View suttas in reverse chronological order.
Dīgha Nikāya
- From… DN 16 Mahāparinibbānasutta: The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment “Then there was terror! Then they had goosebumps! When the Buddha, endowed with all fine qualities, became fully extinguished.”
Majjhima Nikāya
- MN 12 From… Mahāsīhanādasutta: 12. The Greater Discourse on the Lion‘s Roar ‘This person is practicing and behaving in such a way, they have taken on such a path, that when this person is separated from the body after death, this person will appear in a good destination, in a heavenly world.’
- MN 36 From… Mahāsaccakasutta: The Greater Discourse to Saccaka “And other deities said: ‘The recluse Gotama is not dead nor dying; he is an arahant, for such is the way arahants abide.’”
Saṁyutta Nikāya
- SN 1.1 Oghataraṇasutta: Crossing the Flood “How, dear sir, did you cross the flood?”
- SN 1.12 Nandatisutta: Delight “Without acquisitions one does not sorrow.”
- SN 1.24 Manonivāraṇasutta: Shielding the Mind “When the mind is under control, you need only shield the mind from where the bad things come.”
- SN 1.40 Dutiyapajjunnadhītusuttaṁ: With Pajjunna’s Daughter (2nd) “However, I will state the meaning in brief as far as I have learned it by heart.”
- SN 1.51 Jarāsutta: Old Age “Ethics are still good in old age. Faith is good when grounded.”
- SN 1.73 Vittasutta: Treasure “Faith is here a man’s best treasure”
- SN 2.6 Kāmadasutta: With Kāmada “It’s too hard, Blessed One! It’s just too hard!”
- SN 2.7 Pañcālacaṇḍasutta: With Pañcālacaṇḍa “The opening amid confinement was discovered by the Buddha of vast intelligence”
- SN 2.8 Tāyanasutta: With Tāyana “A bad deed is better left undone, for it will plague you later on.”
- SN 2.20 Anāthapiṇḍikasutta: With Anāthapiṇḍika “Sir, that god must surely have been Anāthapiṇḍika. For the householder Anāthapiṇḍika was devoted to Venerable Sāriputta.”
- SN 2.22 Khemasutta: With Khema So too, an idiot departs the good to follow what’s against the good.
- SN 6.13 Andhakavindasutta: At Andhakavinda “If you don’t find enjoyment there, live in the Saṅgha, guarded and mindful.”
- SN 9.1 Viveka Sutta: Seclusion “Desiring seclusion you’ve entered the forest, and yet your mind goes running outside.”
- SN 9.2 Upaṭṭhānasutta: Getting Up “Get up, mendicant! Why lie down? What’s the point in sleeping?”
- SN 9.13 Pākatindriyasutta: Undisciplined Faculties “The mendicants used to live happily, as disciples of Gotama. Desireless they sought alms;”
- SN 11.6 Kulāvakasutta: The Bird Nests“Let’s surrender our lives to the asuras Rather than make these birds nestless.”
- SN 11.11 Vatapadasutta: Vows “[W]hen Sakka, lord of the devas, was a human being, he adopted and undertook seven vows by the undertaking of which he achieved the status of Sakka.
Aṅguttara Nikāya
- AN 3.37 Catumahārājasutta: The Four Great Kings (1st) “On the eighth day of the fortnight, mendicants, the ministers and counselors of the Four Great Kings wander about the world…”
- AN 3.127 Hatthakasutta: With Hatthaka “Sir, I passed away without getting enough of three things. What three? Seeing the Buddha; hearing the true teaching; and serving the Saṅgha.”
- AN 4.33 Sīhasutta: The Lion “Oh no! It turns out we’re impermanent, though we thought we were permanent! It turns out we don’t last, though we thought we were everlasting!”
- AN 6.34 Mahāmoggallānasutta: With Mahāmoggallāna “Tissa, which gods know that they are stream-enterers?”
- AN 8.22 From… Dutiyauggasutta: With Ugga of the Village of Hatthi “Householder, that mendicant is freed both ways. That one is freed by wisdom.”
- AN 10.29 From… Paṭhamakosalasutta: Kosala (1st) “Their desire fades away even for the foremost, let alone the inferior”
Dhammapada
- From… Dhammapada Chapter 13, Lokavagga: The World “Only a handful go to heaven, like a bird freed from a net.”
Itivuttaka
- Iti 83 Pañcapubbanimittasutta: Five Warning Signs “Mendicants, when a god is due to pass away from the realm of the gods, five warning signs appear.”
Vimana Vatthu
- Vv 3.9 Visālakkhī Sutta: Mansion of the Beautiful-Eyed Goddess “I also collected merit by keeping the precepts, but that merit has not yet ripened. Lord Sakka, in my mind I have the desire to be a once-returner.”
- Vv 4.10 Ucchu Sutta: Sugar Cane Mansion “I have received all these wonderful things having offered a small piece of sugar-cane to you with a mind of faith and a joyful heart.”
- Vv 7.5 Amba Sutta: Mango Mansion “One day, the famous Arahant Sāriputta Bhante was passing by the mango grove.”