These suttas were presented in October 2022.
Dīgha Nikāya
- DN 14 From… Mahāpadāna Sutta: Seven Fully Enlightened Buddhas, “But why is he called dead?”
Majjhima Nikāya
- MN 87 Piyajātikasutta: Born From the Beloved, ““Sir, who on earth could ever think such a thing!””
Saṁyutta Nikāya
- SN 1.3 Upanīya Sutta: The Discourse About Life That Is Led on Towards Death, “One who sees this … should drop the world’s bait.”
- SN 1.66 Attahatasutta: Afflicted, “By what is the world afflicted?”
- SN 3.22 Ayyikāsutta: Grandmother, “If by giving away the whole country I could get my grandmother back, I’d do it.”
- SN 3.25 Pabbatūpamasutta: The Simile of the Mountain, “It was coming this way, crushing all creatures…”
- SN 5.3 Kisāgotamīsutta: With Kisāgotamī, “Why do you sit alone and cry as if your children have died?”
- SN 12.2 From… Vibhaṅgasutta: Analysis, “And what, bhikkhus, is aging-and-death?”
- SN 47.14 Ukkacelasutta: At Ukkacelā, “Mendicants, this assembly seems empty to me now”
- SN 55.21 Paṭhamamahānāmasutta: With Mahānāma (1st), “Do not fear, Mahānāma, do not fear! Your death will not be a bad one.”
Aṅguttara Nikāya
- AN 1.303: One Thing, “One thing, mendicants…”
- AN 3.109 Arakkhitasutta: Unprotected, “It’s like a bungalow with a bad roof.”
- AN 4.113 Patodasutta: The Goad, “These four fine thoroughbreds are found in the world.”
- AN 4.184 Abhaya Sutta: Fearless, ““I am of the view that there is no one who is not afraid of death.””
- AN 5.57 From… Abhiṇhapaccavekkhitabbaṭhāna sutta: Themes—Death, “I am not the only one who is subject to death”
- AN 6.19 From… Paṭhamamaraṇassatisutta: Mindfulness of Death (1st), “So you should train like this: ‘… We will keenly develop mindfulness of death for the ending of defilements.’”
- AN 6.20 Maraṇassati Sutta: Mindfulness of Death (2), “Many are the possible causes of my death.”
- AN 7.49 From… Saññā Sutta: Perceptions, “It gains a footing in the deathless, has the deathless as its final end”
- AN 7.74 Arakenānusasani Sutta: Araka’s Instructions, “Next to nothing is the life of human beings”
Dhammapada
- Dhp 21–22 From… Appamādavagga: Heedfulness, “The heedless are as if dead already.”
- Dhp 41 From… Cittavaggo: The Mind, “Before long has passed by…”
- Dhp 129 From… Dandavagga: Violence, “All tremble at violence”
- Dhp 135 From… Daṇḍavagga: The Rod, “As a cowherd drives the cows to pasture with the rod…”
- Dhp 287 From… Maggavagga: The Path, “As a great flood carries away a sleeping village”
Udāna
- Ud 8.8 Visākhāsutta: With Visākhā, “Sāvatthī is never without someone passing away.”
Itivuttaka
- Iti 83 Pañcapubbanimittasutta: The Five Prognostic Signs, “Bhikkhus, when a deva is due to pass away from a company of devas, five prognostic signs appear”
Sutta Nipāta
- Snp 3.8 Sallasutta: The Dart, “For whatever you imagine it is, it turns out to be something else.”
- Snp 4.6 Jarāsutta: Old Age, “The sage doesn’t cling to that which is seen or heard or thought.”
Vimana Vatthu
- Vv 7.9 Maṭṭakuṇḍalīvimānavatthu: Mattakundali’s Mansion, “So, who is more foolish, you or me?”
Peta Vatthu
- Pv 1.12 Uraga Sutta: The Snake, “That burning dead body is unaware of the crying of its relatives.”
Theragāthā
- Thag 16.4 From… Raṭṭhapāla Theragāthā, “Not just the king, but others too…”