4👑☸ Cattāri Ariya-saccaṃ 四聖諦
KN Snp
Sutta Nipāta (book section)
5 vaggas, 12 + 14 + 12 + 16 + 19 = 73 suttas
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KN Snp audio recordings in many languages
Uraga (snake) Vagga (1 of 5)
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● KN Snp 1.2 Dhaniya: With Dhaniya the Cowherd
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● KN Snp 1.3 Khaggavisāṇa: The Rhinoceros Horn
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● KN Snp 1.4 Kasibhāradvāja: With Bhāradvāja the Farmer
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● KN Snp 1.6 Parābhava: Downfalls
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● KN Snp 1.7 Vasala: The Lowlife
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● KN Snp 1.8 Metta: friendly-kindness.
🔗jhāna walking
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● KN Snp 1.9 Hemavata: With Hemavata
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● KN Snp 1.10 Āḷavaka: With Āḷavaka
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Cūla (smaller/shorter) Vagga (2 of 5)
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● KN Snp 2.2 Āmagandha: Carrion
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● KN Snp 2.4 Maṅgala: Blessings
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● KN Snp 2.5 Sūciloma: With Spiky
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● KN Snp 2.6 Kapila (dhammacariya): A Righteous Life
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● KN Snp 2.7 Brāhmaṇadhammika: Brahmanical Traditions
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● KN Snp 2.8 Dhamma (nāvā) : The Boat
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● KN Snp 2.9 Kiṁsīla: What Morality?
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What’s your need for sleep?
And what sleep is there for the afflicted,
sallaviddhāna ruppataṃ.
pierced by the arrow,
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● KN Snp 2.12 Nigrodhakappa (vaṅgīsa) : Vaṅgīsa and his Mentor Nigrodhakappa
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● KN Snp 2.13 Sammāparibbājanīya: The Right Way to Wander
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● KN Snp 2.14 Dhammika: With Dhammika
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Mahā (great/large) Vagga (3 of 5)
● KN Snp 3.1 Pabbajjā: Going Forth
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● KN Snp 3.3 Subhāsita: Well-Spoken Words
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● KN Snp 3.4 Pūraḷāsa (sundarikabhāradvāja) : With Bhāradvāja of Sundarika on the Sacrificial Cake
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● KN Snp 3.6 Sabhiya: With Sabhiya
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● KN Snp 3.9 Vāseṭṭha: With Vāseṭṭha
This sutta is identical with MN 98.
● KN Snp 3.10 Kokālika: With Kokālika
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● KN Snp 3.11 Nālaka: About Nālaka
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● KN Snp 3.12 Dvayatānupassanā: Contemplating Pairs
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Aṭṭhaka (octets) Vagga (4 of 5)
● KN Snp 4.1 Kāma: Sensual Pleasures
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● KN Snp 4.2 Guhaṭṭhaka: Eight on the Cave
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● KN Snp 4.3 Duṭṭhaṭṭhaka: Eight on Malice
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● KN Snp 4.4 Suddhaṭṭhaka: Eight on the Pure
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● KN Snp 4.5 Paramaṭṭhaka: Eight on the Ultimate
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● KN Snp 4.7 Tissametteyya: With Tissametteyya
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● KN Snp 4.8 Pasūra: With Pasūra
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● KN Snp 4.9 Māgaṇḍiya: With Māgaṇḍiya
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● KN Snp 4.10 Purābheda: Before the Breakup
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● KN Snp 4.11 Kalahavivāda: Quarrels and Disputes
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● KN Snp 4.12 Cūḷabyūha: The Shorter Discourse on Arrayed For Battle
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● KN Snp 4.13 Mahābyūha: The Longer Discourse on Arrayed for Battle
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● KN Snp 4.15 Attadaṇḍa: Taking Up Arms
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● KN Snp 4.16 Sāriputta: With Sāriputta
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Pārāyana (way to beyond) Vagga (5 of 5)
I recommend you first read KN Snp 5.18, because it explains the purpose of the 16 suttas on nirvana in this chapter (KN Snp 5.2-KN Snp 5.17).
KN Snp 5.1 is the origin story of the 16 students and their teacher.
● KN Snp 5.1 Vatthu-gāthā: Introductory Verses
KN Snp 5.1.2 (Evil brahmin threatens Bāvari with curse️)
KN Snp 5.1.4 (Goddess tells Bāvari the evil brahmin is lying️)
KN Snp 5.1.6 (Goddess tells Bāvari about the Buddha️)
KN Snp 5.1.8 (Bāvari tells his students about the Buddha️)
KN Snp 5.1.10 (test Buddha’s mind reading power️)
KN Snp 5.1.12 (all 16 students are jhāna meditators, with their own students️)
KN Snp 5.1.14 (students approach Buddha)
KN Snp 5.1.16 (students ask Buddha about Bāvari’s 32 great marks)
KN Snp 5.1.18 (students ask Buddha about head splitting curse)
● KN Snp 5.2 Ajita-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Ajita
“By what is the world shrouded?” How to block the streams?
● KN Snp 5.3 Tissametteyya-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Tissametteyya
Who, having known both ends, is not stuck in the middle?
... Who here has escaped the seamstress?”
● KN Snp 5.4 Puṇṇaka-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Puṇṇaka
warrior-nobles and brahmins here in the world
have performed so many different sacrifices to the gods:
all performed sacrifices bound to old age,
hoping for some state of existence.”
Have any crossed the flood?
● KN Snp 5.5 Mettagū-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Mettagū
Where do all these sufferings come from,
in all their countless forms in the world?”
● KN Snp 5.6 Dhotaka-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Dhotaka
"...release me, Sakyan, from my doubts.”
“I am not able to release anyone
in the world who has doubts, Dhotaka.
But when you understand the best of Dharmas,
you shall cross this flood.” )
● KN Snp 5.7 Upasīva-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Dhotaka
Tell me a support, All-seer,
depending on which I may cross this flood.”
(Buddha says:)
“[In the dimension of] nothingness, equanimously-observing and remembering [the Dharma],”
● KN Snp 5.8 Nanda-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Nanda
Is someone called a sage because of their knowledge,
or because of their way of life?”
● KN Snp 5.9 Hemaka-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Hemaka
“before I encountered Gotama’s teaching,
said ‘thus it was’ or ‘so it shall be’.
All that was just the testament of hearsay;
all that just fostered speculation:
I found no delight in that.
● KN Snp 5.10 Todeyya-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Todeyya
“In whom sensual pleasures do not dwell,”
“and for whom there is no craving,
and who has crossed over doubts—
of what kind is their liberation?”
● KN Snp 5.11 Kappa-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Kappa
The island safe from the fearsome flood, as a simile for Nirvana.
● KN Snp 5.12 Jatukaṇṇi-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Jatukaṇṇī
What is the path to peace (santi) that is safe from sensual pleasures (kāma 💘💃 )?
● KN Snp 5.13 Bhadrāvudha-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Bhadrāvudha
“I have a request for you, the shelter-leaver, the craving-cutter, the imperturbable,”
“the delight-leaver, the flood-crosser, the freed,
the formulation-leaver, the intelligent.
Many people have gathered from different lands
● KN Snp 5.14 Udaya-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Udaya
To the one sitting in jhāna— without dust,
Done the task, [an arahant with] no more asinine-inclinations.
Gone beyond all dharmas—
Please speak about the emancipation of final knowledge,
ignorance breaking up.
Buddha explains how to use fourth jhana and the thinking of first jhana to realize nirvana.
● KN Snp 5.15 Posāla-māṇava-pucchā: The Question of Posala
regarding one who is devoid of form perceptions [after entering the formless dimensions],
who has abandoned their entire body [when moving beyond fourth jhāna],
[both the] Internal [consisting of their own anatomical body] and external [forms and bodies],
[for one who abides in the formless dimension of nothingness and] sees: “There (is) nothing”:
I ask [Buddha], the Sakyan, for Knowledge of this.
How should [the meditator] be led further?
● KN Snp 5.16 Mogharāja-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Mogharājā
Regarding this world, the other world,
and the realm of Brahmā with its gods,
...
How to look upon the world
so the King of Death won’t see you?”
● KN Snp 5.17 Piṅgiya-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Piṅgiya
“I am old, feeble, and pallid,”
“my eyes unclear, my hearing faint.
Don’t let stupid me perish meanwhile;
explain The Dharma so that I may understand
the giving up of rebirth and old age here.”
● KN Snp 5.18 Pārāyanatthuti-gāthā: Homage to the Way to the Beyond
Describes the purpose of Snp pārāyana chapter, verse and prose section mirror each other.
● KN Snp 5.19 Pārāyan-ānugīti-gāthā: Preserving the Way to the Beyond
Pingiya's verse praising Snp 5 and the Buddha
misc.
AN 7.53 One of 4 heavenly great kings listening to laywoman recite paryanana to completion.
KN Snp FLIPT: translation by frankk, style = FLIPT.
KN Snp critical: detailed study on a few suttas.
KN Snp fluent P+E: derived from Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu translation.
KN Snp fluent P+E: derived from B. Sujato translation.