Yamakavagga

Collections of Numbered Discourses

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

Paṭhamasaddhāsutta

AN 8.71

Inspiring All Around (1st)

Beginning with faith, a mendicant completes all good qualities that fulfill liberation.

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Dutiyasaddhāsutta

AN 8.72

Inspiring All Around (2nd)

Beginning with faith, a mendicant completes all good qualities that fulfill liberation.

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Paṭhamamaraṇassatisutta

AN 8.73

Mindfulness of Death (1st)

Various mendicants practice mindfulness of death, but do so inadequately. The Buddha explains how to do so with proper urgency,

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Dutiyamaraṇassatisutta

AN 8.74

Mindfulness of Death (2nd)

A mendicant should reflect each night on the dangers that lie around them, and practice mindfulness of death with urgency to give up the unwholesome.

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Paṭhamasampadāsutta

AN 8.75

Accomplishments (1st)

Eight accomplishments, both worldly and spiritual.

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Dutiyasampadāsutta

AN 8.76

Accomplishments (2nd)

Eight accomplishments, both worldly and spiritual, in detail.

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Icchāsutta

AN 8.77

Desires

Sāriputta describes eight cases where a mendicant has a desire for material things. Sometimes they fall under the sway of that desire, but sometimes they rise above it.

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Alaṁsutta

AN 8.78

Good Enough

Eight sets of qualities pertain to benefiting oneself and others, explained by Sāriputta.

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Parihānasutta

AN 8.79

Decline

Eight conditions for the decline or success of a trainee mendicant.

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Kusītārambhavatthusutta

AN 8.80

Grounds for Laziness and Arousing Energy

Eight grounds for laziness, and the corresponding eight grounds for energy.

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