These suttas were presented in May 2024.
Dīgha Nikāya
- DN 16 From… Mahāparinibbānasutta: The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment—Dividing the Relics, “It would not be good to fight over a share of the supreme person’s relics.”
Majjhima Nikāya
- MN 36 From… Mahāsaccakasutta: The Greater Discourse to Saccaka, “Suppose I practise entirely cutting off food.”
- MN 81 From… Ghaṭikārasutta: With Ghaṭīkāra, “Enough, dear Ghaṭīkāra. What’s the use of seeing that shaveling, that fake ascetic?”
Saṁyutta Nikāya
- SN 12.10 Gotamasutta: Gotama, “Alas, this world has fallen into trouble.”
- SN 22.94 Pupphasutta: Flowers, “Bhikkhus, I do not dispute with the world; rather, it is the world that disputes with me.”
- SN 35.13 Paṭhamapubbesambodhasutta: Before My Enlightenment (1), “What is the gratification, what is the danger, what is the escape in the case of the eye?”
- SN 46.16 Tatiyagilānasutta: Ill (3), “Now on that occasion the Blessed One was sick, afflicted, gravely ill.”
- SN 47.31 Ananussutasutta: Unheard Before, “There arose in me vision, knowledge, wisdom, true knowledge, and light.”
Aṅguttara Nikāya
- AN 1.175–186 From… Ekapuggalavagga: One Person, “With the appearance of one person, mendicants, there is the appearance of a great eye”
- AN 1.277: One Buddha, “It is possible for just one perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha, to arise in one solar system.”
- AN 2.54: Deaths Regretted by Many, “There are two people whose death is regretted by many people.”
- AN 4.22 Dutiyauruvelasutta: Uruvelā (2), “There are, bhikkhus, these four qualities that make one an elder.”
- AN 4.247 Thūpārahasutta: Worthy of a Monument, “Mendicants, these four are worthy of a monument.”
- AN 5.7 Kāmasutta: Sensual Pleasures, “His nurse would quickly attend to him and try to take it out.”
- AN 5.133 Dhammarājāsutta: A Principled King, “Even a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king, does not wield power without having their own king.”
- AN 6.25 From… Anussatiṭṭhānasutta: Topics for Recollection—The Buddha, “When a noble disciple recollects the Buddha their mind is not full of greed, hate, and delusion.”
- AN 6.55 From… Soṇasutta: With Soṇa, “When you were still a layman, weren’t you a good player of the arched harp?”
- AN 6.96 Pātubhāvasutta: Appearance, “The appearance of six things is rare in the world”
- AN 8.64 Gayāsīsasutta: At Gayā Head, I announced my supreme perfect awakening in this world with its gods, Māras, and Brahmās…”
- AN 8.69 Parisāsutta: Assemblies, “I recall having approached an assembly of hundreds of aristocrats.”
- AN 8.85 Samaṇasutta: Terms for the Realized One, “Released, I release others from their chains.”
- AN 9.41 Tapussa Sutta: To Tapussa (On Renunciation), “My heart leaped up at renunciation, grew confident, steadfast, & released, seeing it as peace.”
Dhammapada
- Dhp 353 From… Tanhavagga: Craving, “A victor am I over all, all have I known.”
Udāna
- Ud 4.8 Sundarī Sutta: Sundarī, “Monks, this noise will not last long. It will last only seven days.”
- Ud 5.2 Appāyukasutta: Short-lived, “It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing! How short-lived was the Blessed One’s mother!”
- Ud 8.5 Cundasutta: With Cunda, “There are two almsmeal offerings that have identical fruit and result.”
- Ud 8.7 Dvidhapatha Sutta: A Fork in the Path, “This, Nāgasamāla, is the route. We go this way.”
Itivuttaka
- Iti 22 Mettasutta: Meritorious Deeds, “Thirty-six times I was Sakka, the ruler of the devas.”
Vimana Vatthu
- Vv 7.7 Kanthaka Sutta: Kanthaka’s Mansion, “I was the dearest horse of Prince Siddhartha, and I was born on the same day as this prince, the son of King Suddhodana.”
Theragāthā
- Thag 5.8 Vakkalittheragāthā: Vakkali, “Pervading this bag of bones with abundant rapture and happiness… I’ll dwell in the forest.”
- Thag 15.2 Udāyittheragāthā: Udāyī, “Faith is the giant’s trunk, and equanimity his white tusks.”