Collections of Numbered Discourses
Collections of 'numbered' or 'numerical' discourses and other related texts.
Ancient traditions of the brahmins that are these days only seen among dogs.
The brahmin Doṇa accuses the Buddha of not respecting brahmins, so the Buddha responds by analyzing the different kinds of brahmin.
Saṅgārava the brahmin asks why memorized hymns are sometimes clear to the mind and sometimes not. The Buddha answers with the five hindrances.
The brahmins Kāraṇapālī and Piṅgiyānī extol the good qualities of the Buddha.
During a visit by the Licchavis, the brahmin Piṅgiyānī utters a verse in praise of the Buddha.
Before his awakening, the bodhisatta had five great dreams that foretold profound aspects of his awakening and dispensation.
Weather forecasters remain ignorant of these five obstacles to rain.
Five factors of good speech.
When a renunciate visits a family, they make merit on five bases.
Five kinds of escape, showing how different aspects of suffering are escaped by different practices.
