline from a god.
- AN7.34 Easy to Admonish (1st) The Buddha tells of hearing the seven principles of non-decline from a god.
- AN7.35 Easy to Admonish (2nd) The Buddha tells of hearing the seven principles of non-decline from a god. Sāriputta offers additional explanation.
- AN7.36 A Friend (1st) When a friend has seven factors, one should associate with them.
- AN7.37 A Friend (2nd) When a mendicant has seven factors, one should stay close to them even if they send you away.
- AN7.38 Textual Analysis (1st) With seven qualities, a mendicant will soon realize the four kinds of textual analysis.
- AN7.39 Textual Analysis (2nd) With seven qualities, Sāriputta realized the four kinds of textual analysis.
- AN7.40 Mastery of the Mind (1st) Seven qualities leading to mastery of meditation.
- AN7.41 Mastery of the Mind (2nd) With seven qualities, Sāriputta became a master of meditation.
- AN7.42 Graduation (1st) Sāriputta visits a sectarian hermitage and hears them saying that someone who lives the spiritual life for twelve years is fit to graduate. The Buddha rejects this, saying that a mendicant is qualified to graduate not merely by completing a certain number of years, but because of their spiritual qualities.
- AN7.43 Graduation (2nd) Ānanda visits a sectarian hermitage and hears them saying that someone who lives the spiritual life for twelve years is fit to graduate. The Buddha rejects this, saying that a mendicant is qualified to graduate not merely by completing a certain number of years, but because of their spiritual qualities.
- AN7.44 Planes of Consciousness Seven planes of consciousness in which beings may be reborn.
- AN7.45 Prerequisites for Immersion The path factors are the prerequisite for right immersion.
- AN7.46 Fires (1st) Seven fires, some physical, some psychological.
- AN7.47 Fires (2nd) The brahmin Uggatasarīra has arranged a great sacrifice. On Ānanda’s advice, he asks the Buddha how to make a sacrifice beneficial.
- AN7.48 Perceptions in Brief Meditating on seven perceptions leads to the deathless, in brief.
- AN7.49 Perceptions in Detail Meditating on seven perceptions leads to the deathless, in detail.
- AN7.50 Sex The brahmin Jāṇussoṇī asks the Buddha about behaviors that are a blemish to the celibate life.
- AN7.51 Yoking and Unyoking By focusing on their own gendered attributes, a man or woman becomes attached to them and develops lust for the opposite sex.
- AN7.52 A Very Fruitful Gift The lay followers of Campā seek a teaching from the Buddha. Together with Sāriputta, they ask the Buddha about what makes a gift fruitful.
- AN7.53 Nanda’s Mother Sāriputta and Moggallāna are on tour in the southern hills. A deity informs the laywoman Veḷukaṇṭakī that they are approaching. When Sāriputta expresses his amazement that she speaks with the gods, she goes on to list many other of her own amazing qualities.
- AN7.54 The Undeclared Points The Buddha explains why a noble disciple has no doubt when it comes to the unexplained points.
- AN7.55 Places People Are Reborn Seven kinds of rebirth for non-returners, as well as extinguishment by not grasping.
- AN7.56 Tissa the Divinity Two gods come to the Buddha on Vulture’s Peak and declare that the nuns are liberated. Moggallāna interrogates one of the deities on what he means, and the Buddha adds further explanation.
- AN7.57 General Sīha The Buddha explains the benefits of giving that are visible in the present life, and one that is only apparent in the next.
- AN7.58 Nothing to Hide Four areas where the Realized One has nothing to hide, and three ways he is irreproachable.
- AN7.59 With Kimbila Venerable Kimbila asks the Buddha the reasons for the long-lasting of Buddhism after the Buddha’s demise.
- AN7.60 Seven Qualities Qualities required for arahantship.
- AN7.61 Nodding Off Before his awakening, Moggallāna is struggling with sleepiness in meditation. The Buddha visits him and gives seven ways to dispel drowsiness, and other important teachings.
- AN7.62 Don’t Fear Good Deeds The incalculable benefits of merit that last for many aeons.
- AN7.63 Kinds of Wives Anāthapiṇḍika’s home was in an uproar due to the badly behaved Sujātā, newly wedded to one of his sons. The Buddha speaks to her on the different kinds of wives.
- AN7.64 Irritable When someone is angry, they wish ill upon their enemy, and are disappointed if they do well. This sutta includes a powerful set of verses.
- AN7.65 Conscience and Prudence A sense of conscience is the foundation that leads step by step to liberation.
- AN7.66 The Seven Suns A rare discourse on cosmic evolution. The Buddha describes the successive appearance of seven suns and how even the earth will be burned up.
- AN7.67 The Simile of the Citadel When a king’s fortress is well supplied with seven things and has four kinds of food supplies it is impregnable. Similarly, a noble disciple with seven qualities and the four absorptions is impregnable.
- AN7.68 One Who Knows the Teachings A mendicant who has seven qualities is worthy, with a special emphasis on listening to and learning the teaching.
- AN7.69 The Shady Orchid Tree The blossoming of the Shady Orchid Tree delights the gods of the Thirty-Three, and in the same way, the renunciation of a Buddhist ascetic is delightful.
- AN7.70 Honor Sāriputta reflects on what a mendicant should revere in order to develop the wholesome. He reports to the Buddha that these things are indeed found in himself.
- AN7.71 Committed to Development Liberation doesn’t happen because you wish for it, but because you develop the path.
- AN7.72 The Simile of the Great Mass of Fire It would be better for a monk to embrace a blazing fire than to lie with a maiden.
- AN7.73 About Sunetta There have been many great teachers in the past, who should not be reviled. But reviling a single noble disciple is even more serious.
- AN7.74 About Araka Araka was a famous teacher long ago, when the life span was much greater than today. Nevertheless, he still taught impermanence; how much more is it relevant today!
- AN7.75 An Expert in the Monastic Law (1st) An expert in monastic conduct has seven qualities.
- AN7.76 An Expert in the Monastic Law (2nd) An expert in monastic conduct has seven qualities.
- AN7.77 An Expert in the Monastic Law (3rd) An expert in monastic conduct has seven qualities.
- AN7.78 An Expert in the Monastic Law (4th) An expert in monastic conduct has seven qualities.
- AN7.79 Shines as an Expert in the Monastic Law (1st) An expert in monastic conduct shines with seven qualities.
- AN7.80 Shines as an Expert in the Monastic Law (2nd) An expert in monastic conduct shines with seven qualities.
- AN7.81 Shines as an Expert in the Monastic Law (3rd) An expert in monastic conduct shines with seven qualities.
- AN7.82 Shines as an Expert in the Monastic Law (4th) An expert in monastic conduct shines with seven qualities.
- AN7.83 The Teacher’s Instructions The Buddha teaches the Vinaya expert Upāli a short summary of the teaching.
- AN7.84 Settlement of Disciplinary Issues Seven principles for settling issues and disputes that have arisen in the community.
- AN7.85 A Mendicant A mendicant destroys seven defilements.
- AN7.86 An Ascetic An ascetic destroys seven defilements.
- AN7.87 Brahmin A brahmin destroys seven defilements.
- AN7.88 Scholar A scholar destroys seven defilements.
- AN7.89 Bathed A bathed initiate destroys seven defilements.
- AN7.90 A Knowledge Master A knowledge master destroys seven defilements.
- AN7.91 A Noble One A noble one destroys seven defilements.
- AN7.92 A Perfected One A perfected one destroys seven defilements.
- AN7.93 Bad Qualities Seven bad qualities starting with faithlessness.
- AN7.94 Good Qualities Seven good qualities starting with faith.
- AN7.95 Observing Impermanence in the Eye Seven people worthy of offerings due to observing impermanence in the eye.
- AN7.96-614 Observing Suffering in the Eye, Etc. Seven people worthy of offerings due to observing suffering, etc., in the eye, etc.
- AN7.615 Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st) Develop insight into greed through the awakening factors.
- AN7.616 Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd) Develop insight into greed through seven perceptions starting with impermanence.
- AN7.617 Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd) Develop insight into greed through seven perceptions starting with ugliness.
- AN7.618-644 Untitled Discourses on Greed Develop complete understanding, etc., of greed.
- AN7.645-1124 Untitled Discourses on Hate, Etc. Develop complete understanding, etc., of hate, etc.
Aṭṭhakanipāta AN 8 96 texts
- AN8.1 The Benefits of Love The eight benefits of practicing the meditation on love.
- AN8.2 Wisdom Eight conditions that lead to the arising of wisdom, its growth and perfection.
- AN8.3 Disliked (1st) Due to eight qualities, a mendicant is displeasing to their fellow monastics, but with the opposite qualities is pleasing.
- AN8.4 Disliked (2nd) Due to eight qualities, a mendicant is displeasing to their fellow monastics, but with the opposite qualities is pleasing.
- AN8.5 Worldly Conditions (1st) The eight worldly conditions in brief: gain and loss, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, pleasure and pain.
- AN8.6 Worldly Conditions (2nd) The eight worldly conditions in detail: gain and loss, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, pleasure and pain.
- AN8.7 Devadatta’s Failure Devadatta’s downfall was the eight worldly conditions.
- AN8.8 Uttara on Failure In a discourse evidently set some time after the Buddha’s passing, Venerable Uttara, staying in a distant land, teaches that a mendicant should review their own failings and those of others. Questioned by Sakka, the Lord of Gods, Uttara affirms that he learned this from the Buddha.
- AN8.9 Nanda The Buddha praises the grace and restraint of Venerable Nanda.
- AN8.10 Trash When a certain monk was admonished, he responded by attacking his reprovers. The Buddha tells the other monks to expel him, explaining that when such a monk lives hidden in the Saṅgha, his corruption can spread to the other monks.
- AN8.11 At Verañjā The brahmin Verañja rebukes the Buddha for his lack of respect for senior brahmins. He levels a series of criticisms, each of which the Buddha deflects by redefining terms. The Buddha affirms that his claim to superiority is because he was the first to achieve awakening.
- AN8.12 With Sīha General Sīha, a prominent disciple of the Jains, visits the Buddha against the wishes of Mahāvīra, the Jain leader. He challenges the Buddha by bringing up the various ways that people criticize him. Convinced by the Buddha’s response, Sīha wishes to take refuge in the Buddha; but the Buddha urges him to be cautious and to continue supporting the Jains.
- AN8.13 A Thoroughbred With eight qualities a royal thoroughbred is worthy of a king. Likewise, with eight qualities a mendicant is worthy.
- AN8.14 A Wild Colt Eight flaws in wild horses, similar to eight flaws in mendicants.
- AN8.15 Stains Eight different kinds of stain.
- AN8.16 Going on a Mission A mendicant with eight qualities is worthy of being sent on a mission.
- AN8.17 Catching (1st) A woman imprisons a man in eight ways.
- AN8.18 Catching (2nd) A man imprisons a woman in eight ways.
- AN8.19 With Pahārāda Demons delight in the ocean for eight reasons, and likewise the mendicants delight in the Dhamma for eight reasons.
- AN8.20 Sabbath On a full-moon night, the Buddha was to recite the code of conduct for the monks. However, he remained silent until dawn, due to the presence of a corrupt monk.
- AN8.21 With Ugga of Vesālī The Buddha celebrates the eight amazing qualities of the householder Ugga of Vesālī. Ugga himself speaks of these qualities.
- AN8.22 With Uggata of Elephant Village The Buddha celebrates the eight amazing qualities of the householder Ugga of Hatthigāma. Ugga himself speaks of these qualities.
- AN8.23 With Hatthaka (1st) The Buddha celebrates the seven amazing qualities of the householder Hatthaka of Āḷavī. When he hears of this, Hatthaka is anxious to know that no lay people were present. Learning of this, the Buddha adds humility as an eight quality.
- AN8.24 With Hatthaka (2nd) The Buddha learns from Hatthaka of Āḷavī how he maintains a large following. He then celebrates Hatthaka’s eight good qualities.
- AN8.25 With Mahānāma Questioned by his relative Mahānāma, the Buddha explains what makes someone a Buddhist lay follower, a virtuous lay follower, and a lay follower practicing for the welfare of all.
- AN8.26 With Jīvaka Questioned by Jīvaka Komārabhacca, the Buddha explains what makes someone a Buddhist lay follower, a virtuous lay follower, and a lay follower practicing for the welfare of all.
- AN8.27 Powers (1st) Eight very different kinds of powers.
- AN8.28 Powers (2nd) Eight powers of a perfected one.
- AN8.29 Lost Opportunities Eight lost opportunities for spiritual practice.
- AN8.30 Anuruddha and the Great Thoughts Venerable Anuruddha reflects that the teachings is for someone who is of few wishes, content, secluded, energetic, mindful, peaceful, and wise. To these seven thoughts, the Buddha adds an eighth: the teaching is for those who delight in non-proliferation. Practicing in line with these eight thoughts of a great man, Venerable Anuruddha achieves perfection.
- AN8.31 Giving (1st) Eight ways of giving a gift.
- AN8.32 Giving (2nd) This verse on qualities of a good person appears to be a fragment of text, perhaps originally part of the previous sutta.
- AN8.33 Reasons to Give Eight grounds for giving.
- AN8.34 A Field The rewards of giving are compared to fields of different qualities.
- AN8.35 Rebirth by Giving When giving, if you expect a certain result in the next life, you can get it, if the conditions are right.
- AN8.36 Grounds for Making Merit The good deeds of giving, ethics, and meditation lead to good rebirths, depending on the level to which they are developed.
- AN8.37 Gifts of a True Person A good person gives gifts in eight ways.
- AN8.38 A True Person When a good person is born, it benefits eight kinds of people, like a rain-cloud showering all over the land.
- AN8.39 Overflowing Merit Eight streams of merit, consisting in going for refuge and five kinds of gifts.
- AN8.40 The Results of Misconduct Eight kinds of misdeed are conducive to bad outcomes.
- AN8.41 The Sabbath With Eight Factors, In Brief When the sabbath is observed by following the eight precepts, one lives for that day like the perfected ones. Such a sabbath is glorious.
- AN8.42 The Sabbath With Eight Factors, In Detail When the sabbath is observed by following the eight precepts, one lives for that day like the perfected ones. The benefits are explained at length.
- AN8.43 With Visākhā on the Sabbath The Buddha teaches the wealthy laywoman Visākhā that when the sabbath is observed by following the eight precepts, one lives for that day like the perfected ones.
- AN8.44 With Vāseṭṭha on the Sabbath The Buddha teaches the layman Vāseṭṭha that when the sabbath is observed by following the eight precepts, one lives for that day like the perfected ones. Vāseṭṭha exclaims that such a practice would be widely beneficial.
- AN8.45 With Bojjhā on the Sabbath The Buddha teaches the laywoman Bojjhā that when the sabbath is observed by following the eight precepts, one lives for that day like the perfected ones. Bojjhā exclaims that such a practice would be widely beneficial.
- AN8.46 Anuruddha and the Agreeable Deities Some “Agreeable” gods put on a display of music and dance for Venerable Anuruddha, but he is not impressed. He then asks the Buddha how women are reborn in such a heaven.
- AN8.47 With Visākhā on the Agreeable Gods The Buddha teaches the laywoman Visākhā eight qualities through which a woman may be reborn among the Agreeable gods.
- AN8.48 With Nakula’s Mother on the Agreeable Gods The Buddha teaches the housewife Nakulamātā eight qualities through which a woman may be reborn among the Agreeable gods.
- AN8.49 Winning in This Life (1st) The Buddha teaches the laywoman Visākhā four qualities through which a woman succeeds in this life, and four through which she succeeds in the next.
- AN8.50 Winning in This Life (2nd) The Buddha teaches the mendicants four qualities through which a woman succeeds in this life, and four through which she succeeds in the next.
- AN8.51 With Gotamī Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, the Buddha’s foster mother, requests ordination from the Buddha. He declines, until urged to relent by Ānanda. He allows Mahāpajāpatī to go forth on eight conditions.
- AN8.52 An Adviser for Nuns With eight qualities a monk may be appointed to teach the nuns.
- AN8.53 Brief Advice to Gotamī Mahāpajāpatī wishes to go on retreat, so the Buddha teaches her eight principles that summarize the Dhamma in brief.
- AN8.54 With Dīghajāṇu Dīghajāṇu of the Koliyans asks the Buddha to teach in a way suitable for lay people who enjoy life. The Buddha teaches four practical ways to ensure success in this life, and another four ways to ensure success in the next.
- AN8.55 With Ujjaya The brahmin Ujjaya is going abroad, and asks the Buddha to teach him. The Buddha teaches four practical ways to ensure success in this life, and another four ways to ensure success in the next.
- AN8.56 Danger The Buddha explains how addiction to sensual pleasures is perilous.
- AN8.57 Worthy of Offerings Dedicated to the Gods (1st) With eight qualities, a mendicant is worthy.
- AN8.58 Worthy of Offerings Dedicated to the Gods (2nd) With eight qualities, a mendicant is worthy.
- AN8.59 Eight Individuals (1st) Eight kinds of person are worthy.
- AN8.60 Eight Individuals (2nd) Eight kinds of person are worthy.
- AN8.61 Desire The Buddha describes eight cases where a mendicant has a desire for material things. Sometimes they fall under the sway of that desire, but sometimes they rise above it.
- AN8.62 Good Enough Eight sets of qualities pertain to benefiting oneself and others.
- AN8.63 A Teaching in Brief A monk asks for teachings before going on retreat, but the Buddha rebukes him, as he has not practiced sincerely. Nevertheless, he persists, and the Buddha teaches him meditation in detail.
- AN8.64 At Gayā Head At Gayā, the Buddha describes his meditation before awakening. He was able to see lights and forms, converse with gods, and understand the deeds that made them gods.
- AN8.65 Dimensions of Mastery Eight dimensions of meditative mastery, based on the vision of certain shapes and colors.
- AN8.66 Liberations Eight meditative liberations, based on the vision of forms and the attainment of the formless.
- AN8.67 Ignoble Expressions Eight kinds of ignoble statement that misrepresent the truth.
- AN8.68 Noble Expressions Eight kinds of noble statement that convey the truth.
- AN8.69 Assemblies Eight kinds of assemblies: aristocrats, brahmins, householders, ascetics, and various deities. The Buddha has visited each of these in disguise.
- AN8.70 Earthquakes When the Buddha gives up his life-force, an earthquake is felt. The Buddha explains to Ānanda the eight causes of earthquakes.
- AN8.71 Inspiring All Around (1st) Beginning with faith, a mendicant completes all good qualities that fulfill liberation.
- AN8.72 Inspiring All Around (2nd) Beginning with faith, a mendicant completes all good qualities that fulfill liberation.
- AN8.73 Mindfulness of Death (1st) Various mendicants practice mindfulness of death, but do so inadequately. The Buddha explains how to do so with proper urgency,
- AN8.74 Mindfulness of Death (2nd) A mendicant should reflect each night on the dangers that lie around them, and practice mindfulness of death with urgency to give up the unwholesome.
- AN8.75 Accomplishments (1st) Eight accomplishments, both worldly and spiritual.
- AN8.76 Accomplishments (2nd) Eight accomplishments, both worldly and spiritual, in detail.
- AN8.77 Desires Sāriputta describes eight cases where a mendicant has a desire for material things. Sometimes they fall under the sway of that desire, but sometimes they rise above it.
- AN8.78 Good Enough Eight sets of qualities pertain to benefiting oneself and others, explained by Sāriputta.
- AN8.79 Decline Eight conditions for the decline or success of a trainee mendicant.
- AN8.80 Grounds for Laziness and Arousing Energy Eight grounds for laziness, and the corresponding eight grounds for energy.
- AN8.81 Mindfulness and Situational Awareness Mindfulness and situational awareness are a foundation for developing higher spiritual qualities leading to liberation.
- AN8.82 With Puṇṇiya Venerable Puṇṇiya asks the Buddha why he sometimes feels like teaching and other times doesn’t.
- AN8.83 Rooted The root of all things, and other factors that apply to all things.
- AN8.84 A Master Thief The Buddha teaches how to be a success as a master thief. Unusually, this discourse has no “spiritual” counterpart, so it sounds like the Buddha just giving a lesson in thievery!
- AN8.85 Terms for the Realized One Different titles for the Buddha.
- AN8.86 With Nāgita When the householders of Icchānaṅgala make a racket in the monastery, the Buddha asks his attendant Nāgita what is going on. The Buddha speaks strongly of his dislike for material gains, and his love of seclusion.
- AN8.87 Turning the Bowl Upside Down Eight reasons the Saṅgha may overturn the bowl against a lay follower.
- AN8.88 A Proclamation of No Confidence Eight reasons the lay followers may declare no confidence or confidence regarding a mendicant.
- AN8.89 Reconciliation Eight reasons the lay followers may enjoin an act of reconciliation on a mendicant, or relax said act.
- AN8.90 Proper Behavior in a Case of Aggravated Misconduct Eight things a mendicant charged with aggravated misconduct must observe.
- AN8.91-117 Untitled Discourses With Various Laywomen on the Sabbath
- AN8.118 Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st)
- AN8.119 Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd)
- AN8.120 Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd)
- AN8.121-147 Untitled Discourses on Greed
- AN8.148-627 Untitled Discourses on Hate, Etc.
Navakanipāta AN 9 82 texts
- AN9.1 Awakening Beginning with good friendship, the Buddha teaches nine things that give rise to the qualities that lead to awakening.
- AN9.2 Supported The things that a mendicant relies on as supports in spiritual practice.
- AN9.3 With Meghiya Venerable Meghiya, while attending on the Buddha, wants to go off and meditate in a forest alone. The Buddha discourages him, but he goes anyway. When his meditation doesn’t go well, he returns chastened to the Buddha, who teaches him about the benefits of good companions and other fundamentals of a balanced spiritual practice.
- AN9.4 With Nandaka Nandaka is teaching the monks when the Buddha arrives. Unbeknown to those inside, the Buddha waits until the talk was finished, then enters. Nandaka is embarrassed at keeping the Buddha waiting, but the Buddha praises him and offers a teaching on the four things a mendicant should complete. Nandaka then teaches five benefits of listening to Dhamma.
- AN9.5 Powers A noble disciple who develops four powers overcomes five fears.
- AN9.6 Association Four kinds of person who one should or should not associate with. A similar distinction is made regarding robes, almsfood, lodgings, towns, and countries.
- AN9.7 With Sutavā the Wanderer The wanderer Sutavā asks the Buddha about five things a perfected one cannot do; the Buddha expands it to nine.
- AN9.8 With the Wanderer Sajjha The wanderer Sajjha asks the Buddha about five things a perfected one cannot do; the Buddha expands it to nine, which differ slightly from AN 9.7.
- AN9.9 Individuals Nine kinds of persons: the eight noble persons and the ordinary person.
- AN9.10 Worthy of Offerings Dedicated to the Gods Nine persons are worthy of gifts: the eight noble persons and a member of the spiritual family.
- AN9.11 Sāriputta’s Lion’s Roar After the rains season, Sāriputta takes leave of the Buddha. Another monk falsely accuses Sāriputta of hitting him before leaving. The Buddha calls Sāriputta to answer the accusation. Before the Saṅgha, Sāriputta denies it, uttering a powerful statement of spiritual prowess.
- AN9.12 With Residue Sāriputta visits some wanderers, who claim that only perfected ones are free from bad rebirth. Sāriputta has no opinion on this, but asks the Buddha, who replies that even stream-enterers are freed from lower rebirth.
- AN9.13 With Koṭṭhita Venerables Mahākoṭṭhita and Sāriputta discuss whether the spiritual path is for the purpose of changing the results of deeds.
- AN9.14 With Samiddhi Sāriputta questions Venerable Samiddhi on the basis of intentions and thoughts.
- AN9.15 The Simile of the Boil The body is compared to a boil with nine orifices.
- AN9.16 Perceptions Nine perceptions to be developed in meditation.
- AN9.17 Families Nine factors in how a family relates to the Saṅgha.
- AN9.18 The Sabbath with Nine Factors Nine factors for a glorious sabbath: the eight precepts and the meditation on love.
- AN9.19 A Deity Some deities come to the Buddha and speak of how their practice in their past life was limited and unsatisfactory.
- AN9.20 About Velāma The wealthy and devoted lay supporter Anāthapiṇḍika rather curiously says that only poor alms are given in his home. The Buddha praises gracious and bounteous generosity. But meditation surpasses even the greatest offering.
- AN9.21 In Three Particulars A comparison of the people of India, of Uttarakuru, and of the heaven of the Thirty-Three.
- AN9.22 A Wild Colt Nine kinds of horses are compared with nine kinds of monks.
- AN9.23 Rooted in Craving Nine things that are rooted in craving.
- AN9.24 Abodes of Sentient Beings Nine realms into which sentient beings may be reborn.
- AN9.25 Consolidated by Wisdom Nine reflections by which a mendicant knows their mind has wisdom.
- AN9.26 The Simile of the Stone Pillar Venerables Candikāputta and Sāriputta differ in their interpretation of a teaching proposed by the notorious schismatic Devadatta.
- AN9.27 Fears and Enmities (1st) A householder who has eliminated the perils that come with breaking the five precepts, and possesses the four factors of stream-entry is freed from lower rebirths.
- AN9.28 Fears and Enmities (2nd) A householder who has eliminated the perils that come with breaking the five precepts, and possesses the four factors of stream-entry is freed from lower rebirths.
- AN9.29 Grounds for Resentment Nine grounds for resentment.
- AN9.30 Getting Rid of Resentment Nine ways of removing resentment.
- AN9.31 Progressive Cessations Nine meditative states, each of which arises from the cessation of something present in the previous state.
- AN9.32 Progressive Meditations Nine progressive meditation states.
- AN9.33 The Nine Progressive Meditative Attainments Nine progressive meditation states, explained in detail.
- AN9.34 Extinguishment is Bliss Sāriputta declares that extinguishment is bliss, precisely because nothing is felt there. He explains this apparent paradox with reference to the nine progressive meditations.
- AN9.35 The Simile of the Cow Just as a foolish cow can get in trouble wandering the mountains, a foolish mendicant can get lost practicing absorption if they do it wrongly.
- AN9.36 Depending on Absorption The ending of defilements happens due to the practice of absorption meditation.
- AN9.37 By Ānanda Ānanda exclaims how amazing it is that the Buddha has found a way to freedom while still experiencing the world. Questioned by the monk Udāyī, Ānanda recounts a discussion on advanced meditation with the nun Jaṭilagāhiyā.
- AN9.38 Brahmin Cosmologists Two brahmin cosmologists ask the Buddha to decide between competing claims as to whether the cosmos is infinite. Rejecting metaphysical claims, the Buddha says that there is no end of the world that can be reached by traveling; but without reaching the end of the world you can’t be free of suffering.
- AN9.39 The War Between the Gods and the Titans In the wars between gods and demons, they find safety only in their own fortress. Similarly, a mendicant finds safety in absorption.
- AN9.40 The Simile of the Bull Elephant in the Forest A bull elephant, annoyed by living in the herd, goes off by himself. Similarly, a mendicant feeling crowded in a monastery goes off by themselves and happily meditates in seclusion.
- AN9.41 With the Householder Tapussa The householder Tapussa reflects that it is renunciation that distinguishes lay from monastic. The Buddha responds by giving a long account of his practice of absorption before awakening.
- AN9.42 Cramped At Udāyī’s request, Ānanda explains an obscure verse spoken (in SN 2.7) by a deity. The nine progressive meditations are the escape from confinement.
- AN9.43 A Direct Witness The Buddha speaks of a “direct witness’, that is, someone who personally has thorough and proficient experience of the different meditation states.
- AN9.44 Freed by Wisdom One liberated by wisdom first enters the meditation states, then understands them.
- AN9.45 Freed Both Ways One freed both ways is both proficient in and understands the meditation states.
- AN9.46 In the Present Life The teaching apparent in the present life is experienced provisionally in deep meditation, and completely when the defilements end.
- AN9.47 Extinguishment Is Apparent in the Present Life Extinguishment apparent in the present life is experienced provisionally in deep meditation, and completely when the defilements end.
- AN9.48 Extinguishment
- AN9.49 Full Extinguishment
- AN9.50 Extinguishment in a Certain Respect
- AN9.51 Extinguishment in This Life
- AN9.52 A Safe Place
- AN9.53 Reaching a Safe Place
- AN9.54 Freedom From Death
- AN9.55 Reaching Freedom From Death
- AN9.56 A Place Without Fear
- AN9.57 Reaching a Place Without Fear
- AN9.58 Tranquility
- AN9.59 Progressive Tranquility
- AN9.60 Cessation
- AN9.61 Progressive Cessation
- AN9.62 Impossible
- AN9.63 Weaknesses in Training and Mindfulness Meditation
- AN9.64 Hindrances
- AN9.65 Kinds of Sensual Stimulation
- AN9.66 Grasping Aggregates
- AN9.67 Lower Fetters
- AN9.68 Places of Rebirth
- AN9.69 Stinginess
- AN9.70 Higher Fetters
- AN9.71 Hard-heartedness
- AN9.72 Shackles of the Heart
- AN9.73 Weaknesses in Training and Effort
- AN9.74-81 Hindrances, Etc.
- AN9.82 Shackles of the Heart
- AN9.83 Weaknesses in Training and the Bases of Psychic Power
- AN9.84-91 Hindrances, Etc.
- AN9.92 Shackles of the Heart
- AN9.93 Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st)
- AN9.94 Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd)
- AN9.95-112 Untitled Discourses on Greed
- AN9.113-432 Untitled Discourses on Hate, Etc.
Dasakanipāta AN 10 211 texts
- AN10.1 What’s the Goal? The purpose of ethics, leading step by step to liberation.
- AN10.2 Making a Wish There’s no need to make a wish to get enlightened; it happens naturally when the conditions are there.
- AN10.3 Vital Conditions (1st) The Buddha teaches how, like a tree that grows due to its leaves, liberation follows when ethics is present.
- AN10.4 Vital Conditions (2nd) Sāriputta teaches how, like a tree that grows due to its leaves, liberation follows when ethics is present.
- AN10.5 Vital Conditions (3rd) Ānanda teaches how, like a tree that grows due to its leaves, liberation follows when ethics is present.
- AN10.6 Immersion Ānanda asks the Buddha about a mysterious state of immersion in meditation where there is no normal perception, yet one is still conscious.
- AN10.7 Sāriputta Ānanda asks Sāriputta about a mysterious state of immersion in meditation where there is no normal perception, yet one is still conscious. Sāriputta confirms that there is, and claims to have attained it.
- AN10.8 Inspiring All Around: the Absorptions Ten factors, beginning with faith, that a mendicant should fulfill.
- AN10.9 Inspiring All Around: the Peaceful Liberations Ten factors, beginning with faith, that a mendicant should fulfill.
- AN10.10 Inspiring All Around: the Three Knowledges Ten factors, beginning with faith, that a mendicant should fulfill.
- AN10.11 Lodgings Five factors that a mendicant should have, and five factors of a lodging that they should occupy.
- AN10.12 Five Factors A mendicant should abandon the five hindrances and possess the five factors of the adept.
- AN10.13 Fetters Five lower and five higher fetters.
- AN10.14 Hard-heartedness Five kinds of emotional barrenness and five emotional shackles.
- AN10.15 Diligence Diligence is the foremost of all good qualities.
- AN10.16 Worthy of Offerings Dedicated to the Gods Ten persons who are worthy.
- AN10.17 A Protector (1st) Ten qualities that serve as protector.
- AN10.18 A Protector (2nd) Ten qualities that serve as protector, in detail.
- AN10.19 Abodes of the Noble Ones (1st) Ten noble abodes in which the noble ones of the past, present and future abide.
- AN10.20 Abodes of the Noble Ones (2nd) Ten noble abodes in which the noble ones of the past, present and future abide, in detail.
- AN10.21 The Lion’s Roar Like a lion, a Realized One roars his preeminence based on ten powers.
- AN10.22 Hypotheses The Buddha claims to be assured regarding the various different doctrinal hypotheses, based on the ten powers.
- AN10.23 Body Some things are to be given by body, others by speech, and still others by wisdom.
- AN10.24 By Mahācunda Venerable Mahācunda teaches that, though a mendicant might claim to be free of greed, hate, and delusion, this is not always the case.
- AN10.25 Meditation on Universals Ten universal dimensions of meditation, or kasiṇas.
- AN10.26 With Kāḷī The female lay follower Kāḷī of Kuraraghara in Avantī asks Venerable Mahākaccāna about a verse spoken by the Buddha in “The Maidens’ Questions” (SN 4.25). He replies in terms of the ten universal dimensions of meditation.
- AN10.27 The Great Questions (1st) Some wanderers claim to teach the direct knowledge of all things, just like the Buddha. However the Buddha disputes this by presenting ten “Great Questions” that they cannot answer.
- AN10.28 The Great Questions (2nd) Some lay people ask the nun from Kajaṅgalā regarding the ten “Great Questions”. Though she has not heard this teaching herself, she explains from her own understanding, and is praised by the Buddha.
- AN10.29 Kosala (1st) Starting with a comparison with the King of Kosala, the Buddha teaches a series of ten advanced teachings. He culminates by affirming that he teaches the full understanding of sensual pleasures, forms, and feelings.
- AN10.30 Kosala (2nd) King Pasenadi returns victorious from battle and immediately goes to see the Buddha, bowing reverentially to his feet, and declaring ten reasons for his love and devotion to the Buddha.
- AN10.31 With Upāli The Buddha teaches Venerable Upāli the ten reasons for establishing the training rules.
- AN10.32 Suspending the Recitation of the Monastic Code Ten reasons for suspending the recitation of the code of conduct.
- AN10.33 A Judge Ten qualities a mendicant should have to be appointed to judge a dispute.
- AN10.34 Ordination Ten qualities a mendicant should have to give ordination.
- AN10.35 Dependence Ten qualities a mendicant should have to give dependence.
- AN10.36 A Novice Ten qualities a mendicant should have to be attended by a novice.
- AN10.37 Schism in the Saṅgha Ten reasons for schism in the Saṅgha.
- AN10.38 Harmony in the Saṅgha Ten reasons for harmony in the Saṅgha.
- AN10.39 With Ānanda (1st) The Buddha teaches Ānanda the ten reasons for schism in the Saṅgha, as well as the outcome of causing schism.
- AN10.40 With Ānanda (2nd) The Buddha teaches Ānanda the ten reasons for harmony in the Saṅgha, as well as the outcome of creating harmony.
- AN10.41 Dispute Ten reasons for disputes in the Saṅgha.
- AN10.42 Roots of Dispute (1st) Ten roots for disputes in the Saṅgha.
- AN10.43 Roots of Dispute (2nd) Ten roots for disputes in the Saṅgha.
- AN10.44 At Kusinārā A mendicant who wishes to admonish another should first reflect on five things in themselves and establish a further five.
- AN10.45 Entering a Royal Compound Ten dangers for a monk who enters a royal harem.
- AN10.46 With the Sakyans The Sakyans say that they don’t always observe the eight precepts on the sabbath. The Buddha strongly admonishes them to be more consistent.
- AN10.47 With Mahāli Mahāli the Licchavi asks the Buddha for the causes of bad deeds.
- AN10.48 Ten Regular Reflections for a Renunciate Topics for frequent reflection by one gone forth.
- AN10.49 Existing Because of the Body Ten things that depend on the body.
- AN10.50 Fights Some monks are arguing, so the Buddha teaches them ten warm-hearted principles.
- AN10.51 Your Own Mind The Buddha teaches that, if you can’t read anyone else’s mind, read your own by regular self-reflection.
- AN10.52 With Sāriputta Sāriputta teaches that, if you can’t read anyone else’s mind, read your own by regular self-reflection.
- AN10.53 Stagnation The Buddha doesn’t praise stagnation in wholesome qualities, let alone decline.
- AN10.54 Serenity The Buddha teaches that, if you can’t read anyone else’s mind, read your own by regular self-reflection. Includes a teaching on various things that should or should not be cultivated.
- AN10.55 Decline Sāriputta explains what the Buddha meant by a mendicant who is in decline.
- AN10.56 Perceptions (1st) Ten meditative perceptions that lead to the deathless.
- AN10.57 Perceptions (2nd) Ten meditative perceptions that lead to the deathless.
- AN10.58 Rooted The root of all things, and similar principles.
- AN10.59 Going Forth Ten reflections that strengthen the mind of a renunciate.
- AN10.60 With Girimānanda The monk Girimānanda is sick. The Buddha encourages Ānanda to visit him and speak of ten perceptions.
- AN10.61 Ignorance Even though ignorance has no discernible first point, it still has a cause.
- AN10.62 Craving Even though craving has no discernible first point, it still has a cause.
- AN10.63 Come to a Conclusion Those who have certainty in the Buddha may realize the final goal in this life or the next.
- AN10.64 Experiential Confidence Stream-enterers may realize the final goal in this life or the next.
- AN10.65 Happiness (1st) Sāriputta explains to the wanderer Sāmaṇḍakāni that rebirth is suffering, freedom from rebirth is happiness.
- AN10.66 Happiness (2nd) Sāriputta explains to the wanderer Sāmaṇḍakāni that dissatisfaction is suffering, enjoyment is happiness.
- AN10.67 At Naḷakapāna (1st) At Naḷakapāna the Buddha invites Sāriputta to teach. He speaks of ten qualities that lead to decline or non-decline.
- AN10.68 At Naḷakapāna (2nd) At Naḷakapāna the Buddha invites Sāriputta to teach. He speaks of ten qualities that lead to decline or non-decline.
- AN10.69 Topics of Discussion (1st) The monks are sitting around chatting about this and that. The Buddha admonishes them and teaches ten topics of conversation suitable for mendicants.
- AN10.70 Topics of Discussion (2nd) The monks are sitting around chatting about this and that. The Buddha admonishes them and teaches ten grounds of praise.
- AN10.71 One Might Wish If a mendicant wishes to attain spiritual heights, they should begin by practicing the code of training rules.
- AN10.72 Thorns When the Buddha receives noisy visitors, several monks withdraw to a nearby forest to meditate. The Buddha praises them, saying that noise is a thorn to absorption.
- AN10.73 Likable Ten desirable things that are hard to get.
- AN10.74 Growth Ten aspects of prosperity.
- AN10.75 With Migasālā The female lay disciple Migasālā questions Ānanda how the Buddha could have declared her father and her uncle had the same level of spiritual attainment, when one was much more strict than the other. Ānanda conveys this to the Buddha, who responds that only such as he can pass judgment, since the spiritual faculties of individuals are complex and hard to understand.
- AN10.76 Three Things Without rebirth, old age, and death, there would be no teaching of Dhamma. The Buddha teaches a series of sets of three things leading to liberation.
- AN10.77 A Crow A bad monk has ten bad qualities, like a crow.
- AN10.78 Jains Jain ascetics have ten bad qualities.
- AN10.79 Grounds for Resentment Ten ground for resentment.
- AN10.80 Getting Rid of Resentment Ten ways of removing resentment.
- AN10.81 With Bāhuna Giving up ten things, the Buddha lives free of limits.
- AN10.82 With Ānanda A mendicant cannot achieve progress if they have ten bad qualities starting with lack of faith.
- AN10.83 With Puṇṇiya Venerable Puṇṇiya asks why the Buddha sometimes feels like teaching, other times not.
- AN10.84 Declaration When a mendicant declares enlightenment, the Buddha or another accomplished meditator examines them.
- AN10.85 A Boaster Venerable Mahācunda teaches that when a mendicant boasts about spiritual attainments, the Buddha or another accomplished meditator examines them.
- AN10.86 Overestimation Venerable Mahākassapa teaches that when a mendicant declares enlightenment, the Buddha or another accomplished meditator examines them.
- AN10.87 Disciplinary Issues The Buddha, speaking in reference to the monk Kalandaka, explains ten qualities that lead to discord or unity.
- AN10.88 An Abuser A mendicant who insults their spiritual companions incurs ten disasters.
- AN10.89 With Kokālika The monk Kokālika accuses Sāriputta and Moggallāna of having evil wishes. The Buddha defends them. Later, Kokālika suffers calamity and is reborn in hell.
- AN10.90 The Powers of One Who has Ended Defilements Ten powers by which a mendicant knows that they have ended the defilements.
- AN10.91 Pleasure Seekers The Buddha teaches Anāthapiṇḍika ten kinds of persons who enjoy sensual pleasures.
- AN10.92 Dangers A noble disciple has eliminated five perils, realized the four factors of stream-entry, and seen the noble process.
- AN10.93 What Is Your View? Anāthapiṇḍika visits some wanderers, who ask him about the Buddha’s views. Anāthapiṇḍika asks them to explain their own view first. He then declares his own understanding of impermanence, leaving the wanderers speechless.
- AN10.94 With Vajjiyamāhita The householder Vajjiyamāhita visits some wanderers, who accuse the Buddha of condemning all asceticism. Vajjiyamāhita counters this by saying the Buddha only criticizes what is worthy of criticism. The Buddha praises him, and explains in detail what this means.
- AN10.95 With Uttiya The wanderer Uttiya asks the Buddha a series of ten metaphysical questions as to whether the cosmos is finite, etc. The Buddha responds by saying that he only teaches the end of suffering. Uttiya goes on to ask whether all beings will be liberated. The Buddha is silent, and Ānanda answers on his behalf.
- AN10.96 With Kokanada The wanderer Kokanada meets Ānanda at the baths and engages him on the topic of the ten metaphysical questions.
- AN10.97 Worthy of Offerings Dedicated to the Gods With ten qualities, a mendicant is worthy.
- AN10.98 A Senior Mendicant With ten qualities, a senior mendicant is at ease wherever they live.
- AN10.99 With Upāli When Upāli asks to go into retreat, the Buddha warns him that secluded wilderness dwellings are hard to endure unless one is accomplished in meditation. He gives a long account of the training required before going into solitude, and ends by encouraging Upāli to stay in the Saṅgha.
- AN10.100 Cannot Ten things must be given up before attaining perfection.
- AN10.101 Perceptions for Ascetics Three ascetic perceptions lead to seven results.
- AN10.102 Awakening Factors The seven factors of awakening lead to realizing the three knowledges.
- AN10.103 The Wrong Way The tenfold wrong path leads to failure, the tenfold right path leads to success.
- AN10.104 A Seed When a person has wrong view, all their path development is wrong. But when they have right view, everything good follows.
- AN10.105 Knowledge Ignorance is the precursor of wrong view and the other bad qualities, while right view is the opposite.
- AN10.106 Wearing Away Each of the ten path factors wears away its opposite.
- AN10.107 The Bone-Washing Ceremony The Buddha speaks of a southern land called “Bath”, but says that a spiritual bath is better.
- AN10.108 Doctors The Buddha speaks of a purgative for curing ailments, but says that a spiritual purgative is better.
- AN10.109 Emetic The Buddha speaks of a emetic for curing ailments, but says that a spiritual emetic is better.
- AN10.110 Blown Away The ten path factors each expel their opposite.
- AN10.111 An Adept (1st) An adept has fulfilled the ten path factors.
- AN10.112 An Adept (2nd) An adept has fulfilled the ten path factors.
- AN10.113 Bad Principles (1st) One should understand what is the teaching and what is contrary to the teaching, in brief.
- AN10.114 Bad Principles (2nd) One should understand what is the teaching and what is contrary to the teaching, in detail.
- AN10.115 Bad Principles (3rd) One should understand what is the teaching and what is contrary to the teaching. After hearing this in brief from the Buddha, the mendicants seek a detailed answer from Ānanda.
- AN10.116 With Ajita The wanderer Ajita informs the Buddha that a philosopher has proposed 500 cases for knowing that and argument has been won or lost. The Buddha asks the mendicants about these.
- AN10.117 With Saṅgārava The wrong path is the near shore where most people dwell; the right path is the far shore, where few have crossed over.
- AN10.118 The Near Shore The wrong path is the near shore where most people dwell; the right path is the far shore, where few have crossed over.
- AN10.119 The Ceremony of Descent (1st) The Buddha sees Jāṇussoṇī observing the brahmanical ceremony of “descent”. The Buddha teaches his revised version.
- AN10.120 The Ceremony of Descent (2nd) The Buddha teaches his revised version of the brahmanical ceremony of “descent” to the mendicants.
- AN10.121 Forerunner As the dawn is the forerunner of the sunrise, right view is the forerunner of the path.
- AN10.122 The Ending of Defilements The ten path factors lead to the end of the defilements.
- AN10.123 First
- AN10.124 Second
- AN10.125 Third
- AN10.126 Fourth
- AN10.127 Fifth
- AN10.128 Sixth
- AN10.129 Seventh
- AN10.130 Eighth
- AN10.131 Ninth
- AN10.132 Tenth
- AN10.133 Eleventh
- AN10.134 Good
- AN10.135 The Teaching of the Noble Ones
- AN10.136 Unskillful
- AN10.137 Beneficial
- AN10.138 The Teaching
- AN10.139 Defiled
- AN10.140 Blameworthy
- AN10.141 Mortifying
- AN10.142 Accumulation
- AN10.143 With Suffering as Outcome
- AN10.144 Result in Suffering
- AN10.145 The Noble Path
- AN10.146 The Dark Path
- AN10.147 The True Teaching
- AN10.148 The Teaching of the True Persons
- AN10.149 Should Be Activated
- AN10.150 Should Be Cultivated
- AN10.151 Should Be Developed
- AN10.152 Should Be Made Much Of
- AN10.153 Should Be Recollected
- AN10.154 Should Be Realized
- AN10.155 You Should Associate
- AN10.156-166 Frequenting, Etc.
- AN10.167 The Brahmin Ceremony of Descent The Buddha sees Jāṇussoṇī observing the brahmanical ceremony of “descent”. The Buddha teaches his revised version.
- AN10.168 The Noble Descent The Buddha teaches his revised version of the brahmanical ceremony of “descent” to the mendicants.
- AN10.169 With Saṅgārava The Buddha teaches the brahmin Saṅgārava that the wrong path is the near shore where most people dwell; the right path is the far shore, where few have crossed over.
- AN10.170 The Near Shore The wrong path is the near shore where most people dwell; the right path is the far shore, where few have crossed over.
- AN10.171 Bad Principles (1st) One should understand what is the teaching and what is contrary to the teaching, in brief.
- AN10.172 Bad Principles (2nd) One should understand what is the teaching and what is contrary to the teaching. After hearing this in brief from the Buddha, the mendicants seek a detailed answer from Mahākaccāna.
- AN10.173 Bad Principles (3rd) One should understand what is the teaching and what is contrary to the teaching, in detail.
- AN10.174 Sources of Deeds The various kinds of bad deeds are caused by greed, hate, and delusion.
- AN10.175 The Bypass Through the teaching one may avoid the various kinds of bad deeds.
- AN10.176 With Cunda Cunda the smith tells the Buddha of rites of purification practiced by the western brahmins. The Buddha explains purification in his teaching.
- AN10.177 With Jānussoṇi Jāṇussoṇī describes brahmanical memorial rites for the dead, and asks if sharing merit actually benefits dead relatives. The Buddha replies that it might do in some circumstances.
- AN10.178 Good
- AN10.179 The Teaching of the Noble Ones
- AN10.180 Skillful
- AN10.181 Beneficial
- AN10.182 The Teaching
- AN10.183 Defiled
- AN10.184 Blameworthy
- AN10.185 Mortifying
- AN10.186 Leading to Accumulation
- AN10.187 With Suffering as Outcome
- AN10.188 Result
- AN10.189 The Noble Path
- AN10.190 The Dark Path
- AN10.191 The True Teaching
- AN10.192 The Teaching of the True Persons
- AN10.193 Principles That Should Be Activated
- AN10.194 Principles That Should Be Cultivated
- AN10.195 Principles That Should Be Developed
- AN10.196 Principles That Should Be Made Much Of
- AN10.197 Should Be Recollected
- AN10.198 Should Be Realized
- AN10.199-210 Should Not Associate, Etc.
- AN10.211 Heaven and Hell (1st) The ten kinds of bad deeds lead you to hell; the ten good deeds to heaven.
- AN10.212 Heaven and Hell (2nd)
- AN10.213 A Female
- AN10.214 A Laywoman
- AN10.215 Assured
- AN10.216 Creepy Creatures Those who do the ten kinds of bad deeds are like creepy creatures.
- AN10.217 Intentional (1st) The Buddha asserts that one’s kamma must be exhausted before making an end of suffering. This statement precedes a long explanation of deeds and their causes.
- AN10.218 Intentional (2nd) The Buddha asserts that one’s kamma must be exhausted before making an end of suffering. This statement precedes a long explanation of deeds and their causes.
- AN10.219 The Body Born of Deeds The Buddha asserts that one’s kamma must be exhausted before making an end of suffering. If one develops the heart’s release through love, no bad deeds can persist there.
- AN10.220 Unprincipled Conduct The Buddha teaches a brahmin that bad conduct leads to hell, good conduct to heaven.
- AN10.221 Untitled Discourse on Ten Qualities
- AN10.222 Untitled Discourse on Twenty Qualities
- AN10.223 Untitled Discourse on Thirty Qualities
- AN10.224 Untitled Discourse on Forty Qualities
- AN10.225-228 Untitled Discourses on Ten to Forty Qualities (1st)
- AN10.229-232 Untitled Discourses on Ten to Forty Qualities (2nd)
- AN10.233-236 Untitled Discourses on Ten to Forty Qualities (3rd)
- AN10.237 Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st)
- AN10.238 Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd)
- AN10.239 Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd)
- AN10.240-266 Untitled Discourses on Greed
- AN10.267-746 Untitled Discourses on Hate, Etc.
Ekādasakanipāta AN 11 36 texts
- AN11.1 What’s the Goal? Good conduct leads to non-regret, to joy, and so on all the way to liberation.
- AN11.2 Making a Wish A virtuous person need not make a wish; it is natural for the path to flow on.
- AN11.3 Vital Conditions (1st) The Buddha teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening.
- AN11.4 Vital Conditions (2nd) Sāriputta teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening.
- AN11.5 Vital Conditions (3rd) Ānanda teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening.
- AN11.6 Disasters When a mendicant abuses their fellow monastics, eleven disasters follow.
- AN11.7 Percipient Ānanda asks the Buddha about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception. The Buddha affirms that such a state exists. Ānanda puts the same question to Sāriputta, and gets the same answer.
- AN11.8 Focus Ānanda asks the Buddha about a deep state of meditation where all normal attention has ceased, but there is still attention. The Buddha affirms that such a state exists.
- AN11.9 With Sandha The Buddha tells Venerable Sandha to meditate like a trained thoroughbred, not like a wild colt. Doing so, they may attain a deep state.
- AN11.10 At the Peacocks’ Feeding Ground Possessing various sets of qualities, a mendicant is best among gods and men.
- AN11.11 With Mahānāma (1st) Mahānāma the Sakyan sees that the monks are preparing robes after the rains season. Knowing that the Buddha will soon depart, he asks how they are to live with their busy lives.
- AN11.12 With Mahānāma (2nd) Mahānāma the Sakyan sees that the monks are preparing robes after the rains season. Knowing that the Buddha will soon depart, he asks how they are to live with their busy lives.
- AN11.13 With Nandiya Nandiya the Sakiyan moves to Sāvatthī to be near the Buddha. At the end of the rains, he asks the Buddha’s advice on how to live.
- AN11.14 With Subhūti Venerable Subhūti brings the young monk Saddha to meet the Buddha. The Buddha goes on to teach the manifestations of faith.
- AN11.15 The Benefits of Love The meditation on love has eleven benefits.
- AN11.16 The Wealthy Citizen Asked by a householder to teach a path to freedom, Venerable Ānanda explains no less than eleven meditative states that may serve as doors to the deathless.
- AN11.17 The Cowherd A cowherd with eleven qualities is competent to look after a herd of cattle. Likewise, a mendicant with eleven qualities can grow in the Dhamma.
- AN11.18 Immersion (1st) The Buddha is asked by the mendicants about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception.
- AN11.19 Immersion (2nd) The Buddha teaches the mendicants about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception.
- AN11.20 Immersion (3rd) Sāriputta is asked by the mendicants about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception.
- AN11.21 Immersion (4th) Sāriputta teaches the mendicants about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception.
- AN11.22-29 Untitled Discourses on the Eye
- AN11.30-69 Untitled Discourses on the Ear, Etc.
- AN11.70-117 Untitled Discourses on Sights, Etc.
- AN11.118-165 Untitled Discourses on Eye Consciousness, Etc.
- AN11.166-213 Untitled Discourses on Eye Contact, Etc.
- AN11.214-261 Untitled Discourses on Feeling Born of Eye Contact, Etc.
- AN11.262-309 Untitled Discourses on Perception of Sights, Etc.
- AN11.310-357 Untitled Discourses on Intention Regarding Sights, Etc.
- AN11.358-405 Untitled Discourses on Craving For Sights, Etc.
- AN11.406-453 Untitled Discourses on Thoughts About Sights, Etc.
- AN11.454-501 Untitled Discourses on Considerations Regarding Sights, Etc.
- AN11.502-981 Untitled Discourses on the Eye, Etc.
- AN11.982 Untitled Discourse on Greed
- AN11.983-991 Untitled Discourses on Greed
- AN11.992-1151 Untitled Discourses on Hate, Etc.