Discourse
AN 2:37 · To Kaṇḍarāyana (Kaṇḍarāyana Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:37. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 29 · The Longer Heartwood Simile Discourse (Mahā Sāropama Sutta)
Gain, honor, virtue, concentration, and even psychic power are not the holy life's heartwood; unshakable freedom of mind is the true goal.
AN 2:36 · To Ārāmadaṇḍa (Ārāmadaṇḍa Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:36. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 28 · The Great Elephant Footprint Simile (Mahā Hatthipadopama Sutta)
How the four noble truths contain all skillful qualities, unpacked through analysis of the four elements and dependent origination of the clinging-aggregates.
AN 2:35 · Like-minded (Samacitta Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:35. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 27 · The Shorter Elephant Footprint Simile (Cūḷa Hatthipadopama Sutta)
The graduated training from conviction and going forth through virtue, sense restraint, jhāna, and the three knowledges, encompassing the path as the elephant's footprint encompasses all others.
AN 2:31 · Gratitude (Kataññu Suttas)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:31. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
AN 2:30 · Release (Vimutti Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:30. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 25 · Poison-grass (Nivāpa Sutta)
Sensual pleasures as bait set by Māra, and four types of practitioners who succeed or fail to escape his domain through jhāna.
AN 2:29 · A Share in Clear Knowing (Vijjā-bhāgiya Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:29. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 24 · Relay Chariots (Ratha-vinīta Sutta)
Seven stages of purification that relay one another toward Nibbana, none final in itself, likened to relay chariots on a journey.
AN 2:24 · A Meaning to be Inferred (Neyyattha Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:24. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 22 · The Water-Snake Simile (Alagaddūpama Sutta)
The danger of misgrasping the Dhamma, illustrated by a wrongly grabbed water-snake, and the raft simile for letting go of views once they've served their purpose.
AN 2:23 · What Was Not Said (Abhāsita Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:23. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 21 · The Simile of the Saw (Kakacūpama Sutta)
Patience and non-retaliation under any provocation, even mutilation, taught through the simile of being sawn limb from limb.
AN 2:21 · Fools & Wise People (Bāla-paṇḍita Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:21. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 20 · The Relaxation of Thoughts (Vitakkasaṇṭhāna Sutta)
Five methods for a meditator to abandon distracting, unskillful thoughts and steady the mind during meditation.
AN 2:19 · Skillful & Unskillful (Kusal’akusala Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:19. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 19 · Two Sorts of Thinking (Dvedhāvitakka Sutta)
The Buddha's pre-awakening practice of sorting thoughts into unskillful (sensuality, ill will, harm) and skillful (renunciation, goodwill, harmlessness) categories.
AN 2:18 · Categorically (Ekaṁsena Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 2:18. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.