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Vv 5.1 Maṇḍakadevaputta Sutta: Frog-Deva’s Mansion
In my previous life, I was a frog living in a lake.
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SN 56.102–113 Paṁsu Suttas: Dust
Few are the beings who, on passing away from the human realm, are reborn among human beings.
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SN 19.1 Aṭṭhisutta: A Skeleton
Oh, how incredible, how amazing! That there can be such a sentient being, such an entity, such an incarnation!
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Pv 1.9 Mahāpesakāra Sutta: Master Weaver
What has she done for her to have to always feed on blood and pus?
🏷️ghosts
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MN 12 From… Mahāsīhanādasutta: The Longer Discourse on the Lion’s Roar—The Path to the Animal World
Suppose there was a sewer deeper than a man’s height, full to the brim with feces.
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AN 8.29 Akkhaṇasutta: Inopportune Moments
The world has gained the opportunity! The world has gained the opportunity!
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MN 12 Mahāsīhanādasutta: The Longer Discourse on the Lion’s Roar—The Path to Hell
Some time later I see that they have indeed been reborn in hell, where they experience exclusively painful feelings, sharp and severe.
🏷️hell
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Pv 4.10 Gaṇa Sutta: Large Group of Ghosts
What evil did you do by body, speech and mind to have come to this ghost world?
🏷️ghosts
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MN 129 From… Bālapaṇḍitasutta: The Foolish and the Astute—Animal World
There are animals who are born, live, and die in darkness.
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SN 20.8 Kaliṅgarasutta: Wood Blocks
These days the mendicants live using wood blocks as pillows, and they meditate diligently and keenly.
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AN 4.245 Sikkhānisaṁsasutta: The Benefits of Training
This spiritual life is lived with training as its benefit, with wisdom as its overseer, with freedom as its core, and with mindfulness as its ruler.
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AN 5.80 Anāgata-bhayāni Sutta: Future Dangers
These five future dangers, unarisen at present, will arise in the future
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AN 5.128 Samaṇasukhasutta: An Ascetic’s Happiness
There are these five kinds of suffering for an ascetic.
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AN 3.99 Potthakasutta: Jute
Jute canvas is ugly, unpleasant to touch, and worthless whether it’s new, worn in, or worn out.
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Snp 4.7 Tissametteyyasutta: With Tissametteyya
People tied to sensual pleasures envy them: the isolated, wandering sage
🏷️celibacy
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Thag 10.6 Vaṅgantaputtaupasenattheragāthā: Upasena son of Vaṅgantā
They should be content even with coarse food
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AN 5.111 Kulūpakasutta: Visiting Families
A mendicant with five qualities who visits families is unlikable and unlovable
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Snp 2.6 Kapilasutta: A Righteous Life
A righteous life, a spiritual life, they call this the supreme treasure.
