GILĀNAVAGGA

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Collections of 'linked' or 'connected' discourses and other related texts.

Paṭhamagilānasutta

SN 35.74

Sick (1st)

Hearing that a newly-ordained mendicant was sick, the Buddha visited him to offer support and Dhamma encouragement.

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Dutiyagilānasutta

SN 35.75

Sick (2nd)

Hearing that a newly-ordained mendicant was sick, the Buddha visited him to offer support and Dhamma encouragement.

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Rādhaaniccasutta

SN 35.76

With Rādha on Impermanence

Venerable Rādha asks for a teaching to take on retreat. The Buddha told him to abandon desire for sense experience, which is impermanent.

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Rādhadukkhasutta

SN 35.77

With Rādha on Suffering

Venerable Rādha asks for a teaching to take on retreat. The Buddha told him to abandon desire for sense experience, which is suffering.

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Rādhaanattasutta

SN 35.78

With Rādha on Not-Self

Venerable Rādha asks for a teaching to take on retreat. The Buddha told him to abandon desire for sense experience, which is not-self.

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Paṭhamaavijjāpahānasutta

SN 35.79

Giving Up Ignorance (1st)

Through giving up ignorance, knowledge arises. To do this, contemplate the six senses as impermanent.

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Dutiyaavijjāpahānasutta

SN 35.80

Giving Up Ignorance (2nd)

Through giving up ignorance, knowledge arises. To do this, contemplate the six senses as impermanent. Then a mendicant truly understands, and sees everything differently.

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Sambahulabhikkhusutta

SN 35.81

Several Mendicants

Some mendicants check with the Buddha that it’s correct to say that the spiritual life is lived to end suffering. The Buddha answers that it is, and explains what that suffering is: the process of sense experience.

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Lokapañhāsutta

SN 35.82

A Question On the World

The “world” consisting of six sense experience is said to be falling apart.

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Phaggunapañhāsutta

SN 35.83

Phagguna’s Question

The Buddhas of the past cannot be described in terms of the six senses.

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