Buddham Dhammam

Dhaniyasutta

Snp 1.2

With Dhaniya the Cowherd

A poetic dialogue contrasting the wealth and security of lay life with the wealth and security of a person who has lived the renunciate life to its culmination. If you have trouble relating to someone like Dhaniya who measures...

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Khaggavisāṇasutta

Snp 1.3

The Rhinoceros Horn

If you can't find a good teacher, it's better to wander alone.

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Kasibhāradvājasutta

Snp 1.4

With Bhāradvāja the Farmer

The Buddha answers a farmer who claims that monks do no useful work and so don't deserve to eat.

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Cundasutta

Snp 1.5

With the Smith Cunda

Four different types of contemplatives and how to recognize them.

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Parābhavasutta

Snp 1.6

Downfalls for a Lay Follower

The various actions and attitudes that lead to spiritual decline.

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Vasalasutta

Snp 1.7

The Lowlife

Being an outcaste is a matter of behavior, not birth.

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Mettasutta

Snp 1.8

The Discourse on Love

The practice of developing universal goodwill: the practices that form a foundation for the practice, the attitude of universal goodwill itself, and the steps that lead from goodwill to awakening.

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Hemavatasutta

Snp 1.9

The Buddha Teaches Sātāgira and Hemavata the Native Spirits

The Buddha explains to a yakkha how one crosses over the flood.

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Āḷavakasutta

Snp 1.10

Āḷavaka the Native Spirit

A 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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Vijayasutta

Snp 1.11

Victory

Victory over the defilements through contemplation of the unattractiveness of the body.

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Munisutta

Snp 1.12

The Sage

The characteristics of the ideal sage, who finds happiness and security in living the solitary life. (This sutta is apparently one of the series of passages that King Asoka recommended for study and reflection by all practicing...

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