Discourse
AN 3:2 · Characterized (by Action) (Lakkhaṇa Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 3:2. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 41 · (Brahmans) of Sāla (Sāleyyaka Sutta)
The ten unskillful and ten skillful courses of action in body, speech, and mind, and how each shapes rebirth in lower or higher states.
AN 3:1 · Danger (Bhaya Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 3:1. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 40 · The Shorter Discourse at Assapura (Cūḷa-Assapura Sutta)
True contemplative practice lies in abandoning inner defilements through virtue, restraint, and mindfulness, not in outward ascetic observances alone.
AN 2:134 · Without Investigating (Ananuvicca Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:134. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 39 · The Greater Discourse at Assapura (Mahā Assapura Sutta)
The qualities that make one a true contemplative—shame, restraint of the senses, purified conduct, jhāna, and the three knowledges of awakening.
AN 2:123 · Voice (Ghosa Suttas)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:123. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 38 · The Greater Craving-Destruction Discourse (Mahā Taṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta)
A correction of the view that consciousness transmigrates unchanged, teaching that consciousness arises only dependent on conditions, not as a persisting self.
AN 2:120 · Rarely Having Enough (Duttappaya Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:120. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 37 · The Shorter Craving-Destruction Discourse (Cūḷa Taṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta)
Liberation through non-clinging to any phenomenon, taught to Sakka and confirmed when Moggallāna tests his understanding through a feat of psychic power.
AN 2:118 · Hard to Find (Dullabhā Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:118. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 36 · The Longer Discourse to Saccaka (Mahā Saccaka Sutta)
The Buddha recounts his failed ascetic austerities and describes attaining the four jhānas and the three knowledges on the night of his awakening.
AN 2:99 · Fools (Bāla Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:99. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 35 · The Shorter Discourse to Saccaka (Cūḷa Saccaka Sutta)
The Buddha refutes the debater Saccaka's claim that the five aggregates constitute a controllable self, demonstrating their impermanence and non-self.
AN 2:74 · Pleasures (Sukha Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:74. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 33 · The Greater Cowherd Discourse (Mahā Gopālaka Sutta)
Eleven qualities a monk needs to progress and flourish in the Dhamma, likened to eleven skills required of a good cowherd.
AN 2:61 · Communal Living (Sannivāsa Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:61. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 31 · The Shorter Gosiṅga Sāla-tree Discourse (Cūḷagosiṅgasāla Sutta)
Three monks living in concord describe mutual respect, care, and diligence as the ground of their shared meditative attainments.
AN 2:46 · Bombast (Ukkācita Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:46. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 30 · The Shorter Heartwood Simile Discourse (Cūḷa Sāropama Sutta)
The holy life's heartwood is unshakable liberation, not the gain, honor, virtue, concentration, or knowledge and vision mistaken for its goal.