Collections of Middle Discourses
Collections of 'middle-length' discourses and other related texts.
This chapter is addressed to a diverse range of lay people.
Ten discourses to monks, many of them focusing on matters of discipline.
The Buddha in dialog with ascetics and wanderers.
Various dialogs with kings and princes, many of whom followed the Buddha.
The Buddha engages with the powerful caste of brahmins, contesting their claims to spiritual authority.
