The Chapter on the Ceremony of Descent

Collections of Numbered Discourses

Collections of 'numbered' or 'numerical' discourses and other related texts.

Paṭhamaadhammasutta

AN 10.113
Bad Principles (1st)

One should understand what is the teaching and what is contrary to the teaching, in brief.

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Dutiyaadhammasutta

AN 10.114
Bad Principles (2nd)

One should understand what is the teaching and what is contrary to the teaching, in detail.

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Tatiyaadhammasutta

AN 10.115
Bad Principles (3rd)

One should understand what is the teaching and what is contrary to the teaching. After hearing this in brief from the Buddha, the mendicants seek a detailed answer from Ānanda.

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Ajitasutta

AN 10.116
With Ajita

The wanderer Ajita informs the Buddha that a philosopher has proposed 500 cases for knowing that and argument has been won or lost. The Buddha asks the mendicants about these.

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Saṅgāravasutta

AN 10.117
With Saṅgārava

The wrong path is the near shore where most people dwell; the right path is the far shore, where few have crossed over.

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Orimatīrasutta

AN 10.118
The Near Shore

The wrong path is the near shore where most people dwell; the right path is the far shore, where few have crossed over.

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Paṭhamapaccorohaṇīsutta

AN 10.119
The Ceremony of Descent (1st)

The Buddha sees Jāṇussoṇī observing the brahmanical ceremony of “descent”. The Buddha teaches his revised version.

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Dutiyapaccorohaṇīsutta

AN 10.120
The Ceremony of Descent (2nd)

The Buddha teaches his revised version of the brahmanical ceremony of “descent” to the mendicants.

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Pubbaṅgamasutta

AN 10.121
Forerunner

As the dawn is the forerunner of the sunrise, right view is the forerunner of the path.

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Āsavakkhayasutta

AN 10.122
The Ending of Defilements

The ten path factors lead to the end of the defilements.

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