Nissayavagga

Collections of Numbered Discourses

Collections of 'numbered' or 'numerical' discourses and other related texts.

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AN 11.1

What’s the Purpose?

Good conduct leads to non-regret, to joy, and so on all the way to liberation.

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AN 11.2

Making a Wish

A virtuous person need not make a wish; it is natural for the path to flow on.

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AN 11.3

Vital Conditions (1st)

The Buddha teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening.

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AN 11.4

Vital Conditions (2nd)

Sāriputta teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening.

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AN 11.5

Vital Conditions (3rd)

Ānanda teaches that ethical conduct is the vital cause of the good qualities that lead to awakening.

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AN 11.6

Disasters

When a mendicant abuses their fellow monastics, eleven disasters follow.

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AN 11.7

Percipient

Ānanda asks the Buddha about a deep state of meditation where all normal perception has ceased, but there is still perception. The Buddha affirms that such a state exists. Ānanda puts the same question to Sāriputta, and gets the...

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AN 11.8

Focus

Ānanda asks the Buddha about a deep state of meditation where all normal attention has ceased, but there is still attention. The Buddha affirms that such a state exists.

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AN 11.9

With Sandha

The Buddha tells Venerable Sandha to meditate like a trained thoroughbred, not like a wild colt. Doing so, they may attain a deep state.

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AN 11.10

At the Peacocks’ Feeding Ground

Possessing various sets of qualities, a mendicant is best among gods and men.

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