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AN 5.11 - 5.20 Powers

AN 5.11 The five powers of a Realized One. AN 5.12 Of the five powers, wisdom is chief. AN 5.13 The five powers in brief. AN 5.14 The five powers explained in detail. AN 5.15 Where to look for the five powers. AN 5.16 Wisdom is the chief of the five powers. AN 5.17 By practicing but not teaching, one practices for one’s own good. AN 5.18 By teaching but not practicing, one practices for the good of others. AN 5.19 By neither teaching nor practicing, one doesn’t practice for anyone’ g...

AN 5.01 - 5.10 Powers of a Trainee

AN 5.01 Five powers of a trainee. AN 5.02 Five powers of a trainee, explained. AN 5.03 Suffering in this life and the next. AN 5.04 Five qualities determine rebirth. AN 5.05 Reasons to criticize a mendicant who disrobes, or praise one who remains. AN 5.06 Loss of foundational qualities leads to decline. AN 5.07 The Buddha looks after mendicants like a nurse looks after a child until they’ve grown up. AN 5.08 A mendicant with five bad qualities fails in the Dharma. AN 5.09 A disrespec...

AN 4.274 - 4.783 Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed Part 2

Develop insight into stinginess … deceit … deviousness … obstinacy … aggression … conceit … arrogance … vanity … negligence through the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic power. Develop complete understanding,  … finishing … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … giving away … letting go of stinginess etc. through the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic power.

AN 4.274 - 4.783 Abbreviated Texts beginning with Greed Part 1

Develop insight into greed  hate … delusion … anger … hostility … disdain … contempt … jealousy through the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic power. Develop complete understanding,  … finishing … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … giving away … letting go of greed etc. through the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic power.

AN 4.264 - 4.273 Ways of Performing Deeds

4.264 Killing leads to hell, not killing leads to heaven. 4.265 Stealing leads to hell, not stealing leads to heaven. 4.266 Sexual misconduct leads to hell, not committing sexual misconduct leads to heaven. 4.267 Lying leads to hell, truth leads to heaven. 4.268 Divisive speech leads to hell, harmonious speech leads to heaven. 4.269 Harsh speech leads to hell, harsh speech leads to heaven. 4.270 Talking nonsense leads to hell, meaningful speech leads to heaven. 4.271 Covetousness lead...

AN 4.254 - 4.263 Insight

4.254 Things that are to be fully known, given up, developed, and realized through insight. 4.255 Noble and ignoble searches. 4.256 How to gather and sustain a community. 4.257 An old monk asks for advice before his retreat. 4.258 Why families lose wealth. 4.259 How a mendicant is like a fine thoroughbred. 4.260 How a mendicant is like a fine thoroughbred. 4.261 Four spiritual powers 4.262 Things that make you unfit for living secluded in the wilderness. 4.263 Blameworthy and blamel...

AN 4.243 - 4.253 Perils of Offenses

4.243 A bad monk enjoys schism in the Saṅgha. 4.244 A mendicant fears offenses just as someone would fear punishment. 4.245 How training benefits, wisdom oversees, freedom is the heart, and mindfulness is in charge. 4.246 How a corpse, a hedonist, a lion, and a Buddha go to sleep. 4.247 Four people worthy of a pagoda. 4.248 Four things lead to the growth of wisdom. 4.249 Four things helpful for human beings. 4.250 Four kinds of ignoble expression by saying you don’t know what you do k...

AN 4.232 - 4.242 Deeds

4.232-233 Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither. 4.234 A brahmin accuses the Buddha of being an annihilationist. 4.235 Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither, explained with the precepts. 4.236 Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither, explained with the grave violations and the paths of wholesome deeds. 4.237 Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither, explained with the noble eightfold path. 4.238 Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither, explained with the awak...

AN 4.221 - 4.231 Bad Conduct

AN 4.211 -4.220 Assembly

AN 4.211 Good people light up an assembly. AN 4.212 Conduct and view determine rebirth. AN 4.213 Conduct and gratitude determine rebirth. AN 4.214 Precepts determine rebirth. AN 4.215 Initial path factors determine rebirth. AN 4.216 Subsequent path factors determine rebirth. AN 4.217 Truth and untruth determine rebirth. AN 4.218 Truth and untruth determine rebirth. AN 4.219 Faith and other qualities determine rebirth. AN 4.220 Faith and other qualities determine rebirth.

AN 4.201 - 4.210 A Good Person

AN 4.201 A good person keeps precepts—including avoiding alcohol—for themselves, while a better person encourages others as well. AN 4.202 A good person has faith and other good qualities, while a better person encourages others to develop these. AN 4.203 A good person keeps precepts—including avoiding various kinds of wrong speech—for themselves, while a better person encourages others as well. AN 4.204 A good person practices the ten ways of wholesome deeds for themselves, while a bette...

AN 4.198 - 4.200 The Great Chapter Part 3

AN 4.198 Those who torture themselves and others, and those who do not. AN 4.199 The web of craving that wraps around the self. AN 4.200 How love and hate give rise to love and hate; and how one doesn’t fume, ignite, or burn up

AN 4.194 - 4.197 The Great Chapter Part 2

4.194 Making an effort to be pure in morality, mind, view, and freedom. 4.195 A discussion with a Jain on whether someone with purified understanding can experience the results of bad karma in the next life. 4.196 The practice of self-torture doesn’t purify you internally. 4.197 Queen Mallikā asks about the karmic causes of beauty, wealth, and power.

AN 4.191 - 4.193 The Great Chapter part 1

AN 4.191 The benefits in the next life of studying Dharma in this life. AN 4.192 Ways of assessing a person’s morality, integrity, resilience, and wisdom. An 4.193 The Buddha is accused of using magic to convert followers.

AN 4.181 - 4.190 Brahmins

4.181 How a mendicant is like a warrior. 4.182 There are some things no-one can guarantee. 4.183 What we say should never go beyond what we know; but it must also be meanungful. 4.184 Not everyone is afraid to die. 4.185 The Buddha redefines the truths of the brahmins. 4.186 A monk asks a series of questions, which are praised by the Buddha. 4.187 The Buddha explains to Vassakāra how only a good person can judge others. Meanwhile, the followers of Todeyya complain about the King. 4.18...

AN 4.171 - 4.180 Intentions

4.171 Intention and its results. 4.172 Sāriputta realized the four kinds of textual analysis a fortnight after he ordained. 4.173 When the senses end, is there anything left? Or is that just proliferation? 4.174 When the senses end, is there anything left? Or is that just proliferation? 4.175 A “terminator” is someone who has made an end of suffering. But are they defined by knowledge or conduct? 4.176 Leading examples for the four assemblies. 4.177 A teaching to Rāhula, the Buddha’s s...

AN 4.161 - 4.170 Practice

4.161 Painful practice with slow insight, painful practice with swift insight, pleasant practice with slow insight, and pleasant practice with swift insight: in brief. 4.162 Painful practice with slow insight, painful practice with swift insight, pleasant practice with slow insight, and pleasant practice with swift insight: in detail. 4.163 Painful practice with slow insight, painful practice with swift insight, pleasant practice with slow insight, and pleasant practice with swift insight:...

An 4.151 - 4.160 Faculties

4.151 The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, and convergence. 4.152 The powers of faith, energy, mindfulness, and convergence. 4.153 The powers of wisdom, energy, blamelessness, and inclusiveness. 4.154 The powers of mindfulness, convergence, blamelessness, and inclusiveness. 4.155 The powers of reflection, development, blamelessness, and inclusiveness. 4.156 It’s not easy to measure the length of an eon. 4.157 Physical health is easier than mental health. 4.158 Signs of decline...

AN 4.141 - 4.150 Brightness

4.141 The brightness of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom. 4.142 The radiance of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom. 4.143 The lights of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom. 4.144 The shining of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom. 4.145 The lamps of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom. 4.146 A time for listening to the teaching, a time for discussing the teaching, a time for serenity, and a time for discernment. 4.147 A time for listening to the teaching, a time for discussing the teaching, a time for...

AN 4.131 - 4.140 Persons

4.131 People who have given up various fetters. 4.132 Speaking on topic and fluently. 4.133 One who understands immediately, one who understands after detailed explanation, one who needs personal guidance, and one who merely learns by rote. 4.134 Living on the fruit of effort or of past karma. 4.135 The blameworthy, the mostly blameworthy, the slightly blameworthy, and the blameless. 4.136 Fulfilling morality, convergence, and wisdom. 4.137 Valuing morality, convergence, and wisdom. 4...

AN 4.121 - 4.130 Fears

4.121 The fears of guilt, shame, punishment, and rebirth in a bad place. 4.122 The risks of waves, crocodiles, whirlpools, and sharks. 4.123 Length of rebirth in various exalted realms. 4.124 Contemplating jhānas with wisdom. 4.125 Rebirth in Brahmā realms from divine abiding meditations. 4.126 Contemplating divine abiding meditations with wisdom. 4.127 The Buddha illuminates even interstellar space, so that beings reborn there see each other. 4.128 Even in a world full of attachment,...

AN 4.111 - 4.120 With Kesi

4.111 Guiding people like horses: sometimes, strictly, sometimes gently. And sometimes you have to kill them. 4.112 A mendicant is like a king’s thoroughbred. 4.113 A thoroughbred responds when it sees the goad. So does a mendicant. 4.114 A mendicant is like a king’s elephant. 4.115 Things that are pleasant or unpleasant, harmful or beneficial. 4.116 Don’t neglect good conduct. 4.117 Practice in your own way. 4.118 Four inspiring places to visit. 4.119 The perils of birth, old age, s...

AN 4.101 - 4.110 Gods of the Clouds

4.101 - 102 Four people similar to clouds. 4.103 Four people similar to pots. 4.104 Four people similar to ponds. 4.105 Four people similar to mangoes. 4.107 Four people similar to mice. 4.108 Four people similar to oxen. 4.109 Four people similar to trees. 4.110 Four people similar to vipers.

AN 4.91 - 4.100 Demons

4.91 Demons and gods. 4.92 Serenity and discernment. 4.93 Serenity and discernment should be developed. 4.94 To develop serenity and discernment, you should ask experienced practitioners. 4.95-99 Practice to help yourself and others. 4.100 Which is better: appropriate praise and criticism, or equanimity?

AN 4.81 - 4.90 Confirmed

4.81 Precepts lead to heaven or hell. 4.82 Wrong or right speech leads to heaven or hell. 4.83 Criticizing and praising leads to heaven or hell. 4.84 Valuing defilements above the Dharma leads to hell. 4.85 The dark bound for darkness, the dark bound for light, the light bound for darkness, and the light bound for light. 4.86 One sunk low who sinks lower, one sunk low who rises high, one risen high who sinks low, and one risen high who rises higher. 4.87 - 4.90 The confirmed ascetic, t...

AN 4.71 - 4.80 Guaranteed

4.71 Unfailing practices: morality, learning, energy, and wisdom. 4.72 Unfailing practices: thoughts of renunciation, good will, and kindness; and right view. 4.73 Speaking well and ill of others. 4.74 The best morality, convergence, wisdom, and freedom. 4.75 The best form, feeling, perception, and state of existence. 4.76 As he lay dying, the Buddha encouraged his disciples to ask any last questions. 4.77 If you try to think about these things you will go mad or get frustrated. 4.78 ...

AN 4.61 - 4.70 Deeds of Substance

4.61 Four things that are desirable, but hard to get; and how to get them through deeds of substance. 4.62 The happiness of ownership, using wealth, debtlessness, and blamelessness. 4.63 A family where the children honor their parents in their home is said to live with Brahmā. 4.64 Breaking precepts leads to hell. 4.65 Estimating others based on appearance, voice, austerity, and principle. 4.66 The greedy, the hateful, the delusional, and the conceited. 4.67 Spreading loving-kindness t...

AN 4.51 - 4.60 Overflowing Merit

4.51 When a mendicant meditates using an offering, merit overflows for the donor. 4.52 When a mendicant has confidence and morality, merit overflows for the donor. 4.53- 4.54 Living with gods and zombies. 4.55 - 4.56 How a married couple can stay together in this life and the next. 4.57 - 4.59 Long life, beauty, happiness, and strength. 4.60 A lay disciple serves the mendicant Saṅgha with robes, alms-food, lodgings, and medicines.

AN 4.41 - 4.50 With Rohitassa

4.41 Developing convergence for pleasure, understanding, mindfulness, and ending defilements. 4.42 Answering questions definitively, analytically, with a counter-question, or setting it aside. 4.43 Valuing anger, or denigration, or material possessions, or honor, or valuing the true teaching. 4.44 Valuing anger, or denigration, or material possessions, or honor, or valuing the true teaching. 4.45 The god Rohitassa tells how he tried to go to the end of the world. 4.46 The Buddha relates...

AN 4.31 - 4.40 Situations

4.31 Living in a suitable region, relying on good people, right determination, and past good karma. 4.32 Inclusiveness through giving, kind speech, taking care, and impartiality. 4.33 A lion’s roar terrifies beasts. The Buddha’s teaching terrifies the gods. 4.34 Confidence in the Buddha, the path, the Dharma, and the Saṅgha are the best kinds of confidence. 4.35 A great man as understood by brahmins and by the Buddha. 4.36 The brahmin Doṇa is filled with wonder when he sees the Buddha’s...

AN 4.21 - 4.30 At Uruvela

4.21 Who should the Buddha revere? 4.22 What qualifies you as a senior. 4.23 Why the Buddha is called the Realized One. 4.24 The Buddha knows what can be known, and remains poised in the midst of the world. 4.25 This spiritual life is lived for the sake of restraint, giving up, fading away, and stopping. 4.26 Mendicants who are deceivers, stubborn, flatterers, frauds, insolent, and scattered: they are no mendicants of the Buddha. 4.27 A mendicant should be content with trifles that are...

AN 4.11 - 4.20 Walking

AN 4.01 - 4.10 At Bhanda Village

AN 3.183 - 3.352 Abbreviated texts beginning with Greed

AN 3.163 - 3.182 Ways of Performing Deeds

AN 3.156 - 3.162 Practice

AN 3.146 - 3.155 Good Fortune

AN 3.133 - 3.145 A Warrior

AN 3.123 - 3.132 Kusinara

AN 3.113 - 3.122 Bound for Loss

AN 3.103 - 3.112 Awakening

AN 3.92 - 3.102 A Lump of Salt

AN 3.81 - 3.91 Ascetics

AN 3.71 - 3.80 With Ananda

AN 3.61 - 3.70 The Great Chapter

AN 3.51 - 3.60 Brahmins

AN 3.41 - 3.50 A Short Chapter

AN 3.31 - 3.40 Messengers of the Gods

AN 3.21 - 3.30 Persons

AN 3.11 - 3.20 The Chariot Maker