Dutiyavagga

Collections of Minor Discourses

Collections of sutta texts outside the four main collections.

Vitakkasutta

Iti 38

Thoughts

Two thoughts that often occur to the Buddha as he delights in non-ill will and seclusion.

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Desanāsutta

Iti 39

Teaching

Two Dhamma sequences: see evil as evil, and become released from it.

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Vijjāsutta

Iti 40

Knowledge

Ignorance leads to lack of conscience and prudence.

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Paññāparihīnasutta

Iti 41

Bereft of Wisdom

The rewards of noble discernment.

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Sukkadhammasutta

Iti 42

Bright Things

Conscience and prudence safeguard the world.

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Ajātasutta

Iti 43

Unborn

The existence of an unfabricated dimension allows for the escape from conditions.

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Nibbānadhātusutta

Iti 44

Facets of Quenching

Two unbinding properties: with fuel remaining and with no fuel remaining.

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Paṭisallānasutta

Iti 45

Retreat

Live enjoying aloofness, delighting in aloofness, inwardly committed to awareness-tranquility, not neglecting jhāna, endowed with clear-seeing insight, and frequenting empty buildings.

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Sikkhānisaṁsasutta

Iti 46

The Benefits of Training

Live with the trainings as your reward, with discernment uppermost, with release the essence, and with mindfulness the governing principle.

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Jāgariyasutta

Iti 47

Wake Up

Be wakeful, mindful, alert, centered, sensitive, clear, and calm. And there you should, at the appropriate times, see clearly into skillful mental qualities.

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Āpāyikasutta

Iti 48

Bound for Loss

Two types of behavior that lead to hell.

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Diṭṭhigatasutta

Iti 49

Misconceptions

How those with vision differ from those who adhere to craving for rebirth and those who slip past into craving to be annihilated.

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