4👑☸ Cattāri Ariya-saccaṃ 四聖諦
Dīgha Nikāya (long collection)
34 suttas, 3 vaggas (chapters)
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Sīla-k-khandha (ethics group) Vagga 1 of 3
● DN 1 70m, Brahmajāla: prime net
DN 1 – DN 1 Brahmajāla: The Prime Net
DN 1.1 - Talk on Wanderers
DN 1.2 - Ethics
DN 1.2.1 - The Shorter Section on Ethics
DN 1.2.2 - The Middle Section on Ethics
DN 1.2.3 - The Large Section on Ethics
DN 1.3 - Views
DN 1.3.1 - Theories About the Past
DN 1.3.1.1 - Eternalism
DN 1.3.1.2 - Partial Eternalism
DN 1.3.1.3 - The Cosmos is Finite or Infinite
DN 1.3.1.4 - Equivocators
DN 1.3.1.5 - Doctrines of Origination by Chance
DN 1.3.2 - Theories About the Future
DN 1.3.2.1 - Percipient Life After Death
DN 1.3.2.2 - Non-Percipient Life After Death
DN 1.3.2.3 - Neither Percipient Nor Non-Percipient Life After Death
DN 1.3.2.4 - Annihilationism
DN 1.3.2.5 - nirvana in the Present Life
DN 1.4 - The Grounds For Assertions About the Self and the Cosmos
DN 1.4.1 - Anxiety and Evasiveness
DN 1.4.2 - Conditioned by Contact
DN 1.4.3 - Not Possible
DN 1.4.4 - Dependent Origination
DN 1.5 - The End of the Round
● DN 2 Sāmañña-phala: recluseship-fruits:
The Buddha's most detailed gradual training description, with beautiful similes for each part. includes:
DN 2 – DN 2 Sāmañña-phala: Fruits of Ascetic life
DN 2.1 - A Discussion With the King’s Ministers
DN 2.2 - A Discussion With Jīvaka Komārabhacca
DN 2.3 - The Question About the Fruits of the Ascetic Life
DN 2.3.1 - The Doctrine of Pūraṇa Kassapa
DN 2.3.2 - The Doctrine of Makkhali Gosāla
DN 2.3.3 - The Doctrine of Ajita Kesakambala
DN 2.3.4 - The Doctrine of Pakudha Kaccāyana
DN 2.3.5 - The Doctrine of Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta
DN 2.3.6 - The Doctrine of Sañjaya Belaṭṭhiputta
DN 2.4 - The Fruits of the Ascetic Life
DN 2.4.1 - The First Fruit of the Ascetic Life
DN 2.4.2 - The Second Fruit of the Ascetic Life
DN 2.4.3 - The Finer Fruits of the Ascetic Life
DN 2.4.3.1 - Ethics
DN 2.4.3.1.1 - The Shorter Section on Ethics
DN 2.4.3.1.2 - The Middle Section on Ethics
DN 2.4.3.1.3 - The Long Section on Ethics
DN 2.4.3.2 - undistractible-lucidity
DN 2.4.3.2.1 - Sense Restraint
DN 2.4.3.2.2 - rememberfulness and lucid-discerning
DN 2.4.3.2.3 - Contentment
DN 2.4.3.2.4 - Giving Up the Hindrances
DN 2.4.3.2.5 - First jhāna
DN 2.4.3.2.6 - Second jhāna
DN 2.4.3.2.7 - Third jhāna
DN 2.4.3.2.8 - Fourth jhāna
DN 2.4.3.3 - Eight Knowledges (instead of standard 6!)
DN 2.4.3.3.1 - Clear-seeing & Knowledge (discern 4 elements) ↔ string of colored beads
DN 2.4.3.3.1.2 - (simile for knowledge and vision)
DN 2.4.3.3.2 - Mind-Made Body ↔ reed and sheathe
DN 2.4.3.3.3 - Psychic Powers
DN 2.4.3.3.4 - Clairaudience
DN 2.4.3.3.5 - Comprehending the Minds of Others
DN 2.4.3.3.6 - Recollection of Past Lives
DN 2.4.3.3.7 - Clairvoyance
DN 2.4.3.3.8 - Ending of Defilements
DN 2.5 - Ajātasattu Declares Himself a Lay Follower
DN 2.100 – frankk commentary
DN 2.100.1 - 4 jhānas explicitly integrated into samādhi-sam-bojjhaṇga of 7 awakening factors
DN 2.100.1.1 – that 7sb 4jhāna model appears in up to half of all suttas in DN
DN 2.100.2 – There are 8 knowledges instead of the normal 6 abhiñña!
DN 2.100.2.1 – why? To unequivocally gloss the body (rūpa & kāya) as physical.
DN 2.100.3 – Tie in with 8 abhi-bha-ayatana and 8 vimokkha
DN 2.100.3.1 – showing that mind made body is also physical rūpa kāya
DN 2.999 – Notable bookmarks
● DN 3 38m, Ambaṭṭha: (with) Ambaṭṭha
DN 3 – DN 3 Ambaṭṭha: with Ambaṭṭha
DN 3.1 - The Section on Pokkharasāti
DN 3.2 - The Brahmin Student Ambaṭṭha
DN 3.2.1 - The First Use of the Word “Riffraff”
DN 3.2.2 - The Second Use of the Word “Riffraff”
DN 3.2.3 - The Third Use of the Word “Riffraff”
DN 3.2.4 - The Word “Son of Bondservants” is Used
DN 3.2.5 - The Discussion of Ambaṭṭha’s Heritage
DN 3.3 - The Supremacy of the Aristocrats
DN 3.4 - Knowledge and Conduct
DN 3.5 - Four Drains
DN 3.6 - Being Like the Sages of the Past
DN 3.7 - Seeing the Two Marks
DN 3.8 - Pokkharasāti Visits the Buddha
DN 3.9 - Pokkharasāti Declares Himself a Lay Follower
● DN 4 24m, Soṇadaṇḍa: (with) Soṇadaṇḍa
DN 4 – DN 4 Soṇadaṇḍa: with Soṇadaṇḍa
DN 4.1 - The Brahmins and Householders of Campā
DN 4.2 - The Qualities of Soṇadaṇḍa
DN 4.3 - The Qualities of the Buddha
DN 4.4 - Soṇadaṇḍa’s Second Thoughts
DN 4.5 - What Makes a Brahmin
DN 4.6 - The Discussion of Ethics and Wisdom
DN 4.7 - Soṇadaṇḍa Declares Himself a Lay Follower
● DN 5 32m, Kūṭadanta: with Kūṭadanta
DN 5 – DN 5 Kūṭadanta: with Kūṭadanta
DN 5.1 - The Brahmins and Householders of Khāṇumata
DN 5.2 - The Qualities of Kūṭadanta
DN 5.3 - The Qualities of the Buddha
DN 5.4 - The Story of King Mahāvijita’s Sacrifice
DN 5.4.1 - The Four Accessories
DN 5.4.2 - The Eight Accessories
DN 5.4.3 - Four More Accessories
DN 5.4.4 - The Three Modes
DN 5.4.5 - The Ten Respects
DN 5.4.6 - The Sixteen Respects
DN 5.5 - A Regular Gift as an Ongoing Family Sacrifice.
DN 5.6 - Kūṭadanta Declares Himself a Lay Follower
DN 5.7 - The Realization of the Fruit of Stream-Entry
● DN 6 11m, Mahāli: (with) Mahāli
DN 6 – DN 6 Mahāli: with Mahāli
DN 6.1 - On the Brahmin Emissaries
DN 6.2 - On Oṭṭhaddha the Licchavi
DN 6.2.1 - One-Sided undistractible-lucidity
DN 6.2.2 - The Four Noble Fruits
DN 6.2.3 - The Noble Eightfold Path
DN 6.2.4 - On the Two Renunciates
DN 6.2.5 - (7sb awakening sequence)
DN 6.2.6 - (4 jhānas)
DN 6.2.7 – (after 4 jhānas + wisdom they can answer if soul and body are same)
● DN 7 3m, Jāliya: (with) Jāliya
DN 7 – DN 7 Jāliya: with Jāliya
DN 7.1 - he asks Buddha if soul and body are same thing
DN 7.2 - (7sb awakening sequence)
DN 7.3 - (4 jhānas)
DN 7.4 - after jhāna + wisdom they can see if soul and body are same
● DN 8 21m, Mahā-sīha-nāda: (The) Longer (Discourse on the) Lion’s-Roar
DN 8 – DN 8 Mahā-sīhanāda: The Longer Discourse on the Lion’s Roar
DN 8.1 - Examination
DN 8.2 - The Noble Eightfold Path
DN 8.3 - Practicing Self-Mortification
DN 8.4 - The Uselessness of Self-Mortification
DN 8.5 - The Accomplishment of Ethics, undistractible-lucidity, and Wisdom
DN 8.6 - The Lion’s Roar
DN 8.7 - The Probation For One Previously Ordained
● DN 9 31m, Poṭṭhapāda: with Poṭṭhapāda
DN 9 – DN 9 Poṭṭhapāda: with Poṭṭhapāda
DN 9.1 - On the Wanderer Poṭṭhapāda
DN 9.1.1 - On the Cessation of Perception
DN 9.1.2 - Perception Arises With a Cause
DN 9.1.3 - Perception and the Self
DN 9.2 - On Citta Hatthisāriputta
DN 9.2.1 - Things That Are Definitive
DN 9.2.2 - Three Kinds of Reincarnation
DN 9.2.3 - The Ordination of Citta Hatthisāriputta
● DN 10 32m, Subha: with Subha
DN 10 – DN 10 Subha: with Subha
DN 10.1 - The Entire Spectrum of Ethics
DN 10.2 - The Spectrum of undistractible-lucidity
DN 10.3 - The Spectrum of Wisdom
● DN 11 12m, Kevaddha [Kevaṭṭa]: (name of brahman)
DN 11.1 - The Demonstration of Psychic Power
DN 11.2 - The Demonstration of Revealing
DN 11.3 - The Demonstration of Instruction
DN 11.4 - On the monk In Search of the Cessation of Being
DN 11.4.1 - The Simile of the Land-Spotting Bird
● DN 12 13m, Lohicca: (name of brahman)
DN 12 – DN 12 Lohicca: with Lohicca
DN 12.1 - Questioning Lohicca
DN 12.2 - Three Teachers Who Deserve to Be Reprimanded
DN 12.3 - A Teacher Who Does Not Deserve to Be Reprimanded
● DN 13 21m, Te-vijja: three-knowledges:
DN 13 – DN 13 Te-vijja: The Three Knowledges
DN 13.1 - The Variety of Paths
DN 13.2 - Questioning Vāseṭṭha
DN 13.2.1 - The Simile of the Finest Lady in the Land
DN 13.2.2 - The Simile of the Ladder
DN 13.2.3 - The Simile of the River Aciravatī
DN 13.3 - Converging
DN 13.4 - Teaching the Path to Brahmā
Mahā (great/big) Vagga 2 of 3
● DN 14 0m, Mahā-padāna: The Great Discourse on the Harvest of Deeds:
DN 14 - DN 14 Mahā-padāna: The Great Discourse on the Harvest of Deeds
DN 14.1 - On Past Lives
DN 14.2 - What’s Normal For One Intent on Awakening
DN 14.3 - The Thirty-Two Marks of a Great Man
DN 14.4 - How He Came to be Known as Vipassī
DN 14.5 - The Old Man
DN 14.6 - The Sick Man
DN 14.7 - The Dead Man
DN 14.8 - The Renunciate
DN 14.9 - The Going Forth
DN 14.10 - A Great Crowd Goes Forth
DN 14.11 - Vipassī’s Reflections
DN 14.12 - The Appeal of Brahmā
DN 14.13 - The Chief Disciples
DN 14.14 - The Going Forth of the Large Crowd
DN 14.15 - The 84,000 Who Had Gone Forth Previously
DN 14.16 - The Allowance to Wander
DN 14.17 - Being Informed by Deities
● DN 15 0m, Mahā-nidāna: (The) Great (Discourse on) Causation:
DN 15 - DN 15 Mahā-nidāna: The Great Discourse on Causation
DN 15.1 - Dependent Origination
DN 15.2 - Describing the Self
DN 15.3 - Not Describing the Self
DN 15.4 - Regarding a Self
DN 15.5 - Planes of Consciousness
DN 15.6 - The Eight Liberations
● DN 16 250m, Mahā-pari-nibbāna: (The) Great (Discourse on the Buddha’s) nirvana:
DN 16 - DN 16 Mahā-pari-nibbāna: The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s nirvana
DN 16.1 - The Brahmin Vassakāra
DN 16.2 - Dharmas That Prevent Decline
DN 16.3 - dharmas That Prevent Decline Among the monks
DN 16.4 - Sāriputta’s Lion’s Roar
DN 16.5 - The Drawbacks of Unethical Conduct
DN 16.6 - The Benefits of Ethical Conduct
DN 16.7 - Building a Citadel
DN 16.8 - Talk on the Noble Truths
DN 16.9 - The Deaths in Nādika
DN 16.10 - The Mirror of The Dharma
DN 16.11 - Ambapālī the Courtesan
DN 16.12 - Commencing the Rains at Beluva
DN 16.13 - An Obvious Hint
DN 16.14 - The Appeal of Māra
DN 16.15 - Surrendering the Life Force
DN 16.16 - The Causes of Earthquakes
DN 16.17 - Eight Assemblies
DN 16.18 - Eight Dimensions of Mastery
DN 16.19 - The Eight Liberations
DN 16.20 - The Appeal of Ānanda
DN 16.21 - The Elephant Look
DN 16.22 - The Four Great References
DN 16.23 - On Cunda the Smith
DN 16.24 - Bringing a Drink
DN 16.25 - On Pukkusa the Malla
DN 16.25.1 – (ālāra could not hear sounds in formless samādhi)
DN 16.25.2 – (Buddha could not hear sounds in formless samādhi)
DN 16.26 - The Pair of Sal Trees
DN 16.27 - The Monk Upavāṇa
DN 16.28 - The Four Inspiring Places
DN 16.29 - Ānanda’s Questions
DN 16.30 - Persons Worthy of Monument
DN 16.31 - Ānanda’s Incredible Qualities
DN 16.32 - Teaching the Discourse on Mahāsudassana
DN 16.33 - The Mallas Pay Homage
DN 16.34 - On Subhadda the Wanderer
DN 16.35 - The Buddha’s Last Words
DN 16.36 - The Full nirvana
DN 16.37 - The Rites of Venerating the Buddha’s Corpse
DN 16.38 - Mahākassapa’s Arrival
DN 16.39 - Distributing the Relics
DN 16.40 - Venerating the Relics
● DN 17 0m, Mahā-sudassana:(king named) Mahā-sudassana
DN 17 - DN 17 Mahā-sudassana: king Mahāsudassana
DN 17.1 - The Capital City of Kusāvatī
DN 17.2 - The Seven Treasures
DN 17.2.1 - The Wheel Treasure
DN 17.2.2 - The Elephant Treasure
DN 17.2.3 - The Horse-Treasure
DN 17.2.4 - The Jewel Treasure
DN 17.2.5 - The Woman Treasure
DN 17.2.6 - The Householder Treasure
DN 17.2.7 - The Counselor Treasure
DN 17.3 - The Four Blessings
DN 17.4 - Lotus Ponds in the Palace of Principle
DN 17.5 - Attaining Absorption
DN 17.6 - Of All Cities
DN 17.7 - The Visit of Queen Subhaddā
DN 17.8 - Rebirth in the Brahmā Realm
● DN 18 0m, Janavasabha: with Janavasabha:
DN 18 - DN 18 Janavasabha: with Janavasabha
DN 18.1 - Declaring the Rebirths of People From Nādika and Elsewhere
DN 18.2 - Ānanda’s Suggestion
DN 18.3 - Janavasabha the Spirit
DN 18.4 - The Council of the Gods
DN 18.5 - On Sanaṅkumāra
DN 18.6 - Developing the Bases of Psychic Power
DN 18.7 - The Three Openings
DN 18.7.1 - (1) hear Dharma to escape lust, uses 7sb to think about Dharma to arouse piti and sukha of first jhana
DN 18.7.2 - (2) hear Dharma to attain 4 jhanas, uses 7sb to think about Dharma to arouse piti and sukha of first jhana
DN 18.7.3 - (3) hear Dharma to differentiate kusala from akusala, uses 7sb to think about Dharma to arouse piti and sukha of first jhana
DN 18.8 - remembering Meditation
DN 18.9 - Seven Prerequisites of undistractible-lucidity
● DN 19 0m, Mahā-govinda: (The) Great Steward:
DN 19 - DN 19 Mahā-govinda: The Great Steward
DN 19.1 - The Council of the Gods
DN 19.2 - Eight Genuine Praises
DN 19.3 - On Sanaṅkumāra
DN 19.4 - Eight Genuine Praises
DN 19.5 - The Story of the Steward
DN 19.6 - The Story of the Great Steward
DN 19.6.1 - Dividing the Realm
DN 19.6.2 - A Good Reputation
DN 19.6.3 - A Discussion With Brahmā
DN 19.6.4 - Informing King Reṇu
DN 19.6.5 - Informing the Six Aristocrats
DN 19.6.6 - Informing the Brahmins
DN 19.6.7 - Informing the Wives
DN 19.6.8 - The Great Steward Goes Forth
● DN 20 0m, Mahā-samaya: great-gathering:
DN 20 - DN 20 Mahā-samaya: The Great Congregation
DN 20.1 - The Gathering of Deities
● DN 21 0m, Sakka-pañha: sakka's questions:
DN 21 – DN 21 Sakka-pañha: Sakka’s Questions
DN 21.0 - (Sakka doesn’t want to disturb Buddha’s jhāna)
DN 21.0.1 - (fire burning is also called ‘jhāna’)
DN 21.0.2 - (Sakka convinces musician to pull Buddha out of jhāna retreat with poem)
DN 21.1 – Pañcasikha-gīta-gāthā: Pañcasikha’s Song
DN 21.2 – Sakk’-ūpasaṅkama: The Approach of Sakka
DN 21.2.0.1 - (Sakka visits Buddha but sees him in ‘samādhi’)
DN 21.2.0.2 - (Lady requests vistors including Sakka to not disturb Buddha’s meditation)
DN 21.2.0.3 - (sound of Sakka’s chariot pulls Buddha out of ‘samādhi’)
DN 21.2.1 – Gopaka-vatthu: The Story of laywoman reborn to higher deva realm than monks
DN 21.2.1.1 - (scolded by laywoman, deva remember life as monk)
DN 21.2.1.2 - (Sakka Q1: what fetters bind the gods, humans, demons, dragons? Envy and stinginess )
DN 21.2.1.3 - (Sakka Q2: what is the source of envy? The liked and disliked )
DN 21.2.1.4 - (Sakka Q3: what is source of liked and disliked? Desire/chanda )
DN 21.2.1.5 - (Sakka Q4: what is source of desire? Thought )
DN 21.2.1.6 - (Sakka Q5: what is source of thought? Identity and proliferation of perceptions )
DN 21.2.1.7 - (Sakka Q6: how to cease identity and proliferations of perceptions? Meditation on sensations)
DN 2.2 – Vedanā-kammaṭṭhāna: Meditation on sensations
DN 21.2.2.1 - (two kinds of mental joy – ones that cause skillful Dharmas to increase, ones that don’t)
DN 21.2.2.2 - (pīti and pamojja are the mental joy, 2nd jhāna is better than 1st jhāna)
DN 21.2.2.3 - (two kinds of mental distress – ones that cause skillful Dharmas to increase, ones that don’t)
DN 21.2.2.4 - (could be referring to asubha here, 2nd jhāna is better than 1st jhāna)
DN 21.2.2.5 - (two kinds of equanimous-observation – ones that cause skillful Dharmas to increase, ones that don’t)
DN 21.2.2.6 - (upekkha of 2nd jhāna and higher is better than 1st jhāna)
DN 21.2.3 – Pātimokkha-saṃvara: Restraint in the Monastic Code
DN 21.2.3.1 - (two kinds of bodily behavior – ones that cause skillful Dharmas to increase, ones that don’t)
DN 21.2.3.2 - (two kinds of vocal behavior – ones that cause skillful Dharmas to increase, ones that don’t)
DN 21.2.3.3 - (two kinds of search – ones that cause skillful Dharmas to increase, ones that don’t)
DN 21.2.4 – Indriya-saṃvara: Sense Restraint
DN 21.2.4.1 - (Buddha explains two kinds of guarding 6 sense doors – in brief)
DN 21.2.4.2 - (Sakka expands in detail two kinds of guarding 6 sense doors – those that increase skillful Dharmas, those that don’t)
DN 21.2.4.3 – (do all ascetics and brahmins have the same doctrine, ethics, desires, and attachments?)
DN 21.2.4.4 – (have all ascetics and brahmins reached the ultimate end?)
DN 21.2.4.5 – (sakka asked many teachers: Passion, a disease...drags a person to be reborn)
DN 21.2.5 – Somanassa-paṭilābha-kathā: On Feeling Happy
DN 21.2.5.1 - (6 reasons Sakka is happy involve stream enterer only having a few more lives left)
DN 21.2.5.2 - (Sakka gave musician promotion, and 80,000 devas become stream enterers)
● DN 22 120m, Mahā-sati-'paṭṭhāna: longer [discourse on] remembrance establishings:
also see {{_4sp-suttas}}: for all the parallel EBT suttas/sutras.
DN 22.1 Kāy-ānu-passanā: continuously seeing the Body
DN 22.1.1 Kāy-ānu-passanā-ānāpāna-pabba: rememberfulness of Breathing
DN 22.1.2 Kāy-ānu-passanā-iriyāpatha-pabba: The Postures
DN 22.1.3 Kāy-ānu-passanā-sampajāna-pabba: lucid-discerning
DN 22.1.4 Kāy-ānu-passanā-paṭikūlamanasikāra-pabba: Focusing on the Repulsive
DN 22.1.5 Kāy-ānu-passanā-dhātumanasikāra-pabba: Focusing on the Elements
DN 22.1.6 Kāy-ānu-passanā-navasivathika-pabba: The Charnel Ground Contemplations
DN 22.2 Vedan-ānu-passanā: continuously seeing the sensations
DN 22.2.1 – (3 kinds of sensation: pleasant, painful, neutral)
DN 22.2.2 – (2 kinds of pleasant: carnal, spiritual)
DN 22.2.3 – (2 kinds of painful: carnal, spiritual)
DN 22.2.4 – (2 kinds of neutral: carnal, spiritual)
DN 22.3 Citt-ānu-passanā: continuously seeing the Mind
DN 22.4 Dhamm-ānu-passanā: continuously seeing The Dharma
DN 22.4.1 Dhamm-ānu-passanā-nīvaraṇa-pabba: The Hindrances
DN 22.4.2 Dhamm-ānu-passanā-khandha-pabba: The Aggregates
DN 22.4.3 Dhamm-ānu-passanā-āyatana-pabba: The Sense Fields
DN 22.4.4 Dhamm-ānu-passanā-bojjhaṅga-pabba: The Awakening Factors
DN 22.4.5 Dhammānupassanāsacca-pabba: The Truths
DN 22.4.5.1 Dukkha-sacca-niddesa: The Truth of Suffering
DN 22.4.5.2 Samudaya-sacca-niddesa: The Origin of Suffering
DN 22.4.5.3 Nirodha-sacca-niddesa: The Cessation of Suffering
DN 22.4.5.4 Magga-sacca-niddesa: The Path
DN 22.10 – (conclusion: the guarantee of 7)
● DN 23 0m, Pāyāsi: (With) Pāyāsi:
DN 23 - DN 23 Pāyāsi: With Pāyāsi
DN 23.1 - On Pāyāsi
DN 23.2 - Nihilism
DN 23.2.1 - The Simile of the Moon and Sun
DN 23.2.2 - The Simile of the Bandit
DN 23.2.3 - The Simile of the Sewer
DN 23.2.4 - The Simile of the Gods of the Thirty-Three
DN 23.2.5 - Blind From Birth
DN 23.2.6 - The Simile of the Pregnant Woman
DN 23.2.7 - The Simile of the Dream
DN 23.2.8 - The Simile of the Hot Iron Ball
DN 23.2.9 - The Simile of the Horn Blower
DN 23.2.10 - The Simile of the Fire-Worshiping Matted-Hair Ascetic
DN 23.2.11 - The Simile of the Two Caravan Leaders
DN 23.2.12 - The Simile of the Dung-Carrier
DN 23.2.13 - The Simile of the Gamblers
DN 23.2.14 - The Simile of the Man Who Carried Hemp
DN 23.3 - Going for Refuge
DN 23.4 - On Sacrifice
DN 23.5 - On the Brahmin Student Uttara
DN 23.6 - The God Pāyāsi
Pāṭika (half moon stone at entrance of building) Vagga 3 of 3
● DN 24 0m, Pāṭika [Pāthika]: About Pāṭikaputta:
DN 24 - DN 24 Pāthika: About Pāṭikaputta
DN 24.1 - On Sunakkhatta
DN 24.2 - On Korakkhattiya
DN 24.3 - On the Naked Ascetic Kaḷāramaṭṭaka
DN 24.4 - On the Naked Ascetic Pāṭikaputta
DN 24.5 - On Demonstrations of Psychic Power
DN 24.6 - On Describing the Origin of the World
● DN 25 0m, Udumbarikasīha-nāda [Udumbarika]: The Lion’s Roar at Udumbarikā’s Monastery:
DN 25 - DN 25 Udumbarika: The Lion’s Roar at Udumbarikā’s Monastery
DN 25.1 - On the Wanderer Nigrodha
DN 25.2 - Mortification in Disgust of Sin
DN 25.2 - 1. Flaws
DN 25.2 - 2. On Reaching the Shoots
DN 25.2 - 3. On Reaching the Bark
DN 25.2 - 4. On Reaching the Softwood
DN 25.3 - On Reaching the Heartwood
DN 25.4 - Nigrodha Feels Depressed
DN 25.5 - The Culmination of the Spiritual Path
DN 25.6 - The Wanderers Feel Depressed
● DN 26 0m, Cakka-vattisīha-nāda [Cakkavatti]: The Wheel-Turning [Monarch] lion's roar:
DN 26 – DN 26 Cakkavatti: The Wheel-Turning Monarch
DN 26.1 - Taking Refuge in Oneself
DN 26.2 - King Daḷhanemi
DN 26.2.1 - The Noble Duties of a Wheel-Turning Monarch
DN 26.2.2 – The Wheel-Treasure Appears
DN 26.3 - On Subsequent Wheel-Turning Monarchs
DN 26.4 - On the Period of Decline
DN 26.5 - When People Live for Ten Years
DN 26.6 - The Period of Growth
DN 26.7 - The Time of King Saṅkha
DN 26.8 - The Arising of the Buddha Metteyya
DN 26.9 - On Long Life and Beauty for Mendicants
● DN 27 0m, Aggañña: The Origin of the World:
DN 27 - DN 27 Aggañña: The Origin of the World
DN 27.1 - Purification in the Four Castes
DN 27.2 - Solid Nectar Appears
DN 27.3 - The Moon and Sun Appear
DN 27.4 - Ground-Sprouts
DN 27.5 - Bursting Pods
DN 27.6 - Ripe Untilled Rice
DN 27.7 - Gender Appears
DN 27.8 - Sexual Intercourse
DN 27.9 - Dividing the Fields
DN 27.10 - The Elected King
DN 27.11 - The Circle of Brahmins
DN 27.12 - The Circle of Merchants
DN 27.13 - The Circle of Workers
DN 27.14 - On Bad Conduct
DN 27.15 - The Qualities That Lead to Awakening
● DN 28 Sam-pasādanīya: Inspiring Confidence
DN 28 - DN 28 Sam-pasādanīya: Inspiring Confidence
DN 28.1 - Sāriputta’s Lion’s Roar
DN 28.1.1 - Teaching Skillful Qualities
DN 28.1.2 - Describing the Sense Fields
DN 28.1.3 - The Conception of the Embryo
DN 28.1.4 - Ways of Revealing
DN 28.1.4.1 – mind reading by means of sign/nimitta
DN 28.1.4.2 – mind reading by being told by devas
DN 28.1.4.3 – mind reading by “hearing” unspoken thoughts of someone doing vitakka & vicāra
DN 28.1.4.4 – mind reading of someone in second jhāna or higher
DN 28.1.5 - Attainments of Vision
DN 28.1.5.1 – samādhi with percipience of internal rūpa, sees own 31 body parts
DN 28.1.5.2 – samādhi with percipience of external rūpa, sees someone else’s 31 body parts
DN 28.1.5.3 – can see a being’s consciousness in this world transitional to next world in rebirth
DN 28.1.5.4 – can see an arahant’s consciousness in this world does not get established in rebirth, in this world or next
DN 28.1.6 - Descriptions of Individuals
DN 28.1.7 - Kinds of Striving
DN 28.1.8 - Ways of Practice
DN 28.1.9 - Behavior in Speech
DN 28.1.10 - Responsiveness to Instruction
DN 28.1.11 - The Knowledge and Freedom of Others
DN 28.1.12 - Eternalism
DN 28.1.13 - Recollecting Past Lives
DN 28.1.14 - Death and Rebirth
DN 28.1.15 - Psychic Powers
DN 28.1.16 - The Four jhānas
DN 28.1.17 - On Being Questioned
DN 28.2 - Incredible and Amazing
● DN 29 Pāsādika: Impressive (Discourse):
DN 29 – DN 29 Pāsādika: An Impressive Discourse
DN 29.1 - The Teaching of the Unawakened
DN 29.2 - The Teaching of the Awakened
DN 29.3 - When Disciples Have Regrets
DN 29.4 - When Disciples Have No Regrets
DN 29.5 - On the Incomplete Spiritual Path, Etc.
DN 29.6 - Teachings Should be Recited in Concert
DN 29.7 - Reaching Agreement
DN 29.8 - The Reasons for Allowing Requisites
DN 29.9 - Indulgence in Pleasure
DN 29.10 - The Benefits of Indulgence in Pleasure
DN 29.11 - Things Impossible for the Perfected
DN 29.12 - Questions and Answers
DN 29.13 - The Undeclared Points
DN 29.14 - The Declared Points
DN 29.15 - Views of the Past
DN 29.16 - Views of the Future
● DN 30 Lakkhaṇa: marks/characteristics
DN 30 - DN 30 Lakkhaṇa: The Marks [of a Great Man]
DN 30.1 - Well-Planted Feet
DN 30.2 - Wheels on the Feet
DN 30.3 – ..5 Projecting Heels, Etc.
DN 30.6 - Seven Bulges
DN 30.7 - ..8 Tender and Clinging Hands
DN 30.9 - ..10. Arched Feet and Upright Hair
DN 30.11 - Antelope Calves
DN 30.12 - Delicate Skin
DN 30.13 - Golden Skin
DN 30.14 - Retracted Privates
DN 30.15 –16. Equal Proportions and Touching the Knees
DN 30.17 –19. A Lion’s Chest, Etc.
DN 30.20 - Excellent Sense of Taste
DN 30.21 –22. Deep Blue Eyes
DN 30.23 - Head Like a Turban
DN 30.24 –25. One Hair Per Pore, and a Tuft
DN 30.26 –27. Forty Gapless Teeth
DN 30.28 –29. A Large Tongue and the Voice of Brahmā
DN 30.30 - A Lion-Like Jaw
DN 30.31 –32. Even and White Teeth
● DN 31 Sīgālovāda [Siṅgāla] : advice for householders:
DN 31 - DN 31 Siṅgāla: Advice to Sigālaka
DN 31.1 - The Six Quarters
DN 31.2 - Four Corrupt Deeds
DN 31.3 - Four Grounds
DN 31.4 - Six Drains on Wealth
DN 31.5 - Six Drawbacks of Drinking
DN 31.6 - Six Drawbacks of Roaming the Streets at Night
DN 31.7 - Six Drawbacks of Festivals
DN 31.8 - Six Drawbacks of Gambling
DN 31.9 - Six Drawbacks of Bad Friends
DN 31.10 - Six Drawbacks of Laziness
DN 31.11 - Fake Friends
DN 31.12 - Good-Hearted Friends
DN 31.13 - Covering the Six Quarters
● DN 32 Āṭānāṭiya: "protective verses" :
DN 32 – DN 32 Āṭānāṭiya: The Āṭānāṭiya Protection
DN 32.1 - The First Recitation Section
DN 32.1.2 – Āṭānāṭiya protection
DN 32.1.4 – names of some spirits, generals
DN 32.2 - The Second Recitation Section
DN 32.2.5 – monks, memorize Āṭānāṭiya protection!
● DN 33 Saṅgīti: Reciting in Concert:
DN 33 – DN 33 Saṅgīti: Reciting in Concert
DN 33.1 - Ones
DN 33.2 - Twos
DN 33.3 - Threes
DN 33.4 - Fours
DN 33.5 - Fives
DN 33.6 - Sixes
DN 33.6.1 - Six interior sense fields:
DN 33.6.2 - Six exterior sense fields:
DN 33.6.3 - Six classes of consciousness:
DN 33.6.4 - Six classes of contact:
DN 33.6.5 - Six classes of feeling:
DN 33.6.6 - Six classes of perception:
DN 33.6.7 - Six bodies of intention:
DN 33.6.8 - Six classes of craving:
DN 33.6.9 - Six kinds of disrespect.
DN 33.6.10 - Six kinds of respect.
DN 33.6.11 - Six preoccupations with happiness.
DN 33.6.12 - Six preoccupations with sadness.
DN 33.6.13 - Six preoccupations with equanimity.
DN 33.6.14 - Six warm-hearted qualities.
DN 33.6.15 - Six roots of quarrels.
DN 33.6.16 - Six elements:
DN 33.6.17 - Six elements of escape.
DN 33.6.18 - Six unsurpassable things:
DN 33.6.19 - Six recollections:
DN 33.6.20 - Six consistent responses.
DN 33.6.21 - Six classes of rebirth.
DN 33.6.22 - Six perceptions that help penetration:
DN 33.7 - Sevens
DN 33.8 - Eights
DN 33.9 - Nines
DN 33.10 - Tens
● DN 34 Das-uttara : up to 10:
DN 34 – DN 34 Dasuttara: Up to Ten
DN 34.1 - Groups of One
DN 34.2 - Groups of Two
DN 34.3 - Groups of Three
DN 34.4 - Groups of Four
DN 34.5 - Groups of Five
DN 34.6 - Groups of Six
DN 34.7 - Groups of Seven
DN 34.7.1 - Seven kinds of noble wealth:
DN 34.7.2 - Seven awakening factors:
DN 34.7.3 - Seven planes of consciousness.
DN 34.7.4 - Seven underlying tendencies:
DN 34.7.5 - Seven bad Dharmas
DN 34.7.6 - Seven good Dharmas
DN 34.7.7 - Seven Dharma teachings of the good persons
DN 34.7.8 - Seven perceptions
DN 34.7.9 - Seven qualifications for graduation
DN 34.7.10 - Seven powers of one who has ended the defilements.
DN 34.8 - Groups of Eight
DN 34.9 - Groups of Nine
DN 34.10 - Groups of Ten