Discourse
Khp 4 · Sāmaṇera Pañhā — The Novice’s Questions
Khuddakapāṭha · Khp 4. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 6 · If One Would Wish (Ākaṅkheyya Sutta)
Lists aspirations a monk might hold—respect, requisites, supernormal attainments—showing how virtue, concentration, and insight fulfill each one.
DN 12 · To Lohicca (Lohicca Sutta)
Refutes the view that a teacher who has found truth should keep it to himself, distinguishing worthy teachers from unworthy ones.
AN 1:49 · Quick to Reverse Itself (Lahu-parivaṭṭa Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 1:49. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 5 · Unblemished (Anaṅgaṇa Sutta)
Sāriputta distinguishes those who recognize their own inner blemishes of desire from those who remain unaware of them.
AN 1:48 · Soft (Mudu Sutta)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 1:48. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
Khp 2 · Dasa Sikkhāpada — The Ten Training Rules
Khuddakapāṭha · Khp 2. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 4 · Fear & Terror (Bhaya-bherava Sutta)
The Buddha recounts conquering fear and terror alone in the wilderness through purified virtue, seclusion, and the four jhānas.
DN 09 · About Poṭṭhapāda (Poṭṭhapāda Sutta)
Explores the nature and gradual cessation of perception, showing the Buddha redirecting metaphysical debate toward practice.
AN 1:45 · A Pool of Water (Udakarahada Suttas)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 1:45. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
Khp 1 · Saraṇagamana — Going for Refuge
Khuddakapāṭha · Khp 1. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 2 · All the Effluents (Sabbāsava Sutta)
Teaches seven methods for abandoning the mind's effluents—through seeing, restraint, use, endurance, avoidance, elimination, and development.
DN 02 · The Fruits of the Contemplative Life (Sāmaññaphala Sutta)
Lays out the tangible rewards of monastic life, tracing the gradual training from virtue through jhāna to liberating insight.
AN 1:21 · A Single Thing (Ekadhamma Suttas)
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 1:21. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
MN 1 · The Root Sequence (Mūlapariyāya Sutta)
Warns against the conceit of positing an underlying ground of all phenomena, contrasting ordinary conceiving with an arahant's freedom from it.
DN 01 · The Brahmā Net (Brahmajāla Sutta)
Catalogs and refutes the sixty-two speculative views about self, world, and eternity held by contemplatives of the Buddha's day.