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Buddhism

MN 147 · The Shorter Exhortation to Rāhula (Cūḷa Rāhulovāda Sutta)

The Buddha's guidance leading Rāhula to full awakening by showing that the aggregates and six sense bases are all impermanent and not-self.

Buddhism

AN 3:131 · To Anuruddha (Anuruddha Sutta)

Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 3:131. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

Iti 104 · uttaka 104

Itivuttaka · Iti 104. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

SN 10:12 · To the Āḷavaka Yakkha (Āḷavaka Sutta)

Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 10:12. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

MN 146 · Nandaka’s Exhortation (Nandakovāda Sutta)

Nandaka's teaching to five hundred nuns on the impermanence of the six senses and the seven factors of awakening.

Buddhism

AN 3:129 · Putrid (Kaṭuviya Sutta)

Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 3:129. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

Iti 103 · uttaka 103

Itivuttaka · Iti 103. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

SN 10:8 · About Sudatta (Anāthapiṇḍika) (Sudatta Sutta)

Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 10:8. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

MN 143 · The Exhortation to Anāthapiṇḍika (Anāthapiṇḍikovāda Sutta)

Sāriputta's deathbed instruction to the dying Anāthapiṇḍika on releasing all clinging to the senses, elements, and aggregates, even to the Dhamma itself.

Buddhism

AN 3:126 · At Gotamaka Shrine (Gotamaka-cetiya Sutta)

Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 3:126. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

Iti 102 · uttaka 102

Itivuttaka · Iti 102. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

SN 10:4 · With Maṇibhadda (Maṇibhadda Sutta)

Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 10:4. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

MN 141 · An Analysis of the Truths (Sacca-vibhaṅga Sutta)

Sāriputta's exposition of the four noble truths first set forth at Isipatana: stress, its origin, its cessation, and the path to its end.

Buddhism

AN 3:124 · At Kusināra (Kusināra Sutta)

Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 3:124. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

Iti 101 · uttaka 101

Itivuttaka · Iti 101. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

SN 9:14 · The Thief of a Scent (Padumapuppha Sutta)

Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 9:14. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

MN 140 · An Analysis of the Properties (Dhātu-vibhaṅga Sutta)

The six properties—earth, water, fire, wind, space, and consciousness—as the basis of a person, taught to the wanderer Pukkusāti in a potter's shed.

Buddhism

AN 3:123 · Sagacity (Moneyya Sutta)

Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 3:123. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

Iti 100 · uttaka 100

Itivuttaka · Iti 100. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Buddhism

SN 9:11 · Inappropriate Attention (Ayoniso-manasikāra Sutta)

Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 9:11. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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