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Iti 108 · uttaka 108
Buddhism

Iti 108 · uttaka 108

Itivuttaka · Iti 108. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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SN 11:15 · A Delightful Place (Rāmaṇeyyaka Sutta)
Buddhism

SN 11:15 · A Delightful Place (Rāmaṇeyyaka Sutta)

Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 11:15. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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MN 151 · The Purification of Almsfood (Piṇḍapātapārisuddhi Sutta)
Buddhism

MN 151 · The Purification of Almsfood (Piṇḍapātapārisuddhi Sutta)

Sāriputta's method of repeatedly examining one's own mind while eating almsfood, purifying conduct through the framework of the four noble truths.

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AN 3:137 · The Orderliness of the Dhamma (Dhamma-niyāma Sutta)
Buddhism

AN 3:137 · The Orderliness of the Dhamma (Dhamma-niyāma Sutta)

Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 3:137. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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Iti 107 · uttaka 107
Buddhism

Iti 107 · uttaka 107

Itivuttaka · Iti 107. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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SN 11:14 · Poor (Daḷidda Sutta)
Buddhism

SN 11:14 · Poor (Daḷidda Sutta)

Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 11:14. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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MN 149 · The Great Six Sense-Media Discourse (Mahā Saḷāyatanika Sutta)
Buddhism

MN 149 · The Great Six Sense-Media Discourse (Mahā Saḷāyatanika Sutta)

How not knowing the six senses as they truly are breeds clinging and suffering, while knowing them fosters dispassion and release via the eightfold path.

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AN 3:136 · A Friend (Mitta Sutta)
Buddhism

AN 3:136 · A Friend (Mitta Sutta)

Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 3:136. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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Iti 106 · uttaka 106
Buddhism

Iti 106 · uttaka 106

Itivuttaka · Iti 106. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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SN 11:5 · Victory Through What is Well Spoken (Subhāsita-jaya Sutta)
Buddhism

SN 11:5 · Victory Through What is Well Spoken (Subhāsita-jaya Sutta)

Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 11:5. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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MN 148 · The Six Sextets (Chachakka Sutta)
Buddhism

MN 148 · The Six Sextets (Chachakka Sutta)

The six sextets—internal and external sense media, the six consciousnesses, contacts, feelings, and cravings—analyzed to uproot the view of self.

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AN 3:133 · Inscriptions (Lekha Sutta)
Buddhism

AN 3:133 · Inscriptions (Lekha Sutta)

Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 3:133. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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Iti 105 · uttaka 105
Buddhism

Iti 105 · uttaka 105

Itivuttaka · Iti 105. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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SN 11:3 · The Top of the Standard (Dhajagga Sutta)
Buddhism

SN 11:3 · The Top of the Standard (Dhajagga Sutta)

Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 11:3. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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MN 147 · The Shorter Exhortation to Rāhula (Cūḷa Rāhulovāda Sutta)
Buddhism

MN 147 · The Shorter Exhortation to Rāhula (Cūḷa Rāhulovāda Sutta)

The Buddha's guidance leading Rāhula to full awakening by showing that the aggregates and six sense bases are all impermanent and not-self.

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AN 3:131 · To Anuruddha (Anuruddha Sutta)
Buddhism

AN 3:131 · To Anuruddha (Anuruddha Sutta)

Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 3:131. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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Iti 104 · uttaka 104
Buddhism

Iti 104 · uttaka 104

Itivuttaka · Iti 104. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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SN 10:12 · To the Āḷavaka Yakkha (Āḷavaka Sutta)
Buddhism

SN 10:12 · To the Āḷavaka Yakkha (Āḷavaka Sutta)

Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 10:12. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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MN 146 · Nandaka’s Exhortation (Nandakovāda Sutta)
Buddhism

MN 146 · Nandaka’s Exhortation (Nandakovāda Sutta)

Nandaka's teaching to five hundred nuns on the impermanence of the six senses and the seven factors of awakening.

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AN 3:129 · Putrid (Kaṭuviya Sutta)
Buddhism

AN 3:129 · Putrid (Kaṭuviya Sutta)

Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 3:129. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA) · · 2 min read
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