Early Buddhist

DN 01 · The Brahmā Net (Brahmajāla Sutta)

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Catalogs and refutes the sixty-two speculative views about self, world, and eternity held by contemplatives of the Buddha's day.

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MN 1 · The Root Sequence (Mūlapariyāya Sutta)

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Warns against the conceit of positing an underlying ground of all phenomena, contrasting ordinary conceiving with an arahant's freedom from it.

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Thig 1:1 · An Anonymous Nun

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Therīgāthā · Thig 1:1. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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SN 1:1 · Crossing over the Flood (Ogha-taraṇa Sutta)

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Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 1:1. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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AN 1:21 · A Single Thing (Ekadhamma Suttas)

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Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 1:21. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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DN 02 · The Fruits of the Contemplative Life (Sāmaññaphala Sutta)

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Lays out the tangible rewards of monastic life, tracing the gradual training from virtue through jhāna to liberating insight.

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MN 2 · All the Effluents (Sabbāsava Sutta)

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Teaches seven methods for abandoning the mind's effluents—through seeing, restraint, use, endurance, avoidance, elimination, and development.

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Dhp 01 · Pairs

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The mind as forerunner of every word and deed, shaping suffering or happiness, and hostility stilled only through non-hostility.

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Ud 1:1 · Awakening (1) (Bodhi Sutta)

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Udāna · Ud 1:1. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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Snp 1:1 · 1:1 The Snake

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Sutta Nipāta · Snp 1:1. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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Thag 1:1 · Subhūti

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Theragāthā · Thag 1:1. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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Thig 1:3 · Puṇṇā

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Therīgāthā · Thig 1:3. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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Khp 1 · Saraṇagamana — Going for Refuge

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Khuddakapāṭha · Khp 1. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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SN 1:2 · Freedom (Nimokkha Sutta)

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Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 1:2. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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Iti 1 · uttaka 1

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Itivuttaka · Iti 1. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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AN 1:45 · A Pool of Water (Udakarahada Suttas)

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Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 1:45. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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DN 09 · About Poṭṭhapāda (Poṭṭhapāda Sutta)

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Explores the nature and gradual cessation of perception, showing the Buddha redirecting metaphysical debate toward practice.

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MN 4 · Fear & Terror (Bhaya-bherava Sutta)

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The Buddha recounts conquering fear and terror alone in the wilderness through purified virtue, seclusion, and the four jhānas.

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Dhp 02 · Heedfulness

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Heedfulness as the path to the deathless and heedlessness as the path to death, with vigilance named the wise person's highest wealth.

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Ud 1:2 · Awakening (2) (Bodhi Sutta)

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Udāna · Ud 1:2. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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