c. Khandha
Vagga Samyutta Pali
SN22.x Khanda-samyutta
- On the Khandha ( five aggregates of being )
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[SN22.1] Nakulapita Sutta - To Nakulapita.
The Buddha explains to the aging
householder Nakulapita how one need not be sick in mind even though one
may be sick in body.
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[SN22.2] Devadaha Sutta - At Devadaha.
Ven. Sariputta explains the best
way to introduce the Buddha's teachings to inquisitive, intelligent people.
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[SN22.3] Haliddakani Sutta - To Haliddakani.
Ven. Maha Kaccana explains to a
householder what it means to live as a monk, free of society, free of sensual
passion, free of yearning, and free of quarreling.
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[SN22.47] Samanupassana Sutta - Assumptions.
The Buddha speaks on the assumptions
that underly self-view.
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[SN22.48] Khandha Sutta - Aggregates.
The Buddha gives a summary of the
teaching on the five aggregates.
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[SN22.53] Upaya Sutta - Attached.
When passion for each of the five
aggregates is completely abandoned, Awakening ensues.
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[SN22.56] Parivatta Sutta - The (Fourfold)
Round.
Direct knowledge of the "fourfold
round" with respect to the aggregates (knowledge of the aggregate, of its
origination, of its cessation, and of the path leading to its cessation)
leads to Awakening.
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[SN22.57] Sattatthana Sutta - Seven Bases.
The Buddha explains how one becomes
an arahant through mastery of the seven-fold skill of analysing the five
aggregates.
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[SN22.59] Anattalakkhana Sutta - The Discourse
on the Not-self Characteristic.
The Buddha's second discourse,
in which he discusses the principle of anatta (not-self) with the group
of five ascetics. Through in a question-and-answer dialogue with his audience,
the Buddha demonstrates that there can be no abiding self in any of the
five aggregates that we tend to identify as "self." As a result of hearing
this discourse, all five monks attain full Awakening (arahatta).
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[SN22.81] Palileyyaka Sutta - At Palileyyaka.
Despite all the teachings he has
heard from the Buddha, a monk still wonders how to bring his meditation
practice to a speedy conclusion. The Buddha explains that it is by understanding
that each of the five aggregates is inconstant, fabricated, and dependently
co-arisen.
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[SN22.85] Yamaka Sutta - To Yamaka.
Ven. Yamaka claims that when an
arahant dies, he/she is utterly annihilated. Ven. Sariputta pulls him out
of this wrong view, and in so doing leads him to Awakening.
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[SN22.86] Anuradha Sutta - To Anuradha.
Ven. Anuradha finds himself obsessing
over questions about the fate of an arahant after death. The Buddha pulls
him out of his confused thinking, and suggests that the only thing truly
worth contemplating is suffering and its cessation.
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[SN22.93] Nadi Sutta - The River.
The Buddha explains that a person
who incorrectly takes the five aggregates to be "self" is like a man swept
away by a swift river, who grasps in vain at trees and clumps of grass
as he rushes by.
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[SN22.95] Phena Sutta - Foam.
The Buddha gives some vivid similes
to describe the voidness of the five aggregates.
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[SN22.99] Gaddula Sutta - The Leash (1)
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[SN22.100] Gaddula Sutta - The Leash (2).
Those who don't penetrate the not-self
nature of the five aggregates are doomed to go round and round in circles,
like a dog tied to a post.
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[SN22.101] Nava Sutta - The Ship.
The Buddha explains that Awakening
comes about not by wishful thinking, but only through deliberate effort.
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[SN22.121] Upadana Sutta - Clinging.
What are the phenomena to which
we cling? Answer: each one of the five aggregates.
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[SN22.122] Silavant Sutta - Virtuous.
Ven. Sariputta explains how every
meditator -- beginner and arahant, alike -- should contemplate the five
aggregates (khandha).
SN23.x Radha - Ven Radha
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[SN23.2] Satta Sutta - A Being.
The Buddha invokes a dramatic simile
to explain how to dismantle one's attachment to the five aggregates.
SN24.x Ditthi - View
SN25.x Okkantika - Recurring
SN26.x Uppada - Arising
SN27.x Kilesa - Defilement
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[SN27.1] Cakkhu Sutta - The Eye.
Why desire connected with the six
senses is worth abandoning.
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[SN27.2] Rupa Sutta - Forms.
Why desire connected with the objects
of the six senses is worth abandoning.
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[SN27.3] Viññana Sutta -
Consciousness.
Why desire connected with consciousness
is worth abandoning.
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[SN27.4] Phassa Sutta - Contact.
Why desire connected with contact
is worth abandoning.
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[SN27.5] Vedana Sutta - Feeling.
Why desire connected with feelings
is worth abandoning.
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[SN27.6] Sañña Sutta - Perception.
Why desire connected with perceptions
is worth abandoning.
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[SN27.7] Cetana Sutta - Intention.
Why desire connected with intentions
is worth abandoning.
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[SN27.8] Tanha Sutta - Craving.
Why desire connected with craving
for sense-objects is worth abandoning.
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[SN27.9] Dhatu Sutta - Properties.
Why desire connected with the six
dhatu
(elements) is worth abandoning.
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[SN27.10] Khandha Sutta - Aggregates.
Why desire connected with the five
khanda
(aggregates) is worth abandoning.
SN28.x Sariputta - Ven.
Sariputta
SN29.x Naga - Dragons
SN30.x Supanna - Garudas
SN31.x Gandhabbakaya - Gandhabba
devas.
SN32.x Valahaka - Rain-cloud
devas.
SN33.x Vacchagotta - Ven.
Vacchagotta
SN34.x Samadhi - Concentration.