Buddham Dhammam

Sambahulasutta

SN 9.4

Several Mendicants Set Out Wandering

When a group of mendicants leave the forest in which they had been staying, the local deities lament their absence.

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Ānandasutta

SN 9.5

With Ānanda

A deity warns Ānanda about getting too involved with teaching lay folk.

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Anuruddhasutta

SN 9.6

With Anuruddha

A former partner of Venerable Anuruddha, now a deity named Jālinī, tries to tempt him with heavenly pleasures. But he has seen a higher happiness.

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Nāgadattasutta

SN 9.7

With Nāgadatta

When Venerable Nāgadatta spends too much time in the village, a deity admonishes him.

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Kulagharaṇīsutta

SN 9.8

The Mistress of the House

A deity becomes concerned of the gossip about a certain monk who had become close with a family in the village. Taking the form of one of the women of the family, she tries to warn him; but he says a true practitioner is not...

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Vajjiputtasutta

SN 9.9

A Vajji

Hearing the sounds of a city festival, a mendicant feels lonely in the forest. A deity comes to give them solace and support.

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Sajjhāyasutta

SN 9.10

Recitation

When a mendicant gives up their habit of reciting the texts, a deity questions them. But it seems they have now found peace.

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Akusalavitakkasutta

SN 9.11

Unskillful Thoughts

A mendicant plagued by bad thoughts is encouraged by a deity.

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Majjhanhikasutta

SN 9.12

Midday

A deity speaks of the fearfulness of the murmuring forest. But to a mendicant it seems delightful.

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Pākatindriyasutta

SN 9.13

Undisciplined Faculties

A group of mendicants in the forest had fallen into bad ways, becoming conceited and confused. A deity came to admonish them, making clear that they were only speaking of the badly behaved, not all mendicants.

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Gandhatthenasutta

SN 9.14

The Thief of Scent

A mendicant takes a bath in a pond and sniffs a lotus. A deity accuses him of being a “thief of scent”. For a person living a life of purity, even such a small matter is a cause for concern

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