Collections of 'linked' or 'connected' discourses and other related texts.
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SALĀYATANASAMYUTTA
SN 35
Linked Discourses on the Six Sense Fields
The number of discourses in the "Linked Discourses on the Six Sense Fields" varies between editions, mainly due to the way repetitions are counted; SuttaCentral follows Bhikkhu Bodhi's translation in counting 248 discourses. The six sense fields complement the five...
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VEDANĀSAMYUTTA
SN 36
Linked Discourses on Feelings
The "Linked Discourses on Feelings" contains 31 discourses on the three kinds of feeling. In Sinhalese-script manuscripts, this is reckoned as the last portion of the section on six sense fields. The term "feelings" renders vedanā, which is the simple affective or hedonic tone of...
03
MĀTUGĀMASAMYUTTA
SN 37
Linked Discourses on Females
The "Linked Discourses on Females" contains 34 discourses regarding various qualities of women. Note that the Pali texts use two distinct terms for women, itthī and mātugāma, the latter of which can be translated as "females". These texts deal with such themes as the...
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JAMBUKHĀDAKASAMYUTTA
SN 38
Linked Discourses with Jambukhādaka
The "Linked Discourses with Jambukhādaka" contains 16 discourses recording the answers given by Sāriputta to the questions of a wanderer named Jambukhādaka. The questions cover a wide range of themes, from the nature of extinguishment to the difficulty of...
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SĀMAŅḌAKASAMYUTTA
SN 39
Linked Discourses with Sāmaṇḍaka
The "Linked Discourses with Sāmaṇḍaka" contains 16 discourses recording the answers given by Sāriputta to the questions of a wanderer named Sāmaṇḍaka. The questions cover a wide range of themes, from the nature of extinguishment to the difficulty of practicing the...
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MOGGALLĀNASAMYUTTA
SN 40
Linked Discourses with Moggallāna
The "Linked Discourses with Moggallāna" contains 11 discourses featuring Moggallāna, one of the chief disciples. He tells the monks of his struggles in meditation, and how he was encouraged by the Buddha. In the last two discourses, he visit the heavens and teaches th...
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CITTASAMYUTTA
SN 41
Linked Discourses with Citta the Householder
The "Linked Discourses with Citta" contains 10 discourses featuring the householder Citta, who was praised by the Buddha as the foremost lay disciple in speaking on the Dhamma. Here he engages in a series of insightful and sharp-witted dialogues with various monks....
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GĀMAŅISAMYUTTA
SN 42
Linked Discourses with Chiefs
The "Linked Discourses with Chiefs" contains 13 discourses featuring various headmen or chiefs. They sometimes ask questions relating to their professions, from entertainers to warriors, while several discourses touch on familiar Dhamma themes, such as overcoming...
09
ASAŃKHATASAMYUTTA
SN 43
Linked Discourses on the Unconditioned
The "Linked Discourses on the Unconditioned" contains 44 discourses on the theme of the unconditioned, i.e. nibbāna or "extinguishment". They focus on the various practices that lead to the unconditioned. This chapter includes an extensive range of terms and idioms...
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ABYĀKATASAMYUTTA
SN 44
Linked Discourses on the Undeclared
The "Linked Discourses on the Undeclared" contains 44 discourses on the theme of the ten "undeclared" questions. These are a stock series of metaphysical hypotheses, which the Buddha dismissed as being based on the implicit assumption of a self, and hence as being...
