Sañcetaniyavagga

Collections of Numbered Discourses

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

Cetanāsutta

AN 4.171
Intention

Intention and its results.

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Vibhattisutta

AN 4.172
Sāriputta’s Attainment of Textual Analysis

Sāriputta realized the four kinds of textual analysis a fortnight after he ordained.

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Mahākoṭṭhikasutta

AN 4.173
With Mahākoṭṭhita

When the senses end, is there anything left? Or is that just proliferation?

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Ānandasutta

AN 4.174
With Ānanda

When the senses end, is there anything left? Or is that just proliferation?

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Upavāṇasutta

AN 4.175
With Upavāṇa

A “terminator” is someone who has made an end of suffering. But are they defined by knowledge or conduct?

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Āyācanasutta

AN 4.176
Aspiration

Leading examples for the four assemblies.

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Rāhulasutta

AN 4.177
With Rāhula

A teaching to Rāhula, the Buddha’s son, on the four elements.

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Jambālīsutta

AN 4.178
Billabong

Meditative attainments don’t always lead to letting go of the attachment to self.

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Nibbānasutta

AN 4.179
Extinguishment

Why only some people realize Nirvana in this life.

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Mahāpadesasutta

AN 4.180
The Four Great References

How to determine what is an authentic teaching of the Buddha.

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