Related:: [[Pali|Pāli]], [[Pali Canon|Pāli Canon]] # ☸️📚 Sutta(s) (5 [[Pali Canon|Nikāya]] From Sutta Piṭaka) ## Summary > [!tldr] What is a Sutta? > - Sutta's are the teachings of the [[Buddha]], preserved in the [[Pali|Pāli]] language. > > ![[Pali Vocabulary#^sutta]] ### How to Read? > [!info] 3 Levels of Penetration into the Suttas > 1. _**Pariyatti**_ – Reading & reciting to get the concept of the sutta > 2. **_Paṭipatti_** – Comprehending the practice of the sutta > 3. _**Paṭivedha**_ – Developing experiential knowledge ^3-stages ![[(2023-08-22) Vilas on How to read a Sutta#^investigate]] ## Organization of the 5 [[Pali Canon|Nikāya]](s) ![[Pali Canon#^organization]] ## Core (Sammā Diṭṭhi , etc.) #### Core - Overview of path - [[DN2 Sāmaññaphalasutta]] ([link](https://suttacentral.net/dn2/en/sujato)) - 4 Noble Truths - [[MN141 Saccavibhaṅgasutta]] - Buddha introduced Sāriputta to give a desana on the 4 noble truths. - Tilakkhana (more below) - [[SN22.45 Aniccasutta]] - Samma ditthi - [[SN56.11 Dhammacakkappavattanasutta]] - [[MN9 Sammādiṭṭhisutta]] - [[Sariputta|Venerable Sāriputta]] on *Many* different ways of sammaditthi. - [[AN10.60 Girimānandasutta]] - Buddha on 10 right sanna - [[AN6.55 Soṇasutta]] - **Balance** of practice — Buddha said string should not be too tight nor too loose - Practices - Overview - [[MN10 Satipaṭṭhānasutta]] - [[MN118 Ānāpānassatisutta]] - [[MN62 Mahārāhulovādasutta]] - Buddha’s instruction to Rahula, on **MANY types** of meditations! - (Also see samma sati & samadhi section below) - Metta - [[Kp9 Mettāsutta]] ([Chanting](https://youtu.be/u6kmvcuoBvo)) - Personal favorites - [[MN19 Dvedhāvitakkasutta]] - SN36.5 Daṭṭhabbasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn36.5/en/sujato)) #### [[Pancupadanakkhandha|5 Grasping Aggregates (Pañcupādānakkhandhā)]] ![[Pancupadanakkhandha#Suttas]] #### [[Ayatana|6 Senses]] ![[Ayatana#Suttas]] ## Motivational — Why Dhamma? #dhamma/why #### Why should we be on the path? - [[SN22.2 Devadahasutta]] ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn22.2/en/sujato)) - Sāriputta on the drawbacks of attachment to form, feeling... - Good for beginner - MN75 Māgaṇḍiyasutta ([[notes]], [link](https://suttacentral.net/mn75/en/sujato)) ^mn75 - Buddha on the drawback of sense pleasures (using the analogy of leprosy) - [[MN26 Pāsarāsisutta]] - Buddha’s own path #### Beginner - [[MN95 Caṅkīsutta]] ([link](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN95.html)) - How to find a teacher? Map of the path - Belief (i.e. blind faith) -- 5 things that can be false - [[AN10.176 Cundasutta]] - (on Sila / Dasa akusala) #### [[Dukkha]] ![[Dukkha#Suttas]] #### [[Kalyanamitta|Kalyāṇamitta]] ![[Kalyanamitta#Suttas]] #### Diligence - SN55.40 Nandiyasakkasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn55.40/en/sujato)) - Buddha on what Sotapanna is and on diligence v.s. negligence (Living negligently brings no joy, rapture, ...) #### [[Sotapanna|Sōtapanna]] ![[Sotapanna#Suttas]] #### [[Samyojana|Saṃyojana]] (10 Fetters) & [[Magga Phala]] (4 Fruits) ![[Magga Phala#Suttas]] ## Practices ### [[Sila|Sīla]] / [[Carana|Caraṇa]] ![[Sila#Suttas]] ![[Carana#Suttas]] ### [[Metta|Mettā]] ![[Metta#Suttas]] ### Samma Sati & Samadhi #### [[Sati]] ![[Sati#Suttas]] #### [[Samadhi|Samādhi]] ![[Samadhi#Suttas]] #### [[Indriya Samvara|Guarding the Sense doors]] ![[Indriya Samvara#Suttas]] #### [[Jhana|Jhāna]] ![[Jhana#Suttas]] #### [[Nivarana|Nīvaraṇa]] - [[AN1.11–20 Nīvaraṇappahānavagga]] - [[{Vilas Blog} Practical Anapanassatikatha#1 & 2. EIGHT Obstacles & EIGHT Solution|Ānāpānassatikathā]] ## More technical #### Encyclopedia - DN34 - Dasuttarasutta (Up to Ten) ([[DN34 Dasuttarasutta|notes]]) - **Fantastic encyclopedia** of Dhamma! :) Where Sariputta talked about 10 x 10 = 100 truths! - DN33 is a similar one! #### Drawbacks ([[Assada, Adinava, and Nissarana]]) ![[Assada, Adinava, and Nissarana#Suttas]] #### [[Anicca]] ![[Anicca#Suttas]] #### [[Anatta]] / [[Tilakkhana]] ![[Dhamma/MOCs/Anatta.md#Suttas]] #### 7 Bojjhanga (factors of awakening) - SN46.3 Sīlasutta #### [[Noble 8-fold Path]] ![[Noble 8-fold Path#Suttas]] #### [[Middle Path]] ![[Middle Path#Sutta]] #### [[Dhatu|Dhātu]] (Qualities) ![[Dhatu#Suttas]] #### [[Ahara|Āhāra]] (Food) ![[Ahara#Suttas]] #### Papanca / Papañcasaññāsaṅkhā - MN18 Madhupiṇḍikasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn18/en/sujato)) - Buddha: my teaching is such that one does not conflict with anyone in this world ... - [[DN21 Sakkapañhasutta]] ([[notes]], [[video|video]]) - Why we cannot be free of enmity, violence, and hate - Buddha: due to jealousy and stinginess, .. , and papanca #### [[Paticca-samuppada|Paṭicca-samuppāda]] ![[Paticca-samuppada#Suttas]] #### [[Avijja]] ![[Avijja#Suttas]] #### [[Vedana|Vedanā]] (Feeling) ![[Vedana#Suttas]] #### [[Chanda]] ![[Chanda#Suttas]] #### [[Kamma]] (Karma, Deeds) ![[Kamma#Suttas]] #### Q&A - [[MN43 Mahāvedallasutta]] - [[MN44 Cūḷavedallasutta]] #### On rebirth consciousness - Bikkhu who suicided (slit his wrist) ^8jrrgg - SN22.87 Vakkalisutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn22.87/en/sujato)) - Yo kho, vakkali, dhammaṁ passati so maṁ passati; - One who sees the teaching sees me. - yo maṁ passati so dhammaṁ passati. - SN4.23 Godhikasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn4.23/en/sujato)) #### On [[Citta]] & [[Vinnana|Viññāṇa]] ![[Citta#On Citta Vinnana Viññāṇa]] #### Vimutti / [[Nibbana|Nibbāna]] ![[Nibbana#Suttas]] #### [[Paramattha Sacca]] - Ud1.10 Bāhiyasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/ud1.10/en/sujato), [[Ud1.10 Bāhiyasutta|note]]) - Buddha: "In seeing, there's only seeing, ..." #### Cosmology / Metaphysics / Nature of the world ![[Loka#Suttas]] ## Various Topics ### On Teaching Dhamma - [[MN58 Abhayarājakumārasutta]] - [[MN137 Saḷāyatanavibhaṅgasutta]] - A worthy teacher will remain equanimous and aware regardless of what the student does - MN122 Mahāsuññatasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn122/en/sujato)) - Buddha explained to Ananda how **Seclusion** is the key for the development of the path - And how #dhamma/teaching/teacher and followers is at risk of falling back to indulgence if they get lost in fame and admirations. - Also on how a will teacher will teach out of compassion and the welfare of that student. - AN4.42 Pañhabyākaraṇasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an4.42/en/sujato)) ^022915 - 4 Ways of Answering Questions — definitively, analytically, with counter-quesiton, or set aside #dhamma/teaching/skillful/buddha #question ### On [[Itthi|Females]] ![[Itthi#Suttas]] ## Stories #### Stories of Past Buddha's - [[MN81 Ghaṭikārasutta]] - On Buddha Kassapa, giving account of Ghaṭīkāra — the chief supporter of the buddha and anagami, who has great qualities #### Stories of Nuns (Theri) - Women getting old - thig13.1 Ambapālītherīgāthā ([link](https://suttacentral.net/thig13.1/en/sujato)) - thig13.4 Sundarītherīgāthā ([link](https://suttacentral.net/thig13.4/en/sujato)) - thig14.1 Subhājīvakambavanikātherīgāthā ([link](https://suttacentral.net/thig14.1/en/sujato)) - A bhikkhuni (arahat) ripped out one of her eyes and gave it to someone who adored her beautiful eyes. - https://suttacentral.net/thig15.1/en/sujato - a nun gave account of her earlier and past lives (as rich man, hell, monkey) - thig16.1 Sumedhātherīgāthā ([link](https://suttacentral.net/thig16.1/en/sujato)) - Inspiring story of a princess going forth against the wills of her parents, where she gave a nice account of the asubha nature of this body and the futility and danger of sense pleasures. - [[Thag16.2 Pārāpariyattheragāthā]] - "This body is full of pus and blood ... but cunning people decorate it" #### On Gifting and Merits (i.e. [[Dana|Dāna]]) ![[Dana#Sutta]] #### Stories on Peta (Hungry ghosts) - pv5 Tirokuṭṭapetavatthu ([link](https://suttacentral.net/pv5/en/kiribathgoda)) - Buddha on how past relatives born in the ghost realm lives on the merits from the offerings. - pv13 Saṁsāramocakapetivatthu - Story of Sāriputta sharing merits with a ghost -- spring how it should be done. - pv14 Sāriputtattheramātupetivatthu - Ven. Sāriputta shared merits with his mother, which also helped the mother of Ven. Moggallana - pv17 Maṭṭhakuṇḍalīpetavatthu - A son reborn as deva who gained the merits by worshipping the Buddha comforted his crying father. #### Stories of Deva (Gods) - vv15 Uttarāvimānavatthu ([link](https://suttacentral.net/vv15/en/kiribathgoda)) - life of a Deva who has reached Sakadagami. - vv30 Ucchudāyikāvimānavatthu ([link](https://suttacentral.net/vv30/en/kiribathgoda)) - a lady was born as a Deva after offering a sugar-cane to Moggallana and died afterwards while hit by her angry mother-in-law. #### Story of Householders - SN41.5 Paṭhamakāmabhūsutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn41.5/en/sujato)) - Citta the householder able to understand a #riddle so deep that even bhikkhus cannot ![[Arahat#Stories of Arahats]] #### Misc. Stories - MN86 Aṅgulimālasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn86/en/sujato)) (on [[Angulimala|Aṅgulimāla]]) - on Jains - [[MN56 Upālisutta]] ## Misc. #### Other good suttas - snp3.12 Dvayatānupassanāsutta - On Itthabhāva (this-ness) and aññathābhāva (otherwise-ness) - SN22.44 Attadīpasutta - Buddha on "Be your own island" - Once anicca, dukkha, viparinama nature of the 5 aggregates is seen, one will live happily **without anxiety**. - Beautiful Q&A by Buddha, with similarities with DN21 - MN5 Anaṅgaṇasutta (Unblemished) - Sariputta with Mogallana, on 4 types of people with and without blemishes and knowledges #### Q&As - [[Snp4.11 Kalahavivādasutta]] ([link](https://suttacentral.net/snp4.11/en/sujato)) - Beautiful Q&A by Buddha, with similarities with DN21 #### [[Gatha|Gāthā]] ![[Gatha#List of Gāthā]] ## Sutta Resources - SuttaCentral: [suttacentral.net](https://suttacentral.net) - Voices: [voice.suttacentral.net](https://voice.suttacentral.net) - Pali Audio: [paliaudio.com](https://www.paliaudio.com/) #### Ways to search Suttas - Search at [Github](https://github.com/search?type=code&q=repo%3Asuttacentral%2Fsc-data+%2Fmemories.*lay+life%2F) - Searchbar at [SuttaCentral.net](https://suttacentral.net/) ## Reads - (Vilas's Overview of Suttas) [Practising sutta for liberation](https://spiritualessence.in/2023/02/17/practising-sutta-for-liberation/) --- ## Appendix ### Abbreviations ![[Pali Canon#Abbreviations]] ## Chinese > [!info] See [[阿含经 (Agama)]] ## WIP - Suttas ##### Reading / Want to to read - [ ] #task #TODO/dhamma Read following suttas - DN13 Tevijjasutta - on the 3 wisdoms (seeing all past lives, seeing where beings are going, seeing how to end asavas) after full enlightenment ##### TODOs - [ ] #task #TODO/dhamma/publish Add Vilas' Audio to sutta links!