Buddham Dhammam

Ajitamāṇavapucchā

Snp 5.2

The Questions of the Student Ajita

A brahman questions the Buddha about mindfulness, discernment, and the cessation of name-and-form.

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Tissametteyyamāṇavapucchā

Snp 5.3

The Questions of the Student Tissametteyya

Who in the world is truly contented, truly free, truly a great person?

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Puṇṇakamāṇavapucchā

Snp 5.4

The Questions of the Student Puṇṇaka

Birth and aging can be overcome, not through sacrificial rituals, but through training the mind to go beyond perturbation.

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Mettagūmāṇavapucchā

Snp 5.5

The Questions of the Student Mettagū

How does one cross the flood of birth and old age, sorrow and grief?

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Dhotakamāṇavapucchā

Snp 5.6

The Questions of the Student Dhotaka

How can one become freed of all doubt?

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Upasīvamāṇavapucchā

Snp 5.7

The Questions of the Student Upasīva

What support should one hold on to in order to cross over the flood of craving? Can an awakened person be described?

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Nandamāṇavapucchā

Snp 5.8

The Questions of the Student Nanda

Who deserves to be called a sage? Who has crossed over birth and aging?

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Hemakamāṇavapucchā

Snp 5.9

The Questions of the Student Hemaka

How do you cross over entanglements in the world?

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Todeyyamāṇavapucchā

Snp 5.10

The Questions of the Student Todeyya

How to recognize an emancipated person.

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Kappamāṇavapucchā

Snp 5.11

The Questions of the Student Kappa

What is the island above the flood of the great danger of birth?

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Jatukaṇṇimāṇavapucchā

Snp 5.12

The Questions of the Student Jatukaṇṇī

How does one abandon birth and aging?

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Bhadrāvudhamāṇavapucchā

Snp 5.13

The Questions of the Student Bhadrāvudha

Bhadrāvudha asks the Buddha: How did you come to know the Dhamma?

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Udayamāṇavapucchā

Snp 5.14

The Questions of the Student Udaya

How to reach unbinding and bring consciousness to a halt.

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Posālamāṇavapucchā

Snp 5.15

The Questions of the Student Posala

How to develop insight after mastering the perception of nothingness.

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Mogharājamāṇavapucchā

Snp 5.16

The Questions of the Student Mogharāja

How should one view the world so as to escape the king of Death?

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Piṅgiyamāṇavapucchā

Snp 5.17

The Questions of the Student Piṅgiya

Alarmed by the deterioration of his aging body, Piṅgiya asks the Buddha how to conquer birth and decay.

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Pārāyanatthutigāthā

Snp 5.18

Homage to the Way to the Beyond

The questions and events are summarized.

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Pārāyanānugītigāthā

Snp 5.19

Preserving the Way to the Beyond

Piṅgiya, after becoming a non-returner, explains to his former teacher his devotion to the Buddha.

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