Majjhima Nikāya|
Middle Length Discourses of Buddha

Majjhima Nikāya Sutta 105 105. Sunakkhatta Sutta: To Sunakkhatta This discourse gives guidance on how to judge whether another person’s claim to enlightenment might be true or false. It ends with a warning: Anyone who claims enlightenment as license for unrestrained behaviour is like someone who (1) has undergone surgery but does not follow doctor’s orders for healing the wound;

Majjhima Nikāya Sutta 102 102. Pañcattaya Sutta: The Five and Three I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. There he addressed the monks, “Monks!” “Yes, lord,” the monks responded to him. The Blessed One said: “Monks, there are some contemplatives & Brahmans who theorize about the future state,

Majjhima Nikāya Sutta 101 101. Devadaha Sutta: At Devadaha I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying among the Sakyans. Now the Sakyans have a city named Devadaha, and there the Blessed One addressed the monks: “Monks!” “Yes, lord,” the monks responded to him. The Blessed One said, “Monks, there are some contemplatives & Brahmans who

Majjhima Nikāya Sutta 97 97. Dhanañjānī Sutta: To Dhanañjānī I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Forest, the Squirrels’ Sanctuary. Now, on that occasion Ven. Sāriputta was wandering in the Southern Mountains with a large Sangha of monks. Then a certain monk who had spent the Rains in Rājagaha went

Majjhima Nikāya Sutta 95 95. Caṅkī Sutta: With Caṅkī ... Now at that time the Blessed One was sitting & exchanging courtesies & conversation with some very senior Brahmans. It so happened that a Brahman student named Kāpāṭika was seated in the assembly: young, shaven-headed, sixteen years old, a master of the Three Vedas with their vocabularies, liturgy, phonology, &

Majjhima Nikāya Sutta 111 111. Anupada Sutta: One by One As They Occurred I have heard that at on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. There he addressed the monks, saying, “Monks!” “Yes, lord,” the monks responded to him. The Blessed One said, “Monks, Sāriputta is wise, of great discernment, deep discernment,

Majjhima Nikāya Sutta 110 110. Cūḷapuṇṇama Sutta: The Shorter Discourse on the Full-moon Night I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī in the Eastern Monastery, the palace of Migāra’s mother. And on that occasion - the uposatha of the fifteenth, the night of a very full moon - he was sitting out in

Majjhima Nikāya Sutta 109 109. Mahāpuṇṇama Sutta: The Greater Discourse on the Full-moon Night This sutta provides a thorough discussion of issues related to the five aggregates. Toward the end of the discussion, a monk thinks that he has found a loophole in the teaching. The way the Buddha handles this incident shows the proper use of the teachings on

Majjhima Nikāya Sutta 108 108. Gopaka Moggallāna Sutta: With Gopaka Moggallāna This discourse presents a picture of life in the early Buddhist community shortly after the Buddha’s passing away. On the one hand, it shows the relationship between the monastic community and the political powers that be: the monks are polite and courteous to political functionaries, but the existence of

Majjhima Nikāya Sutta 106 106. Āneñjasappāya Sutta: The Way to the Imperturbable I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying in the Kuru country. Now there is a town of the Kurus called Kammāsadhamma. There the Blessed One addressed the monks, “Monks!” “Yes, lord,” the monks responded to him. The Blessed One said: “Monks, sensuality is

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