NAKULAPITUVAGGA

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Nakulapitusutta

SN 22.1

Nakula’s Father

The householder Nakulapitā asks the Buddha for help in coping with old age. The Buddha says to reflect: “Even though I am afflicted in body, my mind will be unafflicted.” Later Sāriputta explains this in terms of the five...

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Devadahasutta

SN 22.2

At Devadaha

A number of mendicants are heading for lands west, but the Buddha advises them to speak with Sāriputta before they go. Sāriputta reminds them that in foreign lands they will be scrutinized for their understanding, so they need to...

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Hāliddikānisutta

SN 22.3

With Hāliddikāni

The householder Hāliddakāni approaches the Venerable Mahākaccāna in the Avanti country and asks how to understand a verse from “The Questions of Māgandiya” of the Aṭṭhakavagga (Snp 4.9). Though the verse appears to be pitched at...

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Dutiyahāliddikānisutta

SN 22.4

Hāliddikāni (2nd)

The householder Hāliddakāni approaches the Venerable Mahākaccāna in the Avanti country and asks how to understand a passage on liberation from “The Questions of Sakka” (see MN 37 and DN 21). Mahākaccāna explains it in terms of...

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Samādhisutta

SN 22.5

Development of Immersion

A mendicant should develop immersion (samādhi) in order to truly understand the origin and ending of the five aggregates.

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Paṭisallāṇasutta

SN 22.6

Retreat

A mendicant should make an effort in seclusion in order to truly understand the origin and ending of the five aggregates.

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Upādāparitassanāsutta

SN 22.7

Anxiety Because of Grasping

An ordinary person identifies their self with the five aggregates and suffers anxiety when the aggregates change. But a noble disciple, free of such identification, does not suffer.

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Dutiyaupādāparitassanāsutta

SN 22.8

Anxiety Because of Grasping (2nd)

An ordinary person identifies their self with the five aggregates and suffers anxiety when the aggregates change. But a noble disciple, free of such identification, does not suffer.

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Kālattayaaniccasutta

SN 22.9

Impermanence in the Three Times

The aggregates are impermanent in the past and future as in the present.

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Kālattayadukkhasutta

SN 22.10

Suffering in the Three Times

The aggregates are suffering in the past and future as in the present.

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Kālattayaanattasutta

SN 22.11

Not-Self in the Three Times

The aggregates are not-self in the past and future as in the present.

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