d. Salayatana
Vaga Samyutta Pali
SN35.x Salayatana-samyutta - On the six senses
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[SN 35.28] Adittapariyaya Sutta - The Fire
Sermon
Several months after his Awakening,
the Buddha delivers this sermon to an audience of 1,000 fire-worshipping
ascetics. In his characteristically brilliant teaching style, the Buddha
uses a metaphor that quickly penetrates to the heart of the audience --
in this case, the metaphor of fire. Upon hearing this sermon, the entire
audience attains full Awakening (arahatta).
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[SN35.63] Migajala Sutta - To Migajala.
Why is true solitude so hard to
find? The Buddha explains why, no matter where you go, some of your most
annoying companions always seem to be tagging along.
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[SN 35.69] Upasena Sutta-
Upasena.
Ven. Upasena, mortally wounded
by a venomous snake, remains perfectly composed as he utters his dying
words to Ven. Sariputta, and reveals that he has thoroughly freed himself
from any identification with the body.
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[SN 35.82] Loka Sutta -
The World.
The Buddha explains how all things
in the world share one inevitable and unfortunate characteristic. Do you
want to remain bound to a world like this?
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[SN 35.85] Suñña
Sutta - Empty.
The Buddha explains to Ven. Ananda
in what way the world is devoid of anything that can rightly be called
"self".
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[SN 35.88] Punna
Sutta - To Punna.
What would you do with your mind
while you're being beaten and stabbed? In this sutta the Buddha instructs
Punna on abandoning delight in the six senses. The Buddha then quizzes
Punna, to see if his patience and self-control are sufficiently developed
to dwell in Sunaparanta, a place reknowned for its fierce inhabitants.
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[SN 35.99] Samadhi Sutta
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Concentration.
The Buddha recommends concentration
practice as a way to develop discernment of the inconstancy of the six
sense doors.
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[SN 35.101] Na Tumhaka
Sutta - Not Yours.
Do you usually think of "grass"
or "leaves" as being "you"? Of course not. In the same way, the sense of
"self" cannot be found anywhere within the realm of the senses.
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[SN 35.115] Marapasa Sutta
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Mara's Power.
The Buddha explains that once one
completely frees oneself from chasing after sense pleasures, one is then
finally out of reach of Mara, the embodiment of evil.
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[SN35.127] Bharadvaja Sutta - About Bharadvaja.
Ven. Pindola Bharadvaja explains
to a king the various tools one can use to help maintain one's resolve
towards celibacy.
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[SN 35.145] Kamma Sutta
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Action.
The Buddha explains how "old" kamma
(the actions we performed in the past) and "new" kamma (the actions we
perform in the present) are both experienced in the present.
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[SN 35.191] Kotthita Sutta
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To Kotthita.
Ven. Sariputta explains to Ven.
Maha Kotthita that our problem lies neither in the senses themselves nor
in the objects to which the senses cling; rather, suffering comes from
the desire and passion that arises in dependence on both.
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[SN 35.199] Kumma Sutta
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The Turtle.
If we guard the senses wisely,
as a turtle guards against attack by withdrawing into the safety of its
shell, we are safely out of Mara's reach.
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[Sn35.204] Kimsuka Sutta - The Riddle Tree.
The Buddha explains how tranquillity
(samatha)
and insight (vipassana) function together as a "swift pair of messengers"
to guide the meditator onwards to Nibbana.
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[SN35.205] Vina Sutta - The Lute.
The heart of insight (vipassana):
When you take apart a lute in search of its music, what do you find? When
you take apart the five aggregates in search of "self," what do you find?
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[SN 35.206] Chappana
Sutta - The Six Animals.
The Buddha explains how training
one's own mind is like keeping six unruly animals tied together on a leash.
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[SN35.207] Yavakalapi Sutta - The Sheaf of
Barley.
This sutta, if perhaps a bit disjointed,
offers some fine similes to illustrate the mind's tendency to create suffering
for itself.
Sn36.x Vedana - Feeling
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[SN36.1] Samadhi Sutta - Concentration
How an understanding of the nature
of feelings leads to Nibbana.
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[SN36.2] Sukha Sutta - Happiness
How an understanding of the nature
of feelings leads to the ending of passion.
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[Sn36.3] Pahana Sutta - Giving up
True freedom is found by abandoning
the mind's underlying habitual tendencies (anusaya).
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[SN 36.4] Patala Sutta -- The Bottomless Chasm.
The Buddha teaches that by meeting
intense physical pain with mindfulness, we can spare ourselves from falling
headlong into the bottomless pit of anguish and distress.
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[SN36.5] Datthabba Sutta - To Be Known
Behind even the happiest and most
pleasant of feelings lurks a persistent pain that can, with correct practice,
be overcome.
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[SN 36.6] Sallatha Sutta -- The Arrow.
When shot by the arrow of physical
pain, an unwise person makes matters worse by piling mental anguish on
top of it, just as if he had been shot by two arrows. A wise person feels
the sting of one arrow alone.
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[SN 36.7] Gelañña Sutta -- The
Sick Ward (1)
The Buddha visits a sick ward,
and offers advice to the monks on how to approach death with mindfulness.
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[SN 36.8] Gelañña Sutta -- At
the Sick Room (2)
(This sutta is identical to the
previous one, except that it states that the feeling of pleasure, etc.,
is dependent on contact rather than dependent on the body.)
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[SN36.10] Phassamulaka Sutta - Rooted in Sense-impression.
How sense-impression gives rise
to feeling.
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[SN36.11] Rahogata Sutta - Alone
The Buddha explains how the practice
of jhana leads to progressive stages of cessation and stillness. Only when
the defilements are finally extinguished, however, is true peace and stillness
achieved.
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[SN36.12] Akasa Sutta - In the Sky (1)
Feelings rise and fall, like winds
blowing across the skies.
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[SN36.13] Akasa Sutta - In the Sky (2).
[This sutta repeats the prose section
of the preceding sutta, without the verse.]
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[SN36.14] Agara Sutta - The Guest House
Feelings come and go, like house-guests.
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[SN36.15] Santaka Sutta - To Ananda (1)
The Buddha explains to Ven. Ananda
the origin of, danger in, and escape from feeling.
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[SN36.16] Santaka Sutta - To Ananda (2).
In this sutta the Buddha puts to
Ven. Ananda the same questions as in the preceding sutta, and answers them
in the same way.
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[SN36.17] Atthaka Sutta - Eightfold (1).
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[SN36.18] Atthaka Sutta - Eightfold (2).
In these suttas the same questions
and answers found in SN36.15 are repeated
in the case of "many monks."
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[SN36.19] Pañcakanga Sutta - Carpenter
Fivetools.
The Buddha describes the many kinds
of happiness that can be experienced through sustained practice. Which
kind of happiness do you seek? [The text of this sutta is identical
to that of MN 59.]
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[SN36.20] Bhikkhu Sutta - Monks.
This text, addressed to some bhikkhus,
repeats the main part of the preceding sutta, without its introductory
section.
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[SN36.21] Moliyasivaka Sutta - To Sivaka
Are all of one's present experiences
attributable to one's past actions (kamma)? The Buddha explains that those
who so claim are probably not speaking from their direct experience. (Note
that he is not saying that some factors -- e.g., the weather, accidents,
etc. -- operate outside the law of kamma!)
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[SN36.22] Atthasatapariyaya Sutta - One Hundred
Eight Feelings
An enumeration of the 108 kinds
of feeling. (Hint: 3x6x6=108.)
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[SN36.23] Bhikkhu Sutta - To a Monk
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[SN36.24] Pubbe Sutta - Knowledge of the
Past
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[SN36.25] Ñana Sutta - Knowledge
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[SN36.26] Sambahulabhikkhu Sutta - To Sambahula
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[SN36.27] Samanabrahmana Sutta - Contemplatives
and Brahmins (1)
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[SN36.28] Samanabrahmana Sutta - Contemplatives
and Brahmins (2)
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[SN36.29] Samanabrahmana Sutta - Contemplatives
and Brahmins (3)
[These suttas repeat paragraphs
3-4 of SN XXXXVI.15; only the interlocutors differ.]
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[SN36.30] Suddhikavedana Sutta - Purified
of Feeling.
[Contains only an enumeration of
the three kinds of feeling.]
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[SN36.31] Niramisa Sutta - Unworldly
The Buddha describes the various
grades of happiness and freedom -- from the worldly to the transcendent
-- that are available to us all.
SN37.x Matugama - Destinies of women.
SN38.x Jambhukhadaka - Jambhukhadaka the wanderer.
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[SN38.14] Dukkha Sutta - Stress.
Ven. Sariputta describes three
kinds of stress (dukkha) and how they are to be fully comprehended.
SN39.x Samandaka - Samandaka the Wanderer
SN40.x Moggallana - Ven. Moggallana
SN41.x Citta - Citta the Householder
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[SN41.3] Isidatta Sutta - About Isidatta.
What is the origin of self-view?
The touching story of Ven. Isidatta, a wise young forestmonk, who declines
his elders' invitation to become a Dhamma teacher, and instead quietly
slips off into the forest and disappears.
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[SN41.10] Gilana Sutta - Sick (Citta the Householder's
Last Hours).
Citta, on his deathbed, delivers
an inspiring teaching on generosity to his friends, his family, and a gathering
of devas.
SN42.x Gamani - Village Headman
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[SN42.2] Talaputa Sutta - Talaputa the Actor.
Comedians and actors take heed:
making people laugh may not always be a particularly commendable occupation,
as Talaputa learns.
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[SN42.3] Yodhajiva Sutta - To Yodhajiva (The
Warrior).
The Buddha cautions a soldier against
expecting a favorable rebirth because of his battlefield heroics.
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[SN42.6] Paccha-bhumika Sutta - [Brahmins]
of the Western Land.
The Buddha explains how the principles
of kamma and rebirth are as inviolable as the law of gravity. Choose your
actions with care, lest you sink like a stone!
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[SN42.8] Sankha Sutta - The Conch Trumpet.
The Buddha clarifies a crucial
point about kamma: although you can never undo a past misdeed, there are
ways you can mitigate its inevitable harmful results.
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[SN42.11] Gandhabhaka Sutta - To Gandhabhaka.
Why do we experience suffering
and stress? Using simple analogies, the Buddha offers a clear and penetrating
answer.
SN43.x Asankhata - The unfashioned (Nibbana).
SN44.x Avyakata - Not designated.
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[SN 44.10] Ananda Sutta - To Ananda
Why the Buddha did not take a position
on the question of whether or not there is a self.