These suttas were presented in January 2025.
Unlike other months, the suttas here are either on the topic of inspiration or were submitted by the daily sutta community as suttas that people found particularly inspiring.
Dīgha Nikāya
- DN 16 From… Mahāparinibbānasutta: The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment—Inspiring places, “Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One was born!’—that is an inspiring place.”
Majjhima Nikāya
- MN 4 From… Bhayabheravasutta: Fear and Dread, “Why don’t I get rid of that fear and dread just as it comes, while remaining just as I am?”
- MN 8 From… Sallekhasutta: Self-Effacement, “I say that even giving rise to the thought of skillful qualities is very helpful…”
- MN 12 From… Mahāsīhanādasutta: The Greater Discourse on the Lion’s Roar—Lucid Wisdom, “A being not subject to delusion has appeared in the world…”
- MN 14 From… Cūḷadukkhakkhandhasutta: The Shorter Discourse on the Mass of Suffering, “Mahānāma, there is a quality that remains in you that makes you have such thoughts.”
- MN 86 From… Aṅgulimālasutta: With Aṅgulimāla, “Stop, stop, ascetic!”
Saṁyutta Nikāya
- SN 3.18 Kalyāṇamittasutta: Good Friends, “‘The king lives diligently, supported by diligence. We’d better live diligently, supported by diligence!’”
- SN 11.3 Dhajaggasutta: The Crest of the Standard, “In a forest, at the foot of a tree… you should recollect the Buddha: No fear will then arise in you.”
- SN 22.87 Vakkalisutta: Vakkali, “Do not be afraid, Vakkali, do not be afraid! Your death will not be a bad one.”
Aṅguttara Nikāya
- AN 2.19 Kusal’akusala Sutta: Skillful & Unskillful, “It is possible to abandon what is unskillful.”
- AN 3.135 Mittasutta: A Friend, “You should associate with a friend who has three factors.”
- AN 4.3 Paṭhamakhatasutta: Broken (1st), “Bad luck at dice is a trivial thing, if all you lose is your money…”
- AN 8.6 Dutiyalokadhammasutta: World (2), “These eight worldly conditions revolve around the world, and the world revolves around these eight worldly conditions.”
- AN 8.24 Dutiyahatthakasutta: Hatthaka (2), “You should remember Hatthaka of Āḷavī as one who possesses eight astounding and amazing qualities.”
- AN 8.71 Paṭhamasaddhāsutta: Inspiring All Around (1st), “A mendicant who has these eight qualities is impressive all around…”
- AN 8.80 Kusītārambhavatthusutta: Grounds for Laziness and Arousing Energy, “There are eight grounds for arousing energy.”
- AN 8.82 Puṇṇiyasutta: With Puṇṇiya, “What is the reason why sometimes the Realized One feels inspired to teach, and other times not?”
Dhammapada
- Dhp 51–52 From… Pupphavagga: Flowers, “Like a beautiful flower full of color and also fragrant…”
- Dhp 112–115 From… Sahassavagga: The Thousands, “Better to live a single day seeing the supreme teaching…”
- Dhp 165 From… Attavagga: The Self, “Purity and impurity depend on oneself”
- Dhp 188–192 From… Buddhavaggo: The Chapter about the Buddha, “Many people shaken by fear go for refuge”
- Dhp 327–329 From… Nāgavagga: Elephants, “Delight in diligence! Take good care of your mind!”
Udāna
- Ud 2.4 Sakkārasutta: Esteem, “Contacts strike because of attachment”
- Ud 1.10 Bāhiyasutta: With Bāhiya, “In the seen will be merely the seen”
Sutta Nipāta
- Snp 1.8 Metta Sutta: Goodwill, “May all beings be happy at heart”
- Snp 1.12 Munisutta: The Sage, “The diligent sage wandering alone, is unshaken by blame and praise”
- Snp 2.1 Ratanasutta: Gems, “Like a tall forest tree crowned with flowers in the first month of summer;”
Vimana Vatthu
Theragāthā
- Thag 1.16 Belaṭṭhasīsattheragāthā: Belaṭṭhasīsa, “Just as a fine thoroughbred proceeds with ease…”
- Thag 3.15: The Verses of Arahant Hārita (261-263), “One should say only what one would do; one should not say what one will not do.”
Therīgāthā
- Thig 3.5: The Verses of Arahant Nun Ubbirī, “Which of them do you grieve for?”
- Thig 7.2 Cālātherīgāthā: Cālā, “In whose name did you shave your head?”