Tradition
Buddhist
A tradition originating with the teaching of the Buddha in northern India and preserved in several textual collections. The discourses gathered here come from the Pali canon, recorded as talks given to particular people in particular circumstances.
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Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.65, “With the Kālāmas”"There are, sir, some ascetics and brahmins who come to Kesamutta. They explain and promote only their own doctrine, while they attack, badmouth, disparage, and smear the doctrines…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.48, “Things That Cannot Be Had”"Mendicants, there are five things that cannot be had by any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or by anyone in the world. What five? That someone liable to old age shou…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Dhammapada 3–6"They abused me, they hit me! They beat me, they robbed me!" For those who bear such a grudge, hatred is never laid to rest. "They abused me, they hit me! They beat me, they robbed…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Majjhima Nikāya 118, “Mindfulness of Breathing”It's when a mendicant—gone to a wilderness, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty hut—sits down cross-legged, sets their body straight, and brings mindfulness to the present. Ju…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Majjhima Nikāya 63, the simile of the arrowSuppose a man was struck by an arrow thickly smeared with poison. His friends and colleagues, relatives and kin would get a surgeon to treat him. But the man would say: ‘I won’t ex…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Saṁyutta Nikāya 15.3, “Tears”"Mendicants, this transmigration has no known beginning. No first point is found of sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving. What…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Saṁyutta Nikāya 36.6, “An Arrow”"Mendicants, an unlearned ordinary person feels pleasant, painful, and neutral feelings. A learned noble disciple also feels pleasant, painful, and neutral feelings. What, then, is…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.13, “With Cunda”"Sir, this novice Cunda says that Venerable Sāriputta has become fully quenched. This is his bowl and robe. Since I heard this, my body feels like it's drugged. I'm disorientated,…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Sutta Nipāta 1.8, “The Discourse on Love”Let them be capable and upright, very upright, easy to speak to, gentle and humble; content and unburdensome, unbusied, living lightly, alert, with senses calmed, courteous, not fa…