LOKAKĀMAGUŅAVAGGA

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Paṭhamamārapāsasutta

SN 35.114

Māra’s Snare (1st)

A mendicant who craves the senses is under the sway of Māra.

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Dutiyamārapāsasutta

SN 35.115

Māra’s Snare (2nd)

A mendicant who craves the senses is under the sway of Māra.

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Lokantagamanasutta

SN 35.116

Traveling to the End of the World

The Buddha states that the end of the world cannot be reached by traveling, yet it is impossible to end suffering without reaching the end of the world. The mendicants ask Ānanda to explain this enigmatic statement.

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Kāmaguṇasutta

SN 35.117

The Kinds of Sensual Stimulation

While practicing for awakening, the Buddha reflected that he should be diligent when his mind strayed to sense pleasures of the past, future, or present. He urges the mendicants to realize that place where the senses completely...

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Sakkapañhasutta

SN 35.118

The Question of Sakka

Sakka asks the Buddha why some become awakened in this very life, while others do not.

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Pañcasikhasutta

SN 35.119

The Question of Pañcasikha

The fairy Pañcasikha asks the Buddha why some become awakened in this very life, while others do not.

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Sāriputtasaddhivihārikasutta

SN 35.120

Sāriputta and the Protégé

A mendicant informs Sāriputta that one of his friends had disrobed. Sāriputta attributes this to lack of sense restraint, eating too much, and not being wakeful.

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Rāhulovādasutta

SN 35.121

Advice to Rāhula

Realizing that his son Rāhula was ripe for awakening, the Buddha takes him for a personal teaching. He questions Rāhula on the impermanence of all the factors of sense experience, leading Rāhula to realize full freedom.

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Saṁyojaniyadhammasutta

SN 35.122

Things That Tighten Fetters

The exterior sense fields are the things that fetter, the craving is the fetter.

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Upādāniyadhammasutta

SN 35.123

Things That Fuel Grasping

The exterior sense fields are the things that are graspable, the craving is the grasping.

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