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  Index of Suttas
Dhammaññu Sutta: One With a Sense of Dhamma (AN VII.64) [Thanissaro]
Licchavi Sutta: To the Licchavi (SN LV.30) [Thanissaro]
Pamadaviharin Sutta: Dwelling in Heedlessness (SN XXXV.97) [Thanissaro]
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 Index of Suttas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Atanatiya Sutta: The Discourse on Atanatiya (DN 32)
Dhammaññu Sutta: One With a Sense of Dhamma (AN VII.64)
Visakhuposatha Sutta: Discourse to Visakha on the Eight-factored Uposatha (AN VIII.43)
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 The Samyutta Nikaya
Pilahaka Sutta (SN XVII.5) -- The Dung Beetle.
Yavakalapi Sutta (SN XXXV.207) -- The Sheaf of Barley.
Pañcakanga Sutta (SN XXXVI.19) -- Carpenter Fivetools [Nyanaponika Thera, tr.].
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 Beginnings: The Pali Suttas (1)
Sutta references are to discourse number and, in parentheses, volume and page of the Pali Text Society edition, except for Theragáthá, Dhammapada and Sutta Nipáta, for which reference is to the verse number.
We know that the Pali Suttas -- the discourses in the Pali language -- are acknowledged by all Buddhist schools to be the oldest record we have of the Buddha's Teaching.
The collection of discourses known as the Pali Suttas heartedly recommends itself to the concerned individual as being that guidance to the transcendental which he seeks.
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 The Anguttara Nikaya
Dhamma-niyama Sutta (AN III.137) -- The Orderliness of the Dhamma.
Dhammaññu Sutta (AN VII.64) -- One With a Sense of the Dhamma.
Uposatha Sutta (AN VIII.41) -- The Uposatha Observance [Ñanavara Thera, tr.].
www.vipassana.org /canon/anguttara/index.php   (3816 words)

  
 Householder Sutta Page
Ditthi Sutta In this Sutta, Anathapindika the householder confronts foolish wanderers with the Dharma.
Gilana Sutta Citta, the householder is tempted by deities to make a foolish wish during the last hours of his life.
Saleyyaka Sutta The Lord Buddha explains the negative and positive types of bodily, verbal and mental conducts and their consequences, to a group of householders.
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 Suttas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta is the first discourse by the Buddha.
Satipatthana Sutta or the four foundations of mindfulness of vipassana.
Kalama Sutta describes principles that must be followed by seekers of truth.
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 Liberation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
A close study of the Suttas suggests that the latter translation is also valid because the Buddha's disciples were called savakas or listeners (of the Dhamma), and he generally referred to them as "Aryan disciples" in the Suttas (e.g.
These two Suttas indicate that the attainment of the Anagamin and the Arahant stages must have perfect concentration, which is always defined as the four jhanas or one-pointedness of mind by the Buddha in the Suttas (e.g.
Majjhima Nikáya Sutta 14 tells how a cousin of the Buddha, Mahanama, came to see the Buddha and said that he had learnt the Dhamma for a long time and knew that greed, hatred and delusion were defilements.
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 Suttas
Its expositor is the Venerable Sariputta Thera, the Buddha's chief disciple and the foremost of the Master's bhikkhu disciples in the exercise of the faculty of wisdom.
It will be noted that from the second section to the end of the sutta, all the expositions are framed in accordance with the same structure, which reveals the principle of conditionality as the scaffolding for the entire teaching.
Thus in all this sutta sixteen sections have been stated: the section on the courses of kamma, the section on nutriment, the section on suffering, and the sections on aging and death, birth, being, clinging, craving, feeling, contact, the sixfold base, mentality-materiality, consciousness, formations, ignorance and the taints.
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 Sutta Translations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Potthapàda Sutta (DN 9) -- The Potthapàda Sutta
Alagagaddupama Sutta (MN 22) -- The Simile of the Snake.
The Buddha reprimands him and with the simile of the snake and simile of the the raft stress the dangers of misapplying and misrepresenting the Dhamma.
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 BuddhaNet eBook Library: Theravada Buddhism: Text and Teachings
The message here in this Sutta is that you should be mindful of whatever is occurring in the body and mind, whether it be good or bad, and thus you will become aware that all conditioned phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory and not self.
Pategama Gnanarama Ph.D. A historical analysis of the Mahaparinibbana Sutta of the Digha Nikaya of the Pali Canon.
The Dhamma, embodied in the Sutta Piñaka, is the conventional teaching, and the Abhidhamma is the ultimate teaching.
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 APHORISMS & INSIGHTS.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Mahayana concept of nirvana is separated by an abyss from the nibbana of the Pali Suttas.
I once asked, "Do the Suttas contain all that the Buddha ever said?" The answer is certainly No. But all this is beside the point.
My attitude towards the Suttas is that, if I find anything in them that is against my own view, they are right, and I am wrong.
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 LIBERATION
A close study of the Suttas suggests that the latter translation is possibly more correct because the Buddha's disciples were called savakas or listeners (of the Dhamma), and He generally referred to them as "Ariyan disciples" in the Suttas (e.g.
These 2 Suttas indicate that the attainment of the Anagamin and the Arahant stages must have Perfect Concentraion, which is always defined as the 4 jhanas or one-pointedness of mind by the Buddha in the Suttas (e.g.
Majjhima Nikaya Sutta 14 tells how a cousin of the Buddha, Mahanama, came to see the Buddha and said that he had learnt the Dhamma for a long time and knew that greed, hatred and delusion were defilements.
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 Par1sur
Veyyåkaraùa or “Exposition” includes the Abhidhamma Piìaka, the suttas without verses, and the words of the Buddha which are not included in the other eight divisions.
Each theme is one unit of text, thus, the sutta containing one theme is one unit of text.
The Majjhima Nikåya is a collection of suttas of medium length (majjhima means middle), and it consists of hundred and fiftytwo suttas.
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 Study Guide to the Suttas of the Pali Cannon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Majjhima Nikaya is a collection of 152 suttas of a "middle length" covering a wide range of topics.
It has been suggested that the suttas in this collection were intended as a set of study texts for newly ordained monks as they pursued spiritual development.
A nice summary of many of the suttas can be found at http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/tipitaka.pdf.
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 The Digha Nikaya
Kevatta (Kevaddha) Sutta (DN 11) -- To Kevatta (Kevaddha).
But this sutta also depicts, in simple language, the poignant human drama that unfolds among the Buddha's many devoted followers around the time of the death of their beloved teacher.
This sutta is the closest thing in the Pali Canon to a "who's who" of the deva worlds, providing useful material for anyone interested in the cosmology of early Buddhism.
www.vipassana.com /canon/digha/index.php   (781 words)

  
 Protective Suttas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The collection presented here includes the first eight Suttas and in addition, Ma~gala Sutta, VaÔÔa Sutta and PubbaÓha Sutta, thus comprising altogether 11 Suttas, with further addition of introductory verses at the beginning of each Sutta.
These are the 11 Suttas chanted everyday in every monastery and nunnery and in some houses of lay people in all TheravÈda Buddhist countries.
Only the Ratana Sutta, Mora Sutta, VaÔÔa Sutta, ŒÔÈnÈÔiya Sutta, A~gulimÈla Sutta and PubbaÓha Sutta are meant for chanting only; the others are for both chanting and practicing.
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 Why do Monks Chant Paritta Suttas?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In Angulimala Sutta Buddhists are urged to recite this Sutta to alleviate pain and sufferings for the would-be mother.
In the Mahasamaya Sutta Monks and Laity will recite this sutta to receive protection from the Devas of the four kings – Dhatarattha, Virulha, Virupakkha, Kuvera in case they are being annoyed by the evils spirits.
In analyzing the Buddha’s instruction to his close Disciple Ananda regarding the Bhikkhu’s acceptance of his teaching after his demise and his action to relieve the pains and sufferings of the Laities to chant and pray for Deva and Brahma’s helps are two different issue.
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 Database of Suttas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Sutta Pitaka, the second division of the Tipitaka, consists of over 10,000 suttas, or discourses, delivered by the Buddha and his close disciples during the Buddha's forty-five year teaching career, as well as many additional verses by other members of the Sangha.
I have created a database of over 700 sutta translations from material on the Access to Insight website.
If you wish to use this sutta database with some database program other than UDP, you can follow the non-Windows instructions and import these suttas into a database of your choice.
home.alamedanet.net /~leighb/suttadb.htm   (428 words)

  
 BuddhaNet File Fibrary: Buddhist Suttas in Tok Pisin (Pigin English)
SUTTAS IN TOK PISIN - Suttas in Melanesian Pigin, translated by Quentin Reilly.
05 KB Metta Sutta = marimari na lav.
15 KB Maha-hatthi padopama Sutta = Mak bilong lek bilong elefant sutta.
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 Khuddakapatha
The 'Ratana sutta' (No.6) is one of the finest lyrics in the early Pali poetry composed as a beautiful hymn in praise of the Buddhist composed as a beautiful hymn in praise of the Buddhist Triad.
The eighth sutta of this text, called the 'Nidhikanda sutta', emphasizes that good deeds constitute the highest treasure.
The last but very significant sutta of the Khuddakapatha is the 'Metta sutta' (explaining Buddha's higher regard and concern for universal friendliness, 'metta' or 'maitri', which constitutes a very significant factor in Buddha's attitude towards life and his life-long effort both in words and deeds to preach amity among all.
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 Amazon.ca: Books: Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: An Anthology of Suttas from the Anguttara Nikaya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: An Anthology of Suttas from the Anguttara Nikaya
Another sutta that is in the Anguttara Nikaya was either not included or if it was included it didn't mention an analogy that
The words of the Buddha in that sutta were quite shocking and memorable having to do with excrement on the tip of a fingernail.
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 Tipitaka
Far more than merely a list of rules, the Vinaya Pitaka also includes the stories behind the origin of each rule, providing a detailed account of the Buddha's solution to the question of how to maintain communal harmony within a large and diverse spiritual community.
The collection of suttas, or discourses, attributed to the Buddha and a few of his closest disciples, containing all the central teachings of Theravada Buddhism.
The collection of texts in which the underlying doctrinal principles presented in the Sutta Pitaka are reworked and reorganized into a systematic framework that can be applied to an investigation into the nature of mind and matter.
www.accesstoinsight.org /canon   (406 words)

  
 Ida B. Wells Memorial Sutra Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
These Sutras and Suttas are a gift of Dharma to the entire planet, and can be copied and distributed both electronically and physically, free of charge regardless of the translator and without prior notification to the Ida B. Wells Memorial Sutra Library.
" " Sutta A " " Sutta B] indicates a different translation of the same Sutta/Sutra while a number indicates one or more Suttas/Sutras with the same name.
I would also like to note that the order in which they appear after a Letter or Number has been applied does not reflect their value, nor my opinion of them, but rather the strictly random order in which they were added.
www.buddhistinformation.com /ida_b_wells_memorial_sutra_library   (385 words)

  
 Index to Suttas found in BPS +quot;Wheel+quot; Booklets 1st Edition (4/3/95) This is a lis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Index to Suttas found in BPS +quot;Wheel+quot; Booklets 1st Edition (4/3/95) This is a lis
Index to Suttas found in BPS "Wheel" Booklets ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1st Edition (4/3/95) This is a list of transcribed BPS "Wheel" Publications available on DharmaNet that contain English translations of major portions of suttas from the Pali Canon.
Some files additionally contain commentaries to those suttas.
www.skepticfiles.org /mys5/whsuttas.htm   (83 words)

  
 thichnhatu-default-index
Selected Suttas from the Sutta Nipata - The "Sutta Collection."
Selected Suttas from Theragatha - Verses of the Elder Monks.
Selected Suttas from Therigatha - Verses of the Elder Nuns.
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