Aṅguttara Nikāya — The Numerical Discourses – page 6
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AN 5.14: In Detail
The five powers explained in detail.
AN 5.15: Should Be Seen
Where to look for the five powers.
AN 5.16: The Peak, Again
Wisdom is the chief of the five powers.
AN 5.17: One’s Own Welfare
By practicing but not teaching, one practices for one’s own good.
AN 5.18: Welfare of Others (2nd)
By teaching but not practicing, one practices for the good of others.
AN 5.19: The Welfare of Neither
By neither teaching nor practicing, one doesn’t practice for anyone’ good.
AN 5.20: The Welfare of Both
By both teaching and practicing, one practice for everyone’s good.
AN 5.21: Disrespect (1st)
If your basic practice is not there, you can’t go higher.
AN 5.22: Disrespect (2nd)
If your basic practice is not there, you can’t go higher.
AN 5.23: Corruptions
The hindrances are like the corruptions in gold.
AN 5.24: Unethical
Dharmas starting with morality naturally evolve to freedom.
AN 5.25: Supported
Right view leads to freedom when supported by five factors.
AN 5.26: Opportunities for Freedom
Occasions when one can experience liberation.
AN 5.27: Immersion
Develop measureless convergence of mind and five knowledges intuitively arise.
AN 5.28: With Five Factors
Five kinds of noble right convergence, including similes.
AN 5.29: Walking Meditation
The benefits of walking meditation.
AN 5.30: With Nāgita
The Buddha tells Venerable Nāgita how he dislikes noisy crowds, and wishes never to become famous.
AN 5.31: With Sumanā
Princess Sumanā asks the Buddha about the karmic results of generosity, when other qualities are equal.
AN 5.32: With Cundī
Princess Cundī asks the Buddha about the best kind of confidence.
AN 5.33: With Uggaha
Uggaha invites the Buddha for a meal, and asks him to advise his daughters, who about about to be married.
AN 5.34: With General Sīha
The Buddha teaches General Sīha the benefits which he can see for himself in this life, and those in the next life, which he must take on faith.
AN 5.35: The Benefits of Giving
Five benefits of generosity for lay people.
AN 5.36: Timely Gifts
Gifts at the right time, in a appropriate way. The verses are the classic <i lang='pi' translate='no'>kāladāna</i> blessing.
AN 5.37: Food
Give and you shall receive. The verses are a classic blessing, beginning with <i lang='pi' translate='no'>Āyudo balado dhīro</i>.
AN 5.38: Faith
When someone is a donor, they reap the benefits of association with the Saṅgha.
AN 5.39: A Child
Reasons why parents want to have children.
AN 5.40: Great Sal Trees
How a virtuous family head is like a great tree in the mountains.
AN 5.41: Getting Rich
The legitimate purposes of wealth.
AN 5.42: A True Person
A good person brings many blessings to their family.
AN 5.43: Likable
You don’t get good things by praying for them, but by how you live.
AN 5.44: Agreeable
If you give the best, you get the best.
AN 5.45: Overflowing Merit
When offerings are used for deep meditation, the merit multiplies enormously.
AN 5.46: Success
Kinds of spiritual success, in brief.
AN 5.47: Wealth
Kinds of spiritual wealth, in detail.
AN 5.48: Things That Cannot Be Had
A wise person reflects on their nature, so they do not suffer when struck by loss.
AN 5.49: The King of Kosala
When King Pasenadi learns of the death of his beloved Queen Mallikā, the Buddha consoles him.
AN 5.50: With Nārada
Depressed by the death of Queen Bhaddā, King Muṇḍa of Rājagaha neglects his duties, and broods by the side of his beloved’s corpse. Venerable Nārada eases his grief.
AN 5.51: Obstacles
The five hindrances weaken wisdom like side-channels weaken a river’s flow.
AN 5.52: A Heap of the Unskillful
The five hindrances are entirely unwholesome.
AN 5.53: Factors That Support Meditation
Conditions that help meditation progress smoothly.
AN 5.54: Times Good for Meditation
Times that are supportive for meditation practice.
AN 5.55: Mother and Son
A mother and son, though ordained as monk and nun, have sexual relations. The Buddha launches a powerful attack on the dangers of sex.
AN 5.56: Mentor
A monk, dissatisfied with monastic life, seeks support from his mentor.
AN 5.57: Subjects for Regular Reviewing
Topics that are worthy regularly reflecting on, whether as a lay person or renunciant.
AN 5.58: The Licchavi Youths
When some wild young men show deep respect for the Buddha, a family elder is astonished.
AN 5.59: Gone Forth When Old (1st)
Things that are hard to find in someone who has gone forth when old.
AN 5.60: Gone Forth When Old (2nd)
Things that are hard to find in someone who has gone forth when old.
AN 5.61: Perceptions (1st)
Five meditations are very beneficial.
AN 5.62: Perceptions (2nd)
Five meditations lead to the deathless.
AN 5.63: Growth (1st)
Noble growth for a male disciple.
AN 5.64: Growth (2nd)
Noble growth for a female disciple.
AN 5.65: Discussion
Qualifications for taking part in a discussion on Dharma.
AN 5.66: Sharing Life
Qualifications for sharing Dharma.
AN 5.67: Bases of Psychic Power (1st)
The four bases of psychic power, together with energy, lead to awakening.
AN 5.68: Bases of Psychic Power (2nd)
The Buddha developed the bases for psychic power, which lead to his awakening.
AN 5.69: Disillusionment
Five meditations that lead to disillusionment with the world.
AN 5.70: The Ending of Defilements
Five meditations that lead to the end of defilements.
AN 5.71: Freedom of Heart is the Fruit (1st)
Five meditations lead to freedom. The Buddha supplies five similes, which subtly illustrate five aspects of awakening.
AN 5.72: Freedom of Heart is the Fruit (2nd)
Five meditations lead to freedom. The Buddha supplies five similes, which subtly illustrate five aspects of awakening.
AN 5.73: One Who Lives by the Teaching (1st)
The difference between someone who merely studies the letter of the Dharma, and someone who truly lives by it.
AN 5.74: One Who Lives by the Teaching (2nd)
The difference between someone who merely studies the letter of the Dharma, and someone who truly lives by it.
AN 5.75: Warriors (1st)
Some warriors, like some monks, falter before the threat of battle, while others emerge victorious.
AN 5.76: Warriors (2nd)
Some warriors, like some monks, are killed or injured in battle, while others emerge victorious.
AN 5.77: Future Perils (1st)
The dangers of living in a wilderness among wild beasts and so on.
AN 5.78: Future Perils (2nd)
The uncertainties of life may prevent your practice.
AN 5.79: Future Perils (3rd)
When the teachers and leaders of the Saṅgha are not well practiced, their weakness will be passed down the generations.
AN 5.80: Future Perils (4th)
The Saṅgha may forsake the simple life and indulge in luxuries.
AN 5.81: Desirable
Senior mendicants with strong defilements are disliked.
AN 5.82: Free of Greed
Senior mendicants with strong defilements are disliked.
AN 5.83: Deceiver
Senior mendicants who are manipulative and opportunistic are disliked.
AN 5.84: Faithless
Qualities making a senior mendicant liked or disliked.
AN 5.85: Cannot Endure
A senior mendicant with no endurance is disliked.
AN 5.86: Attaining the Methods of Textual Analysis
A senior mendicant is liked if they can analyze and explain the Dharma well, and if they are helpful in the monastery.
AN 5.87: Ethical
A senior mendicant with morality, learning, who is a good speaker and successful meditator is liked.
AN 5.88: Senior Mendicants
Even if a senior mendicant has many good qualities, they can still lead people astray if they have wrong view.
AN 5.89: A Trainee (1st)
Even if a mendicant is a trainee, they won’t progress if they don’t focus on practice. In brief.
AN 5.90: A Trainee (2nd)
Even if a mendicant is a trainee, they won’t progress if they don’t focus on practice. In detail.
AN 5.91: Accomplishments (1st)
Five spiritual accomplishments culminating in wisdom.
AN 5.92: Accomplishment (2nd)
Five spiritual accomplishments culminating in freedom.
AN 5.93: Declarations
When people are asked whether they are enlightened, they might answer for different reasons.
AN 5.94: Living Comfortably
Living comfortably by practicing meditation.
AN 5.95: Unshakable
Supported by five factors, including four aspects of textual analysis, one will soon realize the unshakable.
AN 5.96: Remembering What You’ve Learned
Supported by five factors, one who practices mindfulness of breathing will soon realize the unshakable.
AN 5.97: Talk
Supported by five factors, one who practices mindfulness of breathing will soon realize the unshakable.
AN 5.98: In the Wilderness
Supported by five factors, one who practices mindfulness of breathing will soon realize the unshakable.
AN 5.99: The Lion
A lion is always respectful when it kills. So too when the Buddha teaches he always respects his audience.
AN 5.100: With Kakudha
Kakudha, Venerable Moggallāna’s lay supporter, having recently passed away, returned to warn him about Devadatta’s fall. The Buddha analyses different kinds of teacher.
AN 5.101: Assurance
Five factors in which a trainee is assured.
AN 5.102: Suspected
Five reasons why even a good mendicant might be suspected of bad behavior.
AN 5.103: A Master Thief
Five tricks used by thieves to hide, and similar tricks used by bad mendicants.
AN 5.104: A Delicate Ascetic of Ascetics
Five qualities of the most refined type of ascetic.
AN 5.105: Living Comfortably
Five ways in which a mendicant can live comfortably with their spiritual companions.
AN 5.106: With Ānanda
The Buddha explains to Ānanda five ways in which a mendicant can live comfortably with their spiritual companions.
AN 5.107: Ethics
Five factors of a worthy mendicant.
AN 5.108: An adept
Five factors of a worthy mendicant.
AN 5.109: All Four Quarters
Five factors by which a mendicant covers all the directions.
AN 5.110: Wilderness
Five factors that show whether a mendicant is ready to live in the wilderness.
AN 5.111: Visiting Families
Five qualities that endear a mendicant who visits families.
AN 5.112: A Second Monk
Five factors to be observed by a companion who follows on alms-round; this would typically be a novice or junior mendicant.
AN 5.113: Right Immersion
To enter samādhi, a mendicant must be able to endure sense impacts.