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Iti 109 Nadīsotasutta: The River Current
“Suppose, bhikkhus, a man was being borne along by the current of a river that seemed pleasant and agreeable.
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AN 5.200 From… Nissāraṇīyasutta: Elements of Escape
This is how the escape from sensual pleasures is explained.
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MN 54 From… Potaliyasutta: With Potaliya the Householder—Sense Pleasures
Gnawing on such a fleshless skeleton, would that dog still get rid of its hunger?
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SN 47.7 Makkaṭasutta: A Monkey
But a foolish and reckless monkey goes up to the tar and grabs it with a hand.
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MN 146 From… Nandakovādasutta: Advice from Nandaka
Suppose a deft butcher or their apprentice was to kill a cow and carve it with a sharp meat cleaver.
🏷️greed
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SN 46.51 From… Āhārasutta: Nourishing
I will teach you what fuels and what starves the five hindrances and the seven awakening factors.
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Snp 4.2 Guhaṭṭhakasutta: Eight on the Cave
Trapped in a cave, thickly overspread, sunk in delusion they stay.
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MN 125 From… Dantabhūmisutta: The Level of the Tamed
My friend, what do you see, standing there at the peak?
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Thig 13.5 Subhākammāradhītutherīgāthā: Subhā, the Smith’s Daughter
My family, why do you urge me on to pleasures, as if you were my enemies?
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SN 46.55 From… Saṅgāravasutta: With Saṅgārava—Sensual Desire
Suppose there was a bowl of water that was mixed with dye such as red lac, turmeric, indigo, or rose madder.
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AN 5.30 Nāgitasutta: With Nāgita
Nāgita, who’s making that dreadful racket? You’d think it was fishermen hauling in a catch!
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AN 4.24 Kāḷakārāmasutta: At Kāḷaka’s Monastery
That has been known by a Realized One, but a Realized One is not subject to it.
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SN 3.1 Daharasutta: Young
Great king, these four things should not be looked down upon or disparaged because they are young.
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SN 45.14 Paṭhamauppādasutta: Arising (1st)
These eight things don’t arise to be developed and cultivated except when a fully awakened Buddha has appeared.
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Thag 16.3 Telakānittheragāthā: Telakāni
As I was being swept away, he gave me a strong, simple ladder, made of the heartwood of Dhamma, and he said to me: “Do not fear.”
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SN 48.41 Jarā Sutta: Old Age
When young, one is subject to aging; when healthy, subject to illness; when alive, subject to death.
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AN 10.30 Dutiyakosalasutta: Kosala (2)
But, great king, what reasons do you have for showing such supreme honor to this body and displaying such an offering of loving-kindness?
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AN 3.104 Paṭhamaassādasutta: Gratification (1st)
I went in search of the world’s gratification, and I found it.
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AN 10.81 Vāhanasutta: With Bāhuna
Sir, how many things has the Realized One escaped from, so that he lives unattached, liberated, his mind free of limits?
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Iti 38 Vitakkasutta: Often Occurring Thoughts
As one standing on a mountain peak might see all round the people down below…
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AN 5.99 Sīhasutta: The Lion
When the Realized One teaches Dhamma to an assembly, this is his lion’s roar.
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Ud 6.1 Āyusaṅkhārossajjanasutta: Surrendering the Life Force
Three months from now the Realized One will finally be extinguished.
