These suttas were presented in March 2025.
Dīgha Nikāya
- DN 10 From… Subhasutta: With Subha, “Suppose a man who has gotten into debt were to apply himself to work, and his efforts proved successful.”
Majjhima Nikāya
- MN 8 Sallekhasutta: Effacement, “Others will be cruel; we shall not be cruel here”
- MN 68 From… Naḷakapānasutta: At Naḷakapāna, “Is this what you think of me?”
- MN 128 From… Upakkilesasutta: Corruptions: The Bodhisatta’s Meditation, “What’s the cause, what’s the reason why my light and vision of forms vanish?”
Saṁyutta Nikāya
- SN 10.3 Sūcilomasutta: With Spiky, “Where do greed and hate come from? From where spring discontent, desire, and terror?”
- SN 22.60 Mahālisutta: With Mahāli, “What is the cause and reason for the corruption of sentient beings?”
- SN 38.8 Āsavapañhāsutta: A Question About Defilements, “Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘defilement’. What is defilement?”
- SN 45.158 Nāvāsutta: The Ship, “Bhikkhus, suppose there were a seafaring ship bound with rigging that had been worn out in the water for six months…”
- SN 45.177 Nīvaraṇasutta: Hindrances, “This Noble Eightfold Path is to be developed for direct knowledge of these five hindrances”
- SN 46.33 Upakkilesasutta: Corruptions, “There are these five corruptions of gold, corrupted by which gold is neither malleable nor wieldy nor radiant…”
Aṅguttara Nikāya
- AN 2.67: Happiness, “There are, mendicants, these two kinds of happiness.”
- AN 2.108: Remorseful, “For these two, defilements grow.”
- AN 2.114–5: Perceiving Dhamma, “For these two, defilements don’t grow.”
- AN 3.93 Pavivekasutta: Seclusion, “In this teaching and training, there are three kinds of seclusion for a mendicant.”
- AN 3.121 Dutiyasoceyyasutta: Purity (2nd), “Mendicants, there are these three kinds of purity. What three?”
- AN 4.50 Upakkilesasutta: Corruptions, “These four corruptions obscure the sun and moon, so they don’t shine and glow and radiate.”
- AN 4.189 Sacchikaraṇīyasutta: Things to be Realized, “Mendicants, these four things should be realized. What four?”
- AN 5.51 Āvaraṇa Sutta: Obstacles, “Suppose there were a river, flowing down from the mountains…”
- AN 5.52 Akusalarāsisutta: A Heap, “For these five hindrances are a complete heap of the unwholesome.”
- AN 5.170 Bhaddajisutta: With Bhaddaji, “What you see when the defilements end in the present life is the best sight.”
- AN 5.193 Saṅgāravasutta: With Saṅgārava, “Suppose there was a bowl of water that was mixed with dye such as red lac…”
- AN 6.58 Āsavasutta: Defilements, “And what are the defilements that should be given up by using?”
- AN 9.36 Jhānasutta: Depending on Absorption, “They turn their mind away from those things, and apply it to freedom from death…”
- AN 10.12 Pañcaṅgasutta: Five Factors, “And how has a bhikkhu abandoned five factors?”
- AN 10.122 Āsavakkhayasutta: The Ending of Defilements, “Mendicants, these ten things, when developed and cultivated, lead to the ending of defilements.”
Dhammapada
- Dhp 252-253 From… Malavagga: Impurity, “Easily seen is the fault of others, but one’s own fault is difficult to see.”
Udāna
- Ud 7.3 Paṭhamasattasutta: Clinging (1st), “Clinging to sensual pleasures, … they’ll never cross the flood so vast.”
Itivuttaka
- Iti 56 Paṭhamaāsavasutta: Defilements (1st), “With the ending of defilements, a mendicant is hungerless, quenched.”
- Iti 111 Sampannasīlasutta: Accomplishment in Ethics, “Seeing danger in the slightest fault, keep the rules you’ve undertaken.”
Theragāthā
- Thag 16.9 Anuruddhattheragāthā: Anuruddha, “…seeking rags from the dust heap, Anuruddha is without defilements.”
Therīgāthā
- Thig 9.1 Vaḍḍhamātutherīgāthā: Vaḍḍha’s Mother, “Vaḍḍha, please never ever get entangled in the world.”