Collections of 'numbered' or 'numerical' discourses and other related texts.
Paṭhamasaddhāsutta
AN 8.71
Inspiring All Around (1st)
Beginning with faith, a mendicant completes all good qualities that fulfill liberation.
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Dutiyasaddhāsutta
AN 8.72
Inspiring All Around (2nd)
Beginning with faith, a mendicant completes all good qualities that fulfill liberation.
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Paṭhamamaraṇassatisutta
AN 8.73
Mindfulness of Death (1st)
Various mendicants practice mindfulness of death, but do so inadequately. The Buddha explains how to do so with proper urgency,
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Dutiyamaraṇassatisutta
AN 8.74
Mindfulness of Death (2nd)
A mendicant should reflect each night on the dangers that lie around them, and practice mindfulness of death with urgency to give up the unwholesome.
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Paṭhamasampadāsutta
AN 8.75
Accomplishments (1st)
Eight accomplishments, both worldly and spiritual.
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Dutiyasampadāsutta
AN 8.76
Accomplishments (2nd)
Eight accomplishments, both worldly and spiritual, in detail.
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Icchāsutta
AN 8.77
Desires
Sāriputta describes eight cases where a mendicant has a desire for material things. Sometimes they fall under the sway of that desire, but sometimes they rise above it.
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Alaṁsutta
AN 8.78
Good Enough
Eight sets of qualities pertain to benefiting oneself and others, explained by Sāriputta.
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Parihānasutta
AN 8.79
Decline
Eight conditions for the decline or success of a trainee mendicant.
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Kusītārambhavatthusutta
AN 8.80
Grounds for Laziness and Arousing Energy
Eight grounds for laziness, and the corresponding eight grounds for energy.
