Aṅguttara Nikāya — The Numerical Discourses – page 5
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AN 4.192: Facts
Ways of assessing a person’s morality, integrity, resilience, and wisdom.
AN 4.193: With Bhaddiya
The Buddha is accused of using magic to convert followers.
AN 4.194: At Sāpūga
Making an effort to be pure in morality, mind, view, and freedom.
AN 4.195: With Vappa
A discussion with a Jain on whether someone with purified understanding can experience the results of bad karma in the next life.
AN 4.196: With Sāḷha
The practice of self-torture doesn’t purify you internally.
AN 4.197: Queen Mallikā
Queen Mallikā asks about the karmic causes of beauty, wealth, and power.
AN 4.198: Fervent Mortification of Oneself
Those who torture themselves and others, and those who do not.
AN 4.199: Craving, the Weaver
The web of craving that wraps around the self.
AN 4.200: Fondness
How love and hate give rise to love and hate; and how one doesn’t fume, ignite, or burn up.
AN 4.201: Training Rules
A good person keeps precepts—including avoiding alcohol—for themselves, while a better person encourages others as well.
AN 4.202: Faithless
A good person has faith and other good qualities, while a better person encourages others to develop these.
AN 4.203: Seven Kinds of Deeds
A good person keeps precepts—including avoiding various kinds of wrong speech—for themselves, while a better person encourages others as well.
AN 4.204: Ten Kinds of Deeds
A good person practices the ten ways of wholesome deeds for themselves, while a better person encourages others as well.
AN 4.205: Eightfold
A good person practices the eightfold path for themselves, while a better person encourages others as well.
AN 4.206: The Path with Ten Factors
A good person practices the tenfold path for themselves, while a better person encourages others as well.
AN 4.207: Bad Character (1st)
It’s good to practice the ten ways of wholesome deeds and to encourage others.
AN 4.208: Bad Character (2nd)
It’s good to practice the tenfold path and to encourage others.
AN 4.209: Bad Character (3rd)
It’s good character to practice the ten ways of wholesome deeds and to encourage others.
AN 4.210: Bad Character (4th)
It’s good character to practice the tenfold path and to encourage others.
AN 4.211: Assembly
Good people light up an assembly.
AN 4.212: View
Conduct and view determine rebirth.
AN 4.213: Ungrateful
Conduct and gratitude determine rebirth.
AN 4.214: Killing Living Creatures
Precepts determine rebirth.
AN 4.215: Path (1st)
Initial path factors determine rebirth.
AN 4.216: Path (2nd)
Subsequent path factors determine rebirth.
AN 4.217: Kinds of Expression (1st)
Truth and untruth determine rebirth.
AN 4.218: Kinds of Expression (2nd)
Truth and untruth determine rebirth.
AN 4.219: Lack of Conscience
Faith and other qualities determine rebirth.
AN 4.220: Unethical
Faith and other qualities determine rebirth.
AN 4.221: Verbal Conduct
Good speech and bad speech.
AN 4.222: View
Things that keep you spiritually healthy, including view.
AN 4.223: Ungrateful
Things that keep you spiritually healthy, including gratitude.
AN 4.224: Killing Living Creatures
AN 4.225: Path (1st)
AN 4.226: Path (2nd)
AN 4.227: Kinds of Expression (1st)
AN 4.228: Kinds of Expression (2nd)
AN 4.229: Lack of Conscience
AN 4.230: Witless
AN 4.231: Poets
Four kinds of poets.
AN 4.232: Deeds In Brief
Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither.
AN 4.233: Deeds in Detail
Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither.
AN 4.234: About Soṇakāyana
A brahmin accuses the Buddha of being an annihilationist.
AN 4.235: Training Rules (1st)
Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither, explained with the precepts.
AN 4.236: Training Rules (2nd)
Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither, explained with the grave violations and the paths of wholesome deeds.
AN 4.237: The Noble Path
Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither, explained with the noble eightfold path.
AN 4.238: Awakening Factors
Karma that’s dark, bright, both, and neither, explained with the awakening factors.
AN 4.239: Blameworthy
Blameworthy or blameless deeds and view determine rebirth.
AN 4.240: Pleasing
Hurtful or pleasing deeds and view determine rebirth.
AN 4.241: Ascetics
Four kinds of ascetics found only in the Buddha’s teaching.
AN 4.242: Benefits of Relying on a True Person
Relying on a good person brings four benefits.
AN 4.243: Schism in the Saṅgha
A bad monk enjoys schism in the Saṅgha.
AN 4.244: Perils of Offenses
A mendicant fears offenses just as someone would fear punishment.
AN 4.245: The Benefits of Training
How training benefits, wisdom oversees, freedom is the heart, and mindfulness is in charge.
AN 4.246: Lying Postures
How a corpse, a hedonist, a lion, and a Buddha go to sleep.
AN 4.247: Worthy of a Monument
Four people worthy of a pagoda.
AN 4.248: The Growth of Wisdom
Four things lead to the growth of wisdom.
AN 4.249: Very Helpful
Four things helpful for human beings.
AN 4.250: Expressions (1st)
Four kinds of ignoble expression by saying you don’t know what you do know.
AN 4.251: Expressions (2nd)
Four kinds of noble expression by saying you don’t know what you don’t know.
AN 4.252: Expressions (3rd)
Four kinds of ignoble expression by saying you do know what you don’t know.
AN 4.253: Expressions (4th)
Four kinds of noble expression by saying you do know what you do know.
AN 4.254: Insight
Things that are to be fully known, given up, developed, and realized through insight.
AN 4.255: Searches
Noble and ignoble searches.
AN 4.256: Ways of Being Inclusive
How to gather and sustain a community.
AN 4.257: With Māluṅkyaputta
An old monk asks for advice before his retreat.
AN 4.258: Families
Why families lose wealth.
AN 4.259: A Thoroughbred (1st)
How a mendicant is like a fine thoroughbred.
AN 4.260: A Thoroughbred (2nd)
How a mendicant is like a fine thoroughbred.
AN 4.261: Powers
Four spiritual powers.
AN 4.262: Wilderness
Things that make you unfit for living secluded in the wilderness.
AN 4.263: Deeds
Blameworthy and blameless deeds.
AN 4.264: Killing Living Creatures
Killing leads to hell, not killing leads to heaven.
AN 4.265: Stealing
Stealing leads to hell, not stealing leads to heaven.
AN 4.266: Misconduct
Sexual misconduct leads to hell, not committing sexual misconduct leads to heaven.
AN 4.267: Lying
Lying leads to hell, truth leads to heaven.
AN 4.268: Divisive Speech
Divisive speech leads to hell, harmonious speech leads to heaven.
AN 4.269: Harsh Speech
Harsh speech leads to hell, kind speech leads to heaven.
AN 4.270: Talking Nonsense
Talking nonsense leads to hell, meaningful speech leads to heaven.
AN 4.271: Covetousness
Covetousness leads to hell, contentment leads to heaven.
AN 4.272: Ill Will
Ill will leads to hell, love leads to heaven.
AN 4.273: Wrong View
Wrong view leads to hell, right view leads to heaven.
AN 4.274: Mindfulness Meditation
Develop insight into greed through the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
AN 4.275: Right Efforts
Develop insight into greed through the four right efforts.
AN 4.276: Bases of Psychic Power
Develop insight into greed through the four bases of psychic power.
AN 4.277–303: Complete Understanding, Etc.
Develop complete understanding, etc., of greed.
AN 4.304–783: Insight into Hate, Etc.
Develop complete understanding, etc., of hate, etc.
AN 5.1: In Brief
Five powers of a trainee.
AN 5.2: In Detail
Five powers of a trainee, explained.
AN 5.3: Suffering
Suffering in this life and the next.
AN 5.4: Cast Down
Five qualities determine rebirth.
AN 5.5: Disrobing
Reasons to criticize a mendicant who disrobes, or praise one who remains.
AN 5.6: Becoming
Loss of foundational qualities leads to decline.
AN 5.7: Sensual Pleasures
The Buddha looks after mendicants like a nurse looks after a child until they’ve grown up.
AN 5.8: Failure
A mendicant with five bad qualities fails in the Dharma.
AN 5.9: Disrespect (1st)
A disrespectful mendicant with five bad qualities fails in the Dharma.
AN 5.10: Disrespect (2nd)
A mendicant with five bad qualities can’t grow in the Dharma.
AN 5.11: Not Learned From Anyone Else
The five powers of a Realized One.
AN 5.12: Peak
Of the five powers, wisdom is chief.
AN 5.13: In Brief
The five powers in brief.