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Dhp 16 · Dear Ones
How grief and fear are born from attachment to loved ones, and how freedom from clinging ends both.
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.
Iti 18 · uttaka 18
Itivuttaka · Iti 18. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
SN 1:51 · Old Age (Jarā Sutta)
Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 1:51. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
Thig 5:12 · Candā, the Beggar
Therīgāthā · Thig 5:12. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
Thag 1:26 · Abhaya
Theragāthā · Thag 1:26. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
Snp 2:3 · 2:3 Shame
Sutta Nipāta · Snp 2:3. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
Ud 2:5 · The Lay Follower (Upāsaka Sutta)
Udāna · Ud 2:5. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
Dhp 15 · Happy
The serene happiness of one who lives free of hostility, greed, and busyness amid a world driven by all three.
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.
Iti 17 · uttaka 17
Itivuttaka · Iti 17. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
SN 1:42 · A Giver of What (Kindada Sutta)
Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 1:42. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
Thig 5:11 · Paṭācārā’s Thirty Students
Therīgāthā · Thig 5:11. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
Thag 1:25 · Nandiya (to Māra)
Theragāthā · Thag 1:25. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
Snp 2:2 · 2:2 Raw Stench
Sutta Nipāta · Snp 2:2. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
Ud 2:4 · Veneration (Sakkāra Sutta)
Udāna · Ud 2:4. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
Dhp 14 · Awakened
The boundless, untraceable freedom of the awakened mind, and the rarity of a human birth that meets the true Dhamma.
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.