Collections of 'numbered' or 'numerical' discourses and other related texts.
Paṭhamacakkānuvattanasutta
AN 5.131
Wielding Power (1st)
Five qualities by which a wheel-turning monarch rules justly, and five corresponding qualities by which the Buddha rolls the Wheel of Dhamma.
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Dutiyacakkānuvattanasutta
AN 5.132
Wielding Power (2nd)
Five qualities by which a wheel-turning monarch’s son rules justly, and five corresponding qualities by which Sāriputta keeps rolling the Wheel of Dhamma.
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Dhammarājāsutta
AN 5.133
A Principled King
Even a wheel-turning monarch has a king, as does the Buddha.
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Yassaṁdisaṁsutta
AN 5.134
In Whatever Region
A wheel-turning monarch always lives in his own realm, and so does a mendicant whose mind is freed.
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Paṭhamapatthanāsutta
AN 5.135
Aspiration (1st)
A wheel-turning monarch’s son aspires to kingship, as a mendicant aspires to awakening.
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Dutiyapatthanāsutta
AN 5.136
Aspiration (2nd)
A wheel-turning monarch’s son aspires to be a viceroy, as a mendicant aspires to awakening.
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Appaṁsupatisutta
AN 5.137
Little Sleep
Five people who sleep little.
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Bhattādakasutta
AN 5.138
Eating Food
Even a clumsy royal elephant is considered to be a royal elephant, and so too even a clumsy mendicant is still a mendicant.
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Akkhamasutta
AN 5.139
Cannot Endure
A royal elephant who can’t endure sense impacts is unfit, and so too a mendicant.
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Sotasutta
AN 5.140
A Listener
A royal elephant with five factors is fit, and so too a mendicant.
