Buddham Dhammam

Dutiyavihārasutta

SN 45.12

Meditation (2nd)

The Buddha goes on retreat for a fortnight. When he emerges, he describes his meditation on the conditionality of the eightfold path, which was similar to a practice he did shortly after awakening.

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Sekkhasutta

SN 45.13

A Trainee

A mendicant asks how a person is a “trainee”.

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Paṭhamauppādasutta

SN 45.14

Arising (1st)

The eightfold path does not arise apart from a Realized One.

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Dutiyauppādasutta

SN 45.15

Arising (2nd)

The eightfold path does not arise apart from a Holy One’s training.

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Paṭhamaparisuddhasutta

SN 45.16

Purified (1st)

The eight pure factors of the path do not arise apart from a Realized One.

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Dutiyaparisuddhasutta

SN 45.17

Purified (2nd)

The eight pure factors of the path do not arise apart from a Holy One’s training.

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Paṭhamakukkuṭārāmasutta

SN 45.18

At the Chicken Monastery (1st)

In a short discourse evidently set shortly after the Buddha’s passing, Venerable Bhadda asks Ānanda about the unholy life, or the unspiritual path. It is the wrong eightfold path.

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Dutiyakukkuṭārāmasutta

SN 45.19

At the Chicken Monastery (2nd)

In a short discourse evidently set shortly after the Buddha’s passing, Venerable Bhadda asks Ānanda about the holy life, or the spiritual path. It is the right eightfold path.

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Tatiyakukkuṭārāmasutta

SN 45.20

At the Chicken Monastery (3rd)

In a short discourse evidently set shortly after the Buddha’s passing, Venerable Bhadda asks Ānanda about the spiritual path, one who follows the spiritual path, and the goal of the spiritual path.

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