These suttas were presented in May 2023.

Majjhima Nikāya

• MN 133 From… Mahākaccānabhaddekarattasutta: Mahākaccāna and One Fine Night “For he is the Buddha, who knows and sees. He is vision, he is knowledge, he is the principle, he is the supreme holiness.”
• MN 139 From… Araṇavibhaṅgasutta: The Analysis of Non-Conflict—Just Teach Dhamma “And how is there neither flattering nor rebuking, and just teaching Dhamma?”

Saṁyutta Nikāya

• SN 3.1 Daharasutta: Young, “Great king, these four things should not be looked down upon or disparaged because they are young.”
• 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.”
• SN 46.42 Cakkavattisutta: Wheel-Turning Monarch, “Bhikkhus, with the manifestation of a wheel-turning monarch comes the manifestation of seven gems.”
• SN 48.41 Jarā Sutta: Old Age, “When young, one is subject to aging; when healthy, subject to illness; when alive, subject to death.”

Aṅguttara Nikāya

• AN 1.172–174 From… Ekapuggalavagga: One Person “One person, mendicants, arises in the world who is an incredible human being.”
• AN 1.296: One Thing—Recollection of the Buddha “This one thing, when developed and cultivated, leads solely to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.”
• * AN 2.137: Acting Wrongly toward Two People “When a foolish, incompetent bad person acts wrongly toward two people they keep themselves broken and damaged.”
• AN 3.104 Paṭhamaassādasutta: Gratification (1st), “I went in search of the world’s gratification, and I found it.”
• AN 4.21 Paṭhamauruvelasutta: At Uruvelā (1st) “As I was in private retreat this thought came to mind: ‘One without respect and reverence lives in suffering. What ascetic or brahmin should I honor and respect and rely on?’”
• 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.”
• AN 4.36 Doṇa Sutta: With Doṇa “No, brahman, I am not a deva.”
• AN 4.76 Kusinārasutta: At Kusinārā “Perhaps even a single mendicant has doubt or uncertainty regarding the Buddha, the teaching, the Saṅgha, the path, or the practice. So ask, mendicants!”
• AN 4.118 Saṁvejanīyasutta: Inspiring “Mendicants, a faithful gentleman should go to see these four inspiring places.”
• AN 5.30 Nāgitasutta: With Nāgita, “Nāgita, who’s making that dreadful racket? You’d think it was fishermen hauling in a catch!”
• AN 5.99 Sīhasutta: The Lion, “When the Realized One teaches Dhamma to an assembly, this is his lion’s roar.”
• AN 5.195 Piṅgiyānīsutta: Piṅgiyānī, “The appearance of five treasures is rare in the world.”
• AN 6.30 Anuttariyasutta: Unsurpassable, “Mendicants, these six things are unsurpassable.”
• 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?”
• 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?”

Dhammapada

• Dhp 179–182 From… Buddhavagga: The Buddha “By what track can you trace that trackless Buddha of limitless range…”

Udāna

• Ud 1.4 Huṁhuṅkasutta: Whiny, “Master Gotama, how do you define a brahmin?”
• Ud 6.1 Āyusaṅkhārossajjanasutta: Surrendering the Life Force “Wicked One, I will not become fully extinguished until I have monk disciples who are competent, educated, assured, learned, have memorized the teachings, and practice in line with the teachings.”
• Ud 7.9 Udapāna Sutta: The Well, “What need for a well if there were waters always?”

Itivuttaka

• Iti 38 Vitakkasutta: Often Occurring Thoughts, “As one standing on a mountain peak might see all round the people down below…”
• Iti 92 Saṅghāṭikaṇṇasutta: The Hem of the Robe “Bhikkhus, even though a bhikkhu might hold on to the hem of my robe and follow close behind me step by step…”

Sutta Nipāta

• Snp 3.11 Nālakasutta: About Nālaka “The being intent on awakening, a peerless gem, has been born in the human realm for the sake of welfare and happiness, in Lumbinī, a village in the Sakyan land.”

Theragāthā

• Thag 1.86 Nāgitattheragāthā: Arahant Nāgita “For the Buddha himself instructs the Saṅgha;
• Thag 7.5 Sarabhaṅgattheragāthā: Sarabhaṅga “Gotama traveled by that straight road”
• 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.””