These suttas were presented in August 2024.
Majjhima Nikāya
- MN 7 From… Vatthasutta: The Simile of the Cloth, “Suppose, mendicants, there was a cloth that was dirty and soiled”
- MN 11 Cūḷasīhanādasutta: The Shorter Discourse on the Lion’s Roar, “In such a teaching and training, confidence in the Teacher is said to be rightly placed.”
- MN 22 From… Alagaddūpamasutta: The Simile of the Cobra, “In this teaching there are those who have a degree of faith and love for me. All of them are bound for heaven.”
- MN 70 From… Kīṭāgirisutta: At Kīṭāgiri, “The Buddha is my Teacher, I am his disciple.”
- MN 95 From… Caṅkīsutta: With Caṅkī, “Even though you have full faith in something, it may be vacuous, hollow, and false.”
Saṁyutta Nikāya
- SN 1.36 Saddhāsutta: Faith, “Faith is a person’s partner”
- SN 1.79 Pātheyyasutta: Provisions for a Journey, “What secures provisions for a journey?”
- SN 4.22 Samiddhisutta: Samiddhi, “I have gone forth out of faith From the home to the homeless life.”
- SN 14.17 Assaddhasaṁsandanasutta: Faithless, “Beings come together and converge because of an element…”
- SN 16.7 Dutiyaovādasutta: Exhortation (2), “A person without faith, venerable sir: this is a case of decline.”
- SN 55.24 Paṭhamasaraṇānisakkasutta: About Sarakāni (1st), “Sarakāni was too weak for the training; he used to drink alcohol.”
Aṅguttara Nikāya
- AN 3.75 Nivesakasutta: Support, “A noble disciple with experiential confidence in the Buddha would never change.”
- AN 3.125 Gotamakacetiyasutta: The Gotamaka Shrine, “I teach based on direct knowledge, not without direct knowledge.”
- AN 4.52 Dutiyapuññābhisandasutta: Streams of Merit (2), “There are these four streams of merit, streams of the wholesome, nutriments of happiness”
- AN 5.38 Saddhasutta: Faith, “These five benefits come to a clansman endowed with faith.”
- AN 5.250 Puggalappasādasutta: Faith in Individuals, “There are these five drawbacks of placing faith in an individual.”
- AN 6.86 Āvaraṇasutta: Obstacles, “Someone with six qualities is unable to enter the sure path … even when listening to the true teaching.”
- AN 7.4 Vitthatabalasutta: Powers in Detail, “And what is the power of faith?”
- AN 7.14 Puggalasutta: Persons, “These seven people are worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality…”
- AN 7.57 Sīhasenāpatisutta: General Sīha, “When it comes to these fruits of giving that are apparent in the present life, I don’t have to rely on faith in the Buddha, for I know them too.”
- AN 10.11 Senāsanasutta: Lodging, “And how, bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu possess five factors?”
- AN 10.61 Avijjāsutta: Ignorance, “Faith, too, I say, has a nutriment; it is not without nutriment.”
- AN 10.64 Aveccappasannasutta: Experiential Confidence, “All those who have experiential confidence in me have entered the stream.”
Dhammapada
- Dhp 37 From … Citta Vagga: The Mind, “If one’s mind is not firm in the Dhamma practice…”
- Dhp 249 From… Mala Vagga: Stain, “People give according to their faith and confident mind.”
- Dhp 333 From… Nāgavagga: Attadantavatthu, “It’s a blessing to be grounded in faith.”
Itivuttaka
- Iti 21 Pasannacittasutta: A Confident Mind, “Here, bhikkhus, some person has a confident mind.”
- Iti 90 Aggappasādasutta: Foremost Faith, “There are these three foremost kinds of faith.”
Sutta Nipāta
- Snp 1.4 Kasibhāradvājasutta: With Bhāradvāja the Farmer, “Faith is my seed, fervor my rain, and wisdom is my yoke and plough.”
- Snp 1.10 Ālavaka Sutta: Discourse to Ālavaka the Demon, “What wealth here is best for man?”
Theragāthā
- Thag 3.10 Sāṭimattiyattheragāthā: Sāṭimattiya, “In the past you had faith, today you have none.”