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Salayatana Vagga —
The Section on the Six Sense Bases
Samyutta: 35-44
35. Salayatana-samyutta — The six senses SN 35.23: Sabba Sutta — The All {S iv 15; CDB ii 1140} [Thanissaro].
What is the "All"?
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.023.than.html SN 35.24: Pahanaya Sutta — To Be Abandoned {S iv 15; CDB ii 1140} [Thanissaro].
What, exactly, is it that we must let go of?
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.024.than.htmlHear Sutta SN 35.28 read aloudwww.suttareadings.net/audio/index.html#sn35.028 SN 35.28: Adittapariyaya Sutta — The Fire Sermon {S iv 19; CDB ii 1143} [Ñanamoli | Thanissaro].
Several months after his Awakening, the Buddha delivers this sermon to an audience of 1,000 fire-worshipping ascetics. The Buddha uses the metaphor of fire to illustrate the nature of clinging. Upon hearing the sermon, the entire audience attains full Awakening.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.028.nymo.html SN 35.63: Migajala Sutta/Migajaalena Sutta — To Migajala/Migajaala {S iv 35; CDB ii 1150} [Thanissaro | Walshe].
Why is true solitude so hard to find? The Buddha explains why, no matter where you go, your most annoying companions always tag along.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.063.than.html SN 35.69: Upasena Sutta — Upasena {S iv 35; CDB ii 1150} [Thanissaro].
Ven. Upasena, mortally wounded by a venomous snake, remains perfectly composed as he utters his dying words to Ven. Sariputta.
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SN 35.74: Gilana Sutta — Ill (1) {S iv 46; CDB ii 1157} [Thanissaro].
An ailing monk attains stream-entry when the Buddha engages him in a dialogue about not-self.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.074.than.html SN 35.75: Gilana Sutta — Ill (2) {S iv 47; CDB ii 1159} [Thanissaro].
An ailing monk attains arahatship when the Buddha engages him in a dialogue about not-self.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.075.than.html SN 35.80: Avijja Sutta — Ignorance {S iv 50; CDB ii 1161} [Thanissaro].
What one thing must be abandoned in order to overcome ignorance?
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SN 35.82: Loka Sutta — The World {S iv 52; CDB ii 1162} [Thanissaro].
The Buddha explains how all things in the world share one inevitable and unfortunate characteristic. Do you want to remain bound to a world like this?
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.082.than.html SN 35.85: Suñña Sutta — Empty {S iv 54; CDB ii 1163} [Thanissaro].
The Buddha explains to Ven. Ananda in what way the world is devoid of anything that can rightly be called "self."
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.085.than.html SN 35.88: Punna Sutta — To Punna {S iv 60; CDB ii 1167} [Thanissaro].
What would you do with your mind while you're being beaten and stabbed? Consider the Buddha's advice to Punna.
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SN 35.93: Dvaya Sutta — A Pair {S iv 69; CDB ii 1172} [Thanissaro].
On the arising of sense-consciousness.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.093.than.html SN 35.95: Malunkyaputta Sutta/Maalunkyaputta Sutta — To Malunkyaputta/Maalunkyaputta {S iv 72; CDB ii 1175} [Thanissaro | Walshe].
An aging Ven. Malunkyaputta receives from the Buddha a short teaching regarding dispassion towards the senses ("In reference to the seen, there will be only the seen..."), and soon thereafter becomes an arahant.
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SN 35.97: Pamadaviharin Sutta — Dwelling in Heedlessness {S iv 79; CDB ii 1179} [Thanissaro].
The benefits of living with heedfulness (appamada).
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.097.than.html SN 35.99: Samadhi Sutta — Concentration {S iv 80; CDB ii 1181} [Thanissaro].
The Buddha recommends concentration practice as a way to develop discernment.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.099.than.html SN 35.101: Na Tumhaka Sutta — Not Yours {S iv 81; CDB ii 1181} [Thanissaro].
Do you usually think of "grass" or "leaves" as being "you"? Of course not. In the same way, the sense of "self" cannot be found anywhere within the realm of the senses.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.101.than.html SN 35.115: Marapasa Sutta — Mara's Power {S iv 93; CDB ii 1188} [Thanissaro].
The Buddha explains that once one is completely freed from chasing after sense pleasures, one is then finally safe from Mara.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.115.than.html SN 35.120: Sariputto Sutta — Sariputta {S iv 103; CDB ii 1193} [Walshe].
Ven. Sariputta's advice on how to guard the sense-doors, be moderate in eating, and remain steadfast in heedfulness.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.120.wlsh.html SN 35.127: Bharadvaja Sutta/Bhaaradvaajo Sutta — About Bharadvaja/Bhaaradvaaja Instructs a King {S iv 110; CDB ii 1197} [Thanissaro | Walshe].
Ven. Pindola Bharadvaja explains to a king how to maintain one's resolve towards celibacy.
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SN 35.132: Lohicco Sutta — Lohicca {S iv 116; CDB ii 1201} [Walshe].
Ven. Mahakaccana's advice on guarding the sense doors.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.132.wlsh.html SN 35.133: Verahaccaani Sutta — Verahaccaani {S iv 121; CDB ii 1204} [Walshe].
For one withholding respect for the Dhamma, Ven. Udayi withholds a Dhamma teaching.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.133.wlsh.html SN 35.135: Khana Sutta — The Opportunity {S iv 126; CDB ii 1207} [Thanissaro].
This human realm — neither too pleasurable nor too painful — is the best place to practice Dhamma.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.135.than.html SN 35.145: Kamma Sutta/Kamma.m Sutta — Action/Kamma {S iv 132; CDB ii 1211 (corresponds to CDB SN 35.146)} [Thanissaro | Walshe].
The Buddha explains how the results of "old" kamma (the actions we performed in the past) and "new" kamma (the ones we perform now) are both experienced in the present.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.145.than.html SN 35.152: Atthinukhopariyaayo Sutta — Is There a Criterion? {S iv 138; CDB ii 1214 (corresponds to CDB 35.153)} [Walshe].
The Buddha offers a method for ascertaining whether one has attained enlightenment.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.152.wlsh.html SN 35.153: Indriya Sutta — Faculties {S iv 140; CDB ii 1216 (corresponds to CDB 35.154)} [Thanissaro].
A monk asks the Buddha: "What does it mean to be 'consummate in faculties'"?
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SN 35.187: Samuddo (1) Sutta — The Ocean (1) {S iv 157; CDB ii 1226 (corresponds to CDB 35.228)} [Walshe].
What does it mean to cross over the ocean of the six senses?
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.187.wlsh.html SN 35.189: Balisika Sutta — The Fisherman {S iv 158; CDB ii 1228 (corresponds to CDB 35.230)} [Thanissaro].
How to avoid getting caught, like a fish, on Mara's hooks.
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SN 35.191: Kotthita Sutta/Ko.t.thiko Sutta — To Kotthita/Ko.t.thika {S iv 162; CDB ii 1230 (corresponds to CDB SN 35.232)} [Thanissaro | Walshe].
Ven. Sariputta explains to Ven. Maha Kotthita that our problem lies neither in the senses themselves nor in the objects to which the senses cling. Suffering comes from the passion that arises in dependence on both.
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SN 35.193: Udayin Sutta — With Udayin {S iv 166; CDB ii 1232 (corresponds to CDB 35.234)} [Thanissaro].
Since none of the five aggregates can arise on their own, independent of their objects, how can we identify any one of them as "self"?
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SN 35.197: Asivisa Sutta — Vipers {S iv 172; CDB ii 1237 (corresponds to CDB 35.238)} [Thanissaro].
The Buddha uses some vivid imagery to illustrate the life-and-death urgency of Dhamma practice.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.197.than.html SN 35.199: Kumma Sutta — The Tortoise {S iv 177; CDB ii 1240 (corresponds to CDB 35.240)} [Thanissaro].
If we guard the senses wisely, as a tortoise guards against attack by withdrawing into the safety of its shell, we are safely out of Mara's reach.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.199.than.html SN 35.200: Daruka-khandha Sutta — The Log {S iv 179; CDB ii 1241 (corresponds to CDB 35.241)} [Thanissaro].
A lowly cowherd overhears the Buddha speak of the many hazards that lurk in the stream to Nibbana. He takes it to heart and soon succeeds in reaching the goal.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.199.than.html SN 35.202: Avassuta Sutta — Soggy {S iv 182; CDB ii 1244 (corresponds to CDB 35.243)} [Thanissaro].
How to guard your concentration against Mara's onslaughts.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.202.than.html SN 35.203: Dukkhadhammaa Sutta — Things Productive of Suffering {S iv 188; CDB ii 1248 (corresponds to CDB SN 35.244)} [Walshe (excerpt)].
One practiced in sense restraint dispels evil states just as water drops evaporate from a hot iron pot.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.203x.wlsh.html SN 35.204: Kimsuka Sutta/Ki.msukaa Sutta — The Riddle Tree/The 'What's It' Tree (Ki.msuka) {S iv 191; CDB ii 1251 (corresponds to CDB SN 35.245)} [Thanissaro | Walshe].
The Buddha explains how tranquillity (samatha) and insight (vipassana) function together as a "swift pair of messengers" to guide the meditator onwards to Nibbana.
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SN 35.205: Vina Sutta/Vii.naa Sutta — The Lute {S iv 195; CDB ii 1253 (corresponds to CDB SN 35.246)} [Thanissaro | Walshe (excerpt)].
The heart of insight (vipassana): When you take apart a lute in search of its music, what do you find? When you take apart the five aggregates in search of "self," what do you find?
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.205.than.html SN 35.206: Chappana Sutta/Chapaa.na Sutta — The Six Animals {S iv 198; CDB ii 1255 (corresponds to CDB SN 35.247)} [Thanissaro | Walshe (excerpt)].
The Buddha explains how training the mind is like keeping six unruly animals tied together on a leash.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.206.than.html SN 35.207: Yavakalapi Sutta — The Sheaf of Barley {S iv 201; CDB ii 1257 (corresponds to CDB 35.248)} [Thanissaro].
This sutta, though disjointed, offers some fine similes to illustrate the mind's tendency to create suffering for itself.
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36. Vedana-samyutta — Feeling
SN 36.1: Samadhi Sutta — Concentration {S iv 204; CDB ii 1260} [Nyanaponika].
How an understanding of feeling leads to Nibbana.
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SN 36.2: Sukha Sutta — Happiness {S iv 204; CDB ii 1260} [Nyanaponika].
How an understanding of feeling leads to the ending of passion.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn36/sn36.002.nypo.html SN 36.3: Pahana Sutta — Giving Up {S iv 205; CDB ii 1261} [Nyanaponika].
True freedom is found by abandoning the mind's underlying habitual tendencies (anusaya).
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn36/sn36.003.nypo.html SN 36.4: Patala Sutta — The Bottomless Pit/The Bottomless Chasm {S iv 206; CDB ii 1262} [Nyanaponika | Thanissaro].
The Buddha teaches that by meeting intense physical pain with mindfulness, we can spare ourselves from falling into a bottomless pit of anguish and suffering.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn36/sn36.004.than.html SN 36.5: Datthabba Sutta — To Be Known {S iv 207; CDB ii 1263} [Nyanaponika].
Behind even the happiest and most pleasant of feelings lurks a persistent pain that can, through practice, be overcome.
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SN 36.6: Sallatha Sutta — The Dart/The Arrow {S iv 207; CDB ii 1263} [Nyanaponika | Thanissaro].
When shot by the arrow of physical pain, an unwise person makes matters worse by piling mental anguish on top of it, just as if he had been shot by two arrows. A wise person feels the sting of one arrow alone.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn36/sn36.006.nypo.html SN 36.7: Gelañña Sutta — At the Sick Room (1)/The Sick Ward (1) {S iv 210; CDB ii 1266} [Nyanaponika | Thanissaro].
The Buddha visits a sick ward, and offers advice to the monks on how to approach death with mindfulness.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn36/sn36.007.than.html SN 36.8: Gelañña Sutta — At the Sick Room (2) {S iv 213; CDB ii 1268} [Nyanaponika].
(This sutta is nearly identical to the preceding one, except here the feeling of pleasure, etc., is said to be dependent on contact rather than on the body.)
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn36/sn36.008.nypo.html SN 36.9: Anicca Sutta — Impermanent {S iv 214; CDB ii 1269} [Nyanaponika].
The impermanence of feeling.
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SN 36.10: Phassamulaka Sutta — Rooted in Sense-impression {S iv 215; CDB ii 1270} [Nyanaponika].
How sense-impression gives rise to feeling.
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SN 36.11: Rahogata Sutta — Secluded/Alone {S iv 216; CDB ii 1270} [Nyanaponika | Thanissaro].
The Buddha explains how the practice of jhāna leads to progressive stages of cessation and stillness. Only when the defilements are finally extinguished, however, is true peace and stillness achieved.
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SN 36.12: Akasa Sutta — In the Sky (1) {S iv 218; CDB ii 1272} [Nyanaponika].
Feelings rise and fall, like winds blowing across the skies.
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SN 36.13: Akasa Sutta — In the Sky (2) {S iv 219; CDB ii 1273}
[This sutta repeats the prose section of the preceding sutta, without the verse.]
SN 36.14: Agara Sutta — The Guest House {S iv 219; CDB ii 1273} [Nyanaponika].
Feelings come and go, like house-guests.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn36/sn36.014.nypo.html SN 36.15: Santaka Sutta — To Ananda (1) {S iv 219; CDB ii 1273} [Nyanaponika].
The Buddha explains to Ven. Ananda the origin of, danger in, and escape from feeling.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn36/sn36.015.nypo.html SN 36.16: Santaka Sutta — To Ananda {S iv 221; CDB ii 1274}
[The Buddha puts to Ven. Ananda the same questions as in the preceding sutta, and answers them in the same way.]
SN 36.17-18: Atthaka Sutta — Eightfold (1 & 2) {S iv 221; CDB ii 1274}
[In these two suttas the same questions and answers found in
SN 36.15 are repeated in the case of "many monks."]
SN 36.19: Pañcakanga Sutta — Carpenter Fivetools/With Pañcakanga {S iv 223; CDB ii 1274} [Nyanaponika | Thanissaro].
The Buddha describes the many kinds of happiness that can be experienced through sustained practice. Which kind of happiness do you seek?
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn36/sn36.019.than.html SN 36.20: Bhikkhu Sutta — Monks {S iv 228; CDB ii 1278}
[This discourse, addressed to some bhikkhus, repeats the main part of the preceding sutta, without its introductory section.]
SN 36.21: Sivaka Sutta — To Sivaka {S iv 230; CDB ii 1278} [Nyanaponika | Thanissaro].
The Buddha explains that present experience cannot be described solely in terms of the results of past actions (kamma).
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn36/sn36.021.than.html SN 36.22: Atthasatapariyaya Sutta/Atthasata Sutta — One Hundred Eight Feelings/The One-hundred-and-eight Exposition {S iv 231; CDB ii 1280} [Nyanaponika | Thanissaro].
A summary and enumeration of the different ways that the Buddha has analyzed feeling (hint: 3x6x6=108).
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn36/sn36.022.than.html SN 36.23: Bhikkhu Sutta — To a Certain Bhikkhu {S iv 232; CDB ii 1281} [Thanissaro].
A discussion of the ways that feeling must be understood in order to gain freedom from attachment to feeling. Includes an interesting reference to craving as an unskillful "path of practice."
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SN 36.30: Suddhikavedana Sutta — Purified of Feeling {S iv 235; CDB ii 1283}
One of the shortest suttas in the Tipitaka. In its entirety it reads: "Bhikkhus, there are these three feelings. What three? Pleasant feeling, unpleasant feeling, and neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling."]
SN 36.31: Niramisa Sutta — Unworldly/Not of the Flesh {S iv 235; CDB ii 1283} [Nyanaponika | Thanissaro].
The Buddha describes the various grades of potential happiness and freedom, ranging from the worldly to the transcendent.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn36/sn36.031.nypo.html37. Matugama-samyutta — Destinies of women SN 37.4: Vaddha Sutta — Growth {S iv 250; CDB ii 1293} [Thanissaro].
This brief sutta, which encourages education for women, may account for the fact that in the pre-modern world Theravada Buddhist countries had the highest rates of female literacy. [TB]
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38. Jambhukhadaka-samyutta — Jambhukhadaka the wanderer
SN 38.14: Dukkha Sutta — Stress {S iv 259; CDB ii 1299} [Thanissaro].
Ven. Sariputta describes three kinds of stress (dukkha) and how they should be comprehended.
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39. Samandaka-samyutta — Samandaka the wanderer
40. Moggallana-samyutta — Ven. Moggallana SN 40.9: Animitto Sutta — The Signless {S iv 268; CDB ii 1308} [Walshe].
Ven. Moggallana describes the concentration attainment beyond the eighth jhana.
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41. Citta-samyutta — Citta the householder SN 41.3: Isidatta Sutta — About Isidatta {S iv 285; CDB ii 1316} [Thanissaro].
On the origin of self-view. In this touching story, Ven. Isidatta, a wise young forest monk, declines his elders' invitation to become a Dhamma teacher, and instead quietly slips off into the forest and disappears.
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SN 41.4: Mahaka Sutta — About Mahaka {S iv 288; CDB ii 1319} [Thanissaro].
How one monk misused his psychic powers.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn41/sn41.004.than.html SN 41.5: Pathama Kamabhu — About Kamabhu (1) {S iv 291; CDB ii 1320} [Nizamis].
Citta the householder explains to a monk the meaning of a metaphorical verse previously uttered by the Buddha.
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SN 41.6: Kamabhu Sutta — With Kamabhu (2) {S iv 293; CDB ii 1322} [Thanissaro].
Ven. Kamabhu answers a layperson's detailed questions concerning cessation-attainment (nirodha-samapatti), a state of profound — and potentially liberating — concentration whose prerequisite is full mastery of the jhanas.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn41/sn41.006.than.html SN 41.7: Godatta Sutta — To Godatta {S iv 295; CDB ii 1325} [Thanissaro].
A layperson points out the similarities and differences between several states of concentration.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn41/sn41.007.than.html SN 41.10: Gilana Sutta/Gilaana-dassana.m Sutta — Sick/Seeing the Sick (Citta) {S iv 302; CDB ii 1330} [Thanissaro | Walshe].
While on his deathbed, Citta delivers an inspiring teaching on generosity to his friends, his family, and a gathering of devas.
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42. Gamani-samyutta — Village headmen SN 42.2: Talaputa Sutta — To Talaputa the Actor {S iv 306; CDB ii 1333} [Thanissaro].
Comedians and actors take heed: making others laugh may not always be a particularly commendable occupation, as Talaputa learns.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn42/sn42.002.than.html SN 42.3: Yodhajiva Sutta — To Yodhajiva (The Warrior) {S iv 308; CDB ii 1334} [Thanissaro].
The Buddha cautions a soldier against expecting a favorable rebirth because of his battlefield heroics.
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SN 42.6: Paccha-bhumika Sutta — [Brahmans] of the Western Land {S iv 311; CDB ii 1336} [Thanissaro].
The Buddha explains how the principles of kamma and rebirth are as inviolable as the law of gravity. Choose your actions with care, lest you sink like a stone!
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SN 42.7: Desanaa Sutta — Teaching {S iv 314; CDB ii 1338} [Walshe].
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SN 42.8: Sankha Sutta — The Conch Trumpet {S iv 317; CDB ii 1340} [Thanissaro].
The Buddha clarifies a crucial point about kamma: although you can never undo a past misdeed, there are ways you can mitigate its inevitable harmful results.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn42/sn42.008.than.html SN 42.9: Kula Sutta — Families {S iv 322; CDB ii 1345} [Thanissaro].
A questioner challenges the Buddha: "If you're so supportive of familial harmony, then how can you justify accepting alms from poor families in times of famine?"
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn42/sn42.009.than.html SN 42.10: Maniculaka Sutta — To Maniculaka {S iv 325; CDB ii 1346} [Thanissaro].
A questioner asks the Buddha: "Are monks allowed to use money?"
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SN 42.11: Gandhabhaka (Bhadraka) Sutta — To Gandhabhaka (Bhadraka) {S iv 327; CDB ii 1348} [Thanissaro].
Why do we experience suffering and stress? Using simple analogies, the Buddha offers a clear and penetrating answer.
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43. Asankhata-samyutta — The unfashioned (Nibbana)
44. Avyakata-samyutta — Undeclared
Introduction to the Avyakata Samyutta
(Undeclared-connected)
by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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SN 44.1: Khema Sutta — With Khema {S iv 374; CDB ii 1380} [Thanissaro].
Ven. Sister Khema explains to King Pasenadi why questions about the fate of the Tathagata after death are unanswerable.
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SN 44.2: Anuradha Sutta — To Anuradha {S iv 381; CDB ii 1383} [Thanissaro].
Ven. Anuradha learns that if one can't even locate the Tathagata in the present life, how can one ever hope to answer questions about his fate after death?
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn44/sn44.002.than.html SN 44.3: Sariputta-Kotthita Sutta — Sariputta and Kotthita (1) {S iv 384; CDB ii 1383} [Thanissaro].
The Buddha takes no position on questions about the fate of the Tathagata after death because each question is bound up in the five khandhas.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn44/sn44.003.than.html SN 44.4: Sariputta-Kotthita Sutta — Sariputta and Kotthita (2) {S iv 386; CDB ii 1384} [Thanissaro].
Questions regarding the fate of the Tathagata do not arise in those who see the aggregates as they actually are.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn44/sn44.004.than.html SN 44.5: Sariputta-Kotthita Sutta — Sariputta and Kotthita (3) {S iv 387; CDB ii 1385} [Thanissaro].
Questions regarding the fate of the Tathagata do not arise in those who have abandoned passion for the aggregates.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn44/sn44.005.than.html SN 44.6: Sariputta-Kotthita Sutta — Sariputta and Kotthita (4) {S iv 388; CDB ii 1386} [Thanissaro].
Questions regarding the fate of the Tathagata do not arise in those who no longer take delight in the aggregates, in clinging, in becoming, or in craving.
www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn44/sn44.006.than.html SN 44.7: Moggallana Sutta — With Moggallana {S iv 391; CDB ii 1388} [Thanissaro].
The Buddha takes no position on the ten speculative views because he does not identify any of the six senses as "self."
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SN 44.8: Vacchagotta Sutta — With Vacchagotta {S iv 395; CDB ii 1390} [Thanissaro].
The Buddha takes no position on the ten speculative views because he does not identify any of the five aggregates as "self."
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SN 44.9: Kutuhalasala Sutta — With Vacchagotta {S iv 398; CDB ii 1392} [Thanissaro].
The Buddha uses the image of a fire to explain what carries a being over into its next rebirth.
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SN 44.10: Ananda Sutta — To Ananda {S iv 400; CDB ii 1393} [Thanissaro].
Why the Buddha did not take a position on the question of whether or not there is a self.
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SN 44.11: Sabhiya Sutta — With Sabhiya {S iv 401; CDB ii 1394} [Thanissaro].
The fate of the Tathagata after death cannot be described because the causes for any worldly description of his fate would have totally ceased.
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