Aṅguttara Nikāya 3. Tika-Nipāta 2. Rathakāravaggo 1. Ñāta Sutta — well-known 11. Bhikkhus, on account of 3 things the well-known Bhikkhu follows the method of detriment, destruction and unpleasantness of many gods and men. What 3? Arousing crooked bodily and verbal actions and crooked thoughts. Bhikkhus, the well-known Bhikkhu endowed with these 3 things follows the method for the detriment

Aṅguttara Nikāya I 3. Tika Nipāta 3. Puggalavaggo 1. Saviṭṭha Sutta –– Venerable Saviṭṭha 21. At one time the Blessed One was living in the monastery offered by Anāthapiṇḍika in Jeta’s grove in Sāvatthi . Then venerable Saviṭṭha and venerable Mahākoṭṭhita approached venerable Sāriputta , exchanged friendly greetings and sat on a side. Then venerable Sāriputta said to venerable Saviṭṭha

Aṅguttara Nikāya 3. Tika Nipāta 4. Devadūta vagga 1. Sabrahmaka Sutta –– With Brahma 31. Bhikkhus, those families in which the mother and father are worshipped by the children at home are with Brahma. Bhikkhus, they are the first instructions in the families, when the mother and father are worshipped by the children. Bhikkhus, those families in which the mother

Aṅguttara Nikāya I 3. Tika Nipāta 5. Cūḷavaggo 1. Sammukhībhāva Sutta –– Confrontations 41. Bhikkhus, the son of a clansman who has faith accrues much merit with the confrontation of 3 things. What 3? When the clansman with faith is confronted with faith, he accrues much merit. When the clansman with faith is confronted with something to give, he accrues

Aṅguttara Nikāya 3. Tika Nipāta 6. Brahmāṇa vagga 1. Paṭhamadvebrāhmaṇa Sutta 52. Then two aged Brahmins decayed and had lived up to a hundred and twenty years approached the Blessed One, sat on a side and said thus to the Blessed One. Good Gotama , we are aged Brahmins decayed we have lived up to a hundred and twenty years,

Aṅguttara Nikāya 3. Tika Nipāta 7. Mahāvagga 1. Titthāyatanādi Sutta –– Fording places 62. Bhikkhus, these 3 are the fording places, at which cross questioned, asked for reasons and discussed together by the wise, those of other sects cross over and become steady in non-action. What 3? There are some recluses and Brahmins of the view, whatever this person experiences,

Aṅguttara Nikāya 3. Tika Nipāta 8. Ānandavaggo 1. Channa Sutta –– To Channa 72. The happened in Sāvatthi: Then the wandering ascetic Channa approached venerable Ānanda , exchanged friendly greetings, sat on a side and said: Friend, Ānanda , you appoint the dispelling of greed, dispelling of hate and the dispelling of delusion. We too appoint the dispelling of greed,

Aṅguttara Nikāya 3. Tika Nipāta 9. Samaṇavaggo Recluses 1. Samaṇa Sutta –– Recluses 82. Bhikkhus, these 3 are the activities of a recluse. What 3? Training in higher virtues, training the mind to a higher degree and training for the higher wisdom. Bhikkhus, these 3 are the activities of a recluse. Therefore Bhikkhus, you should train thus: Our interest will

Aṅguttara Nikāya 3. Tika Nipāta 10. Loṇakapallavaggo 1. Accāyika Sutta –– Pressing work 93. Bhikkhus, these 3 are pressing work for the cultivating householder. What 3? Here Bhikkhus, the cultivating householder prepares the field quickly, furrows it quickly, embeds the seeds and quickly leads water in and out. Bhikkhus, he has to do these 3 things quickly. Bhikkhus, to the