Buddham Dhammam

Moḷiyaphaggunasutta

SN 12.12

Phagguna of the Top-Knot

Venerable Moḷiyaphagguna asks who eats the consciousness food. The Buddha says the question is improper, as it assumes a self as agent. Rather, all the factors of dependent origination are simply natural conditions and have...

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Samaṇabrāhmaṇasutta

SN 12.13

Ascetics and Brahmins

One who does not understand dependent origination is no true ascetic.

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Dutiyasamaṇabrāhmaṇasutta

SN 12.14

Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd)

One who does not understand dependent origination is no true ascetic.

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Kaccānagottasutta

SN 12.15

Kaccānagotta

Venerable Kaccānagotta asks the Buddha about right view, and the Buddha answers that right view arises when one sees the origin and cessation of the world and is free of attachments. This sutta, brief but profound and difficult...

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Dhammakathikasutta

SN 12.16

A Dhamma Speaker

One is qualified to be called a “Dhamma speaker” if one teaches for the ending of suffering.

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Acelakassapasutta

SN 12.17

With Kassapa, the Naked Ascetic

A naked ascetic named Kassapa approaches the Buddha while he is on alms round and asks whether suffering is created by oneself, by another, by both, or by chance. Explaining why he rejects all these options, the Buddha asserts...

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Timbarukasutta

SN 12.18

With Timbaruka

A wanderer named Timbaruka asks the Buddha whether pleasure and pain are created by oneself, by another, by both, or by chance. Explaining why he rejects all these options, the Buddha asserts that pleasure and pain arise due to...

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Bālapaṇḍitasutta

SN 12.19

The Astute and the Foolish

Both the wise and the foolish have been reborn in this life due to their deeds conditioned by ignorance in past lives. But a fool continues to make the same mistakes and is reborn yet again, whereas a wise person does not.

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Paccayasutta

SN 12.20

Conditions

The Buddha distinguishes between “dependently originated phenomena”—the twelve factors—and “dependent origination”—the principle of conditionality. Someone who understands these things no longer worries about the past or future.

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