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Majjhima Nikāya (MN)

Middle (length) collection (of suttas)


Majjhima Nikāya
MN 1

MN 1 Mūla-pariyāya

root of all things

MN 1
MN 2

MN 2 Sabb-āsava

All the asinine-inclinations

MN 3

MN 3 Dhamma-dāyāda

Dharma heirs

MN 4

MN 4 Bhaya-bherava

Fear and Terror

MN 5

MN 5 Anaṅgaṇa

Unblemished

MN 6

MN 6 Ākaṅkheyyasutta

One Might Wish

MN 7

MN 7 Vattha

Simile of the Cloth

MN 8

MN 8 Sallekha

Self-Effacement

MN 9

MN 9 Sammā-diṭṭhi

Right View

MN 11

MN 11 Cūḷa-sīhanāda

Shorter Discourse on the Lion’s Roar

MN 12

MN 12 Mahā-sīhanāda

Longer Discourse on the Lion’s Roar

MN 13

MN 13 Mahā-dukkha-k-khandha

Longer Discourse on the Mass of Suffering

MN 14

MN 14 Cūḷa-dukkha-k-khandha

Shorter Discourse on the Mass of Suffering

MN 15

MN 15 Anumāna

Measuring Up

MN 16

MN 16 Ceto-khila

Emotional Barrenness

MN 17

MN 17 Vana-pattha

Jungle Thickets

MN 18

MN 18 Madhu-piṇḍika

honey cake

MN 19

MN 19 dve-dhā-vitakka

two-sorts-of-thinking

MN 20

MN 20 Vitakka-saṇṭhāna

relaxing [unwanted] thoughts

MN 21

MN 21 Kakacū-’pama

Saw simile

MN 21
MN 22

MN 22 Alagaddū-’pama

Simile of the Snake

MN 23

MN 23 Vammika

🐜The Ant-Hill

MN 24

MN 24 Ratha-vinīta

Prepared Chariots

MN 25

MN 25 Nivāpa

Fodder

MN 26

MN 26 Pāsarāsi

Noble Search

MN 27

MN 27 Cūḷa-hatthi-pad-opama

Shorter Elephant’s Footprint Simile

MN 28

MN 28 Mahā-hatthipad-opama

Longer Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint

MN 29

MN 29 Mahā-sāropama

Longer Simile of Heartwood

MN 30

MN 30 Cūḷa-sāropama

Shorter Simile of Heartwood

MN 31

MN 31 Cūḷa-gosiṅga

Shorter Discourse at Gosiṅga

MN 32

MN 32 Mahā-gosiṅga

Longer Discourse at Gosiṅga

MN 33

MN 33 Mahā-gopālaka

Longer Discourse on the Cowherd

MN 34

MN 34 Cūḷa-gopālaka

Shorter Discourse on the Cowherd

MN 35

MN 35 Cūḷa-saccaka

Shorter Discourse With Saccaka

MN 36

MN 36 Mahā-saccaka

Longer Discourse With Saccaka

MN 37

MN 37 Cūḷa-taṇhā-saṅkhaya

Shorter Discourse on Ending of Craving

MN 38

MN 38 Mahā-taṇhā-saṅkhaya

Longer Discourse on Ending of Craving

MN 39

MN 39 Mahā-assapura

Longer Discourse at Assapura

MN 40

MN 40 Cūḷa-assapura

Shorter Discourse at Assapura

MN 41

MN 41 Sāleyyaka

People of Sālā

MN 42

MN 42 Verañjaka

People of Verañja

MN 43

MN 43 mahā-vedalla

Greater Set of Questions & Answers

MN 43
MN 44

MN 44 cūḷa-vedalla

Shorter Set of Questions & Answers

MN 45

MN 45 Cūḷa-dhamma-samādāna

Shorter Discourse on Taking Up Dharma-[Practices]

MN 46

MN 46 Mahā-dhamma-samādāna

The Great [Discourse] on Taking Up Dharma [practices]

MN 47

MN 47 Vīmaṃsaka

The Inquirer

MN 48

MN 48 Kosambiya

[The monks of] Kosambi

MN 49

MN 49 Brahma-nimantanika

On the Invitation of Brahmā

MN 50

MN 50 Māra-tajjanīya

Rebuke of Māra

MN 51

MN 51 Kandaraka

With Kandaraka

MN 52

MN 52 Aṭṭhakan-āgara

Man From the City of Aṭṭhaka

MN 53

MN 53 Sekha

A trainee

MN 54

MN 54 Potaliya

With Potaliya the Wanderer

MN 55

MN 55 Jīvaka

With Jīvaka

MN 56

MN 56 Upāli

(name of layperson)

MN 56
MN 57

MN 57 Kukkuravatika

The Ascetic Who Behaved Like a Dog

MN 58

MN 58 Abhaya-rāja-kumāra

With Prince Abhaya

MN 59

MN 59 Bahu-vedanīya

Many [kinds of] sensations

MN 60

MN 60 Apaṇṇaka

Guaranteed

MN 61

MN 61 amba-laṭṭhika-rāhul-ovāda

Advice to Rāhula at Ambalaṭṭhika

MN 61
MN 62

MN 62 mahā-rāhul-ovāda

(The) Greater Rāhula Admonishment

MN 63

MN 63 Cūḷa-mālukya

Shorter Discourse With Māluṅkya

MN 64

MN 64 Mahā-mālukya

longer (discourse with) mālukya

MN 64
MN 65

MN 65 Bhaddāli

With Bhaddāli

MN 66

MN 66 Laṭukik-opama

quail simile

MN 67

MN 67 Cātuma

At Cātumā

MN 68

MN 68 Naḷakapāna

At Naḷakapāna

MN 69

MN 69 Goliyāni

With Gulissāni

MN 70

MN 70 Kīṭāgiri

(name of place)

MN 71

MN 71 Te-vijja-vaccha

To Vacchagotta on the Three Knowledges

MN 72

MN 72 Aggi-vaccha

With Vacchagotta on Fire

MN 73

MN 73 Mahā-vaccha

Longer Discourse With Vacchagotta

MN 74

MN 74 Dīgha-nakha

with wanderer named ‘long nails’

MN 75

MN 75 Māgaṇḍiya

(name of brahmin)

MN 75
MN 76

MN 76 Sandaka

with Sandaka

MN 77

MN 77 Mahā-sakuludāyi

Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī

MN 78

MN 78 Samaṇamuṇḍika

(name of person)

MN 79

MN 79 Cūḷa-sakuludāyi

shorter (discourse with) sakuludāyi

MN 80

MN 80 Vekhanasa

with Vekhanasa

MN 81

MN 81 Ghaṭikāra

with Ghaṭikāra

MN 95

MN 95 Caṅkī

(name of brahman)

MN 95
MN 101

MN 101 Devadaha

at Devadaha

MN 106

MN 106 āneñja-sappāya

Conducive to the Imperturbable

MN 111

MN 111 anu-pada

one after another

MN 112

MN 112 Chabbi-sodhana

the sixfold purification

MN 113

MN 113 Sap-purisa

good person

MN 114

MN 114 Sevitabb-āsevitabba

should be cultivated, and not cultivated

MN 115

MN 115 Bahu-dhātuka

many elements

MN 116

MN 116 Isigili

At Isigili

MN 117

MN 117 Mahā-cattārīsaka

great forty

MN 118

MN 118 Ānāpānas-sati

Remembering Dharma on breathing

MN 118
MN 119

MN 119 kāyagatā-sati

body-immersed-remembering

MN 120

MN 120 Saṅkhār-upapatti

intentional rebirth

MN 121

MN 121 Cūḷasuññata

The Shorter Discourse on Emptiness

MN 122

MN 122 Mahā-suññata

Longer Discourse on Emptiness

MN 123

MN 123 Acchariya-abbhuta

incredible and amazing

MN 123
MN 124

MN 124 Bākula

with Bākula

MN 125

MN 125 Danta-bhūmi

tamed levels

MN 125
MN 126

MN 126 Bhūmija

with Bhūmija

MN 127

MN 127 Anuruddha

(Chief disciple famous for divine eye)

MN 127
MN 128

MN 128 Upak­-kilesa

corruptions

MN 128
MN 129

MN 129 Bāla-paṇḍita

The Foolish and the Astute

MN 130

MN 130 Deva-dūta

Messengers of the Gods

MN 131

MN 131 Bhadd-eka-ratta

One Fine Night

MN 132

MN 132 Ānanda-bhaddeka-ratta

Ānanda and one fine night

MN 133

MN 133 Mahākaccāna-bhaddeka-ratta

Mahākaccāna and One Fine Night

MN 134

MN 134 Lomasakaṅgiya-bhaddeka-ratta

Lomasakaṅgiya and one fine night

MN 135

MN 135 Cūḷa-kamma-vibhaṅga

small [discourse on] karma analysis

MN 136

MN 136 Mahā-kamma-vibhaṅga

big [discourse on] – karma – analysis

MN 136
MN 137

MN 137 Saḷ-āyatana-vibhaṅga

six sense fields analysis

MN 137
MN 138

MN 138 Uddesa-vibhaṅga

recitation analysis

MN 139

MN 139 Araṇa-vibhaṅga

non-conflict-analysis

MN 140

MN 140 Dhātu-vibhaṅga

element-analysis

MN 141

MN 141 Sacca-vibhaṅga

truth-analysis

MN 142

MN 142 Dakkhiṇā-vibhaṅga

The Analysis of Offerings to the Teacher

MN 143

MN 143 Anāthapiṇḍik’-ovāda

Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika

MN 144

MN 144 Chann’-ovāda

Advice to Channa

MN 145

MN 145 Puṇṇ’-ovāda

Advice to Puṇṇa

MN 146

MN 146 Nandakovāda

MN 147

MN 147 Cūḷa-rāhul’-ovāda

Advice to Rāhula

MN 148

MN 148 Cha-chakka

six by six

MN 148
MN 149

MN 149 Mahā-saḷāyatanika

The Great Discourse on the Six Sense Fields

MN 150

MN 150 Nagaravindeyya

With the People of Nagaravinda

MN 151

MN 151 Piṇḍa-pāta-pāri-suddhi

Almsfood purification

MN 152

MN 152 152 - MN 152

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