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AN 10.31 The Buddha teaches Venerable Upāli the ten reasons for establishing the training rules. AN 10.32 Ten reasons for suspending the recitation of the code of conduct. AN 10.33 Ten qualities a mendicant should have to be appointed to judge a dispute. AN 10.34 Ten qualities a mendicant should have to give ordination. AN 10.35 Ten qualities a mendicant should have to give dependence. AN 10.36...

AN 10.28 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. AN 10.29 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 sens...

AN 10.25 Ten universal dimensions of meditation, or kasiṇas. AN 10.26 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. AN 10.27 Some wanderers claim to teach the direct knowledge of all things, just like the Buddha. However ...

AN 10.21 Like a lion, a Realized One roars his preeminence based on ten powers. AN 10.22 The Buddha claims to be assured regarding the various different doctrinal hypotheses, based on the ten powers. AN 10.23 Some things are to be given by body, others by speech, and still others by wisdom. AN 10.24 Venerable Mahācunda teaches that, though a mendicant might claim to be free of greed, hate, and ...

AN 10.11 Five factors that a mendicant should have, and five factors of a lodging that they should occupy. AN 10.12 A mendicant should abandon the five hindrances and possess the five factors of the adept. AN 10.13 Five lower and five higher fetters. AN 10.14 Five kinds of emotional barrenness and five emotional shackles. AN 10.15 Diligence is the foremost of all good qualities. AN 10.16 Ten pe...

AN 10.01 The purpose of ethics, leading step by step to liberation. AN 10.02 There’s no need to make a wish to get enlightened; it happens naturally when the conditions are there. AN 10.03 The Buddha teaches how, like a tree that grows due to its leaves, liberation follows when ethics is present. AN 10.04 Sāriputta teaches how, like a tree that grows due to its leaves, liberation follows when e...

AN 9.42 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. AN 9.43 The Buddha speaks of a “direct witness’, that is, someone who personally has thorough and proficient experience of the different meditation states. AN 9.44 One liberated by wisdom first enters the meditation states, then understand...

AN 9.40 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. AN 9.41 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.

AN 9.36 The ending of defilements happens due to the practice of absorption meditation. AN 9.37 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. AN 9.38 Two brahmin cosmologists ask the Buddha to decide between competing cla...

AN 9.32 Nine progressive meditation states. AN 9.33 Nine progressive meditation states, explained in detail. AN 9.34 Sāriputta declares that extinguishment is bliss, precisely because nothing is felt there. He explains this apparent paradox with reference to the nine progressive meditations. AN 9.35 Just as a foolish cow can get in trouble wandering the mountains, a foolish mendicant can get lo...

AN 9.21 A comparison of the people of India, of Uttarakuru, and of the heaven of the Thirty-Three. AN 9.22 Nine kinds of horses are compared with nine kinds of monks. AN 9.23 Nine things that are rooted in craving. AN 9.24 Nine realms into which sentient beings may be reborn. AN 9.25 Nine reflections by which a mendicant knows their mind has wisdom. AN 9.26 Venerables Candikāputta and Sāriputta...

AN 9.11 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. AN 9.12 Sāriputta visits some wanderers, who claim that only perfected ones are free from bad rebirth. Sāriputta ...

AN 9.01 Beginning with good friendship, the Buddha teaches nine things that give rise to the qualities that lead to awakening. AN 9.02 The things that a mendicant relies on as supports in spiritual practice. AN 9.03 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...

AN 8.81 Mindfulness and situational awareness are a foundation for developing higher spiritual qualities leading to liberation. AN 8.82 Venerable Puṇṇiya asks the Buddha why he sometimes feels like teaching and other times doesn’t. AN 8.83 The root of all things, and other factors that apply to all things. AN 8.84 The Buddha teaches how to be a success as a master thief. Unusually, this discour...

AN 8.71 Beginning with faith, a mendicant completes all good qualities that fulfill liberation. AN 8.72 Beginning with faith, a mendicant completes all good qualities that fulfill liberation. AN 8.73 Various mendicants practice mindfulness of death, but do so inadequately. The Buddha explains how to do so with proper urgency, AN 8.74 A mendicant should reflect each night on the dangers that lie...

AN 8.61 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. AN 8.62 Eight sets of qualities pertain to benefiting oneself and others. AN 8.63 A monk asks for teachings before going on retreat, but the Buddha rebukes him, as he has not practiced sincerely. Nevertheless, he persis...

AN 8.51 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. AN 8.52 With eight qualities a monk may be appointed to teach the nuns. AN 8.53 Mahāpajāpatī wishes to go on retreat, so the Buddha teaches her eight principles that summarize the Dhamma in brief. AN 8...

AN 8.41 When the sabbath is observed by following the eight precepts, one lives for that day like the perfected ones. Such a sabbath is glorious. AN 8.42 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. AN 8.44 The Buddha teaches the layman Vāseṭṭha that when the sabbath is observed by following t...

AN 8.31 Eight ways of giving a gift. AN 8.32 This verse on qualities of a good person appears to be a fragment of text, perhaps originally part of the previous sutta. AN 8.33 Eight grounds for giving. AN 8.34 The rewards of giving are compared to fields of different qualities. AN 8.35 When giving, if you expect a certain result in the next life, you can get it, if the conditions are right. AN 8...

AN 8.27 Eight very different kinds of powers. AN 8.28 Eight powers of a perfected one. AN 8.29 Eight lost opportunities for spiritual practice. AN 8.30 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-prol...

AN 8.21 The Buddha celebrates the eight amazing qualities of the householder Ugga of Vesālī. Ugga himself speaks of these qualities. AN 8.22 The Buddha celebrates the eight amazing qualities of the householder Ugga of Hatthigāma. Ugga himself speaks of these qualities. AN 8.23The Buddha celebrates the seven amazing qualities of the householder Hatthaka of Āḷavī. When he hears of this, Hatthaka ...

AN 8.13 With eight qualities a royal thoroughbred is worthy of a king. Likewise, with eight qualities a mendicant is worthy. AN 8.14 Eight flaws in wild horses, similar to eight flaws in mendicants. AN 8.15 Eight different kinds of stain. AN 8.16 A mendicant with eight qualities is worthy of being sent on a mission. AN 8.17 A woman imprisons a man in eight ways. AN 8.18  A man imprisons a woman...

AN 8.11 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. AN 8.12 General Sīha, a prominent disciple of the Jains, visits the Buddha against the wishes of Mahāvīra, the Jain l...

AN 8.01 The eight benefits of practicing the meditation on love. AN 8.02 Eight conditions that lead to the arising of wisdom, its growth and perfection. AN 8.03 - 04 Due to eight qualities, a mendicant is displeasing to their fellow monastics, but with the opposite qualities is pleasing AN 8.05 The eight worldly conditions in brief: gain and loss, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, pleasure a...

AN 7.615 Develop insight into greed through the awakening factors. AN 7.616 Develop insight into greed through seven perceptions starting with impermanence. AN 7.617 Develop insight into greed through seven perceptions starting with ugliness. AN 7.618 - 7.1124 Develop complete understanding, etc., of greed.

AN 7.95 Seven people worthy of offerings due to observing impermanence in the eye. AN 7.96 - 7.614 Seven people worthy of offerings due to observing suffering, etc., in the eye, etc.

AN 7.85 A mendicant destroys seven defilements. AN 7.86 An ascetic destroys seven defilements. AN 7.87 A brahmin initiate destroys seven defilements. AN 7.88 A scholar destroys seven defilements. AN 7.89 A bathed initiate destroys seven defilements. AN 7.90 A knowledge master destroys seven defilements. AN 7.91 A noble-one destroys seven defilements AN 7.92 A perfected one destroys seven defile...

AN 7.75  - 7.78An expert in monastic conduct has seven qualities. AN 7.79 - 82 An expert in monastic conduct shines with seven qualities. AN 7.83 The Buddha teaches the Vinaya expert Upāli a short summary of the teaching. AN 7.84 Seven principles for settling issues and disputes that have arisen in the community.

The longest of all discourses, this extended narrative tells of the events surrounding the Buddha’s death. Full of vivid and moving details, it is an ideal entry point into knowing the Buddha as a person, and understanding how the Buddhist community coped with his passing.

AN 7.69 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. AN 7.70 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. AN 7.71 Liberation doesn’t happen because you wish for it, but beca...

AN 7.65 A sense of conscience is the foundation that leads step by step to liberation. AN 7.66 A rare discourse on cosmic evolution. The Buddha describes the successive appearance of seven suns and how even the earth will be burned up. AN 7.67 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 q...

AN 7.59 Venerable Kimbila asks the Buddha the reasons for the long-lasting of Buddhism after the Buddha’s demise. AN 7.60 Qualities required for arahantship. AN 7.61 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. AN 7.62 The incalculable benefits of merit that last for ...

AN 7.54 The Buddha explains why a noble disciple has no doubt when it comes to the unexplained points. AN 7.55 Seven kinds of rebirth for non-returners, as well as extinguishment by not grasping. AN 7.56 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. AN 7...

AN 7.44 Seven planes of consciousness in which beings may be reborn. AN 7.45 The path factors are the prerequisite for right immersion. AN 7.46 Seven fires, some physical, some psychological. AN 7.47 The brahmin Uggatasarīra has arranged a great sacrifice. On Ānanda’s advice, he asks the Buddha how to make a sacrifice beneficial. AN 7.48 Meditating on seven perceptions leads to the deathless, i...

AN 7.32 A god speaks of the the seven principles of non-decline to the Buddha, who repeats it to the mendicants. AN 7.33 The Buddha tells of hearing the seven principles of non-decline from a god. AN 7.34 The Buddha tells of hearing the seven principles of non-decline from a god. AN 7.35 The Buddha tells of hearing the seven principles of non-decline from a god. Sāriputta offers additional expl...

AN 7.21 The Buddha teaches the seven principles of non-decline to the Licchavis at the Sārandada shrine near Vesālī. AN 7.22 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. AN 7.23 The Buddha teaches the seven principles of n...

AN 7.11 The underlying tendencies of sensual desire, repulsion, views, doubt, conceit, desire to be reborn, and ignorance. AN 7.12 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. AN 7.13 Factors that make a family worth visiting. AN 7.14 Seven persons who are worthy of gifts and ve...

AN 7.01 Seven qualities that make a mendicant either agreeable or disagreeable to their fellow monastics. AN 7.02 Seven qualities that make a mendicant either agreeable or disagreeable to their fellow monastics. AN 7.03 The powers of faith, energy, conscience, prudence, mindfulness, samādhi, and wisdom. AN 7.04 The powers of faith, energy, conscience, prudence, mindfulness, samādhi, and wisdom....

AN 6.117 Things that enable or obstruct meditation on the body. AN 6.118 Things that enable or obstruct meditation on various things. An 6.119 Possessing six qualities, the householder Tapussa sees the Dhamma. AN 6.120 -139 Possessing six qualities, various householders see the Dhamma.

AN 6.107 Antidotes for greed, hate, and delusion. AN 6.108 Antidotes for bad conduct. AN 6.109 Antidotes for bad thoughts. AN 6.110 Antidotes for harmful perceptions. AN 6.111 Antidotes for harmful properties. AN 6.112 Antidotes for views of gratification, self, and wrong views. AN 6.113 Antidotes for discontent, cruelty, and misconduct. AN 6.114 Antidotes for discontent, unawareness, and desir...

AN 6.96 Things rare to find in the world. AN 6.97 Benefits of stream-entry. AN 6.98 A mendicant on the path cannot see any condition as permanent. AN 6.99 A mendicant on the path cannot see any condition as pleasurable. AN 6.100 A mendicant on the path cannot see any thing as not-self. AN 6.101 A mendicant on the path cannot see extinguishment as suffering. AN 6.102 Reasons for meditating on im...

AN 6.85 Things leading to growth or deterioration by day or night. AN 6.86 Things that enable or obstruct true understanding while listening to the teachings. AN 6.87 Things that enable or obstruct true understanding while listening to the teachings. AN 6.88 Things that enable or obstruct true understanding while listening to the teachings. AN 6.89 Requirements for becoming a stream-enterer. AN...