Cūḷavagga

Collections of Minor Discourses

Collections of sutta texts outside the four main collections.

Ratanasutta

Snp 2.1

Gems

The many treasures to be found in the Triple Gem.

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Āmagandhasutta

Snp 2.2

Carrion

People are defiled, not by eating meat, but by engaging in evil conduct.

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Hirisutta

Snp 2.3

Conscience

How to recognize a true friend.

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Maṅgalasutta

Snp 2.4

True Blessings

A list of the types of skillful behavior that give blessings and protection.

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Sūcilomasutta

Snp 2.5

Spiky the Native Spirit

Another yakkha challenges the Buddha with riddles and threatens to "hurl out his mind, rip open his heart, or hurl him across the River Ganges" if he doesn't solve the riddles to the yakkha's satisfaction.

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Kapilasutta (dhammacariyasutta)

Snp 2.6

A Righteous Life

The Buddha encourages the monks to avoid monks who are evil in their desires.

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Brāhmaṇadhammikasutta

Snp 2.7

Brahmanical Traditions

How brahmans, through greed, abandoned the good principles of their ancestors.

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Dhamma (nāvā) sutta

Snp 2.8

The Boat

A good teacher, like a good boatman, is one who knows firsthand how to cross to the further shore.

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Kiṁsīlasutta

Snp 2.9

What Morality?

The attitudes and behavior that enable one best to learn and benefit from the Dhamma.

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Uṭṭhānasutta

Snp 2.10

Get up! Make an Effort!

Get up! Don't let the opportunity for practice pass you by.

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Rāhulasutta

Snp 2.11

With Rāhula

Rāhula reflects on the teachings he received from his father, the Buddha.

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Nigrodhakappa (vaṅgīsa) sutta

Snp 2.12

Vaṅgīsa and his Mentor Nigrodhakappa

Vaṅgīsa, the foremost poet among the Buddha's disciples, praises the Buddha in verse.

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Sammāparibbājanīyasutta

Snp 2.13

The Right Way to Wander

The sort of person who, having gone forth, is fit to wander through the world.

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Dhammikasutta

Snp 2.14

With Dhammika

The proper code of conduct for lay followers of the Dhamma.

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