You can also read them in reverse chronological order.
Dīgha Nikāya
- DN 16 From… Mahāparinibbānasutta: The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment—Live as an Island “So Ānanda, live as your own island, your own refuge, with no other refuge.”
Majjhima Nikāya
- MN 10 From… Satipaṭṭhānasutta: Mindfulness Meditation—Part 2 “And how does a mendicant meditate observing an aspect of feelings”
- MN 10 From… Satipaṭṭhānasutta: Mindfulness Meditation—Part 1 “And how does a mendicant meditate observing an aspect of the body?”
- MN 62 From… Mahārāhulovādasutta: The Longer Advice to Rāhula “When you meditate like the earth, pleasant and unpleasant contacts will not occupy your mind.”
- MN 108 From… Gopakamoggallānasutta: With Moggallāna the Guardian “No, brahmin, the Buddha did not praise all kinds of meditation, nor did he dispraise all kinds of meditation.”
- MN 127 From… Anuruddhasutta: With Anuruddha “And what is the limitless release of the heart?”
Saṁyutta Nikāya
- SN 21.1 Kolitasutta: Kolita “It is said, “noble silence, noble silence.” What now is noble silence?”
- SN 34.2 Samadhimulakathitisutta: Remaining in Immersion “Mendicants, there are these four meditators.”
- SN 35.100 Paṭisallānasutta: Retreat “A mendicant in retreat truly understands.”
- SN 35.120 Sāriputtasaddhivihārikasutta: Sāriputta and the Pupil “Reverend Sāriputta, a mendicant pupil of mine has resigned the training and returned to a lesser life.”
- SN 47.10 Bhikkhunupassayasutta: The Bhikkhunis’ Quarter “Such a one will perceive successively loftier stages of distinction”
- SN 54.11 Icchānaṅgalasutta: Icchānaṅgala “What was the ascetic Gotama’s usual meditation during the rainy season residence?”
Aṅguttara Nikāya
- AN 4.28 Ariyavaṁsasutta: The Noble Traditions “These four noble traditions are primordial, long-standing, traditional, and ancient.”
- AN 4.94 Tatiyasamādhisutta: Immersion (3rd) “Reverend, how should conditions be seen?”
- AN 5.29 Caṅkama Sutta: Walking “These are the five rewards for one who practices walking meditation.”
- AN 5.53 Padhāniyaṅgasutta: Factors “There are these five factors that assist striving.”
- AN 5.54 Samayasutta: Times Good for Meditation “There are five times that are good for meditation.”
- AN 5.98 Āraññakasutta: In the Wilderness “A mendicant practicing mindfulness of breathing who has five things will soon penetrate the unshakable.”
- AN 6.78 Sukhasomanassasutta: Joy and Happiness “When a mendicant has six things they’re full of joy and happiness in the present life”
- AN 8.36 Puññakiriyavatthusutta: Grounds for Making Merit “There are these three grounds for making merit.”
Dhammapada
- Dhp 110 From… Sahassavagga: The Thousands “Better to live a single day…”
Udāna
- Ud 3.5 Mahāmoggallānasutta: With Mahāmoggallāna “With mindfulness of the body established…”
- Ud 4.1 Meghiyasutta: With Meghiya “A mendicant grounded on these five things should develop four further things.”
Itivuttaka
- Iti 60 Puññakiriyavatthusutta: Grounds for Making Merit “There are these three grounds for making merit.”
- Iti 85 Asubhānupassīsutta: Observing Ugliness “Mendicants, meditate observing the ugliness of the body.”
Sutta Nipāta
- Snp 2.10 Uṭṭhānasutta: Get Up! “Get up and meditate!”
- Snp 2.11 Rāhulasutta: With Rāhula “One who’s given up the five sensual stimulations…”
Theragāthā
- Thag 1.37 Kumāputtasahāyakattheragāthā: Kumāputtasahāyaka “If they lose their meditation, what will such rotten conduct achieve?”
- Thag 1.83 Sīhattheragāthā: Sīha “Meditate diligently, Sīha”
Therīgāthā
- Thig 1.13 Visākhātherīgāthā: Visākhā “Do the Buddha’s bidding, you won’t regret it.”
- Thig 2.1 Abhirūpanandātherīgāthā: Abhirūpanandā “Nandā, see this bag of bones as diseased, filthy, and rotten.”