Aṅguttara Nikāya — The Numerical Discourses – page 8
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AN 5.214: Someone Who Talks a Lot
Five drawbacks for a person who talks a lot, and the corresponding benefits of the reverse.
AN 5.215: Intolerance (1st)
Five drawbacks of intolerance, and the corresponding benefits of the reverse.
AN 5.216: Intolerance (2nd)
Five drawbacks of intolerance, and the corresponding benefits of the reverse.
AN 5.217: Unimpressive Conduct (1st)
Five drawbacks of uninspiring conduct, and the corresponding benefits of the reverse.
AN 5.218: Unimpressive Conduct (2nd)
Five drawbacks of uninspiring conduct, and the corresponding benefits of the reverse.
AN 5.219: Fire
Five drawbacks of sitting around a fire.
AN 5.220: About Madhurā
Five drawbacks of the city of Madhura.
AN 5.221: Long Wandering (1st)
For five reasons, a mendicant should wander a reasonable amount, not aimlessly.
AN 5.222: Long Wandering (2nd)
For five reasons, a mendicant should wander a reasonable amount, not aimlessly.
AN 5.223: Overstaying
For five reasons, a mendicant should stay in a monastery a reasonable length of time, not excessively.
AN 5.224: Stingy
For five reasons, a mendicant should stay in a monastery a reasonable length of time, not excessively.
AN 5.225: Visiting Families (1st)
A mendicant who visits families risks the following five problems.
AN 5.226: Visiting Families (2nd)
A mendicant who visits families risks the following five problems.
AN 5.227: Riches
Five drawbacks of riches, and five benefits.
AN 5.228: Eating Late
Five drawbacks for families who eat overly late, and five benefits of eating at a reasonable hour.
AN 5.229: Black Snakes (1st)
Five ways a woman is like a black snake.
AN 5.230: Black Snakes (2nd)
Five ways a woman is like a black snake.
AN 5.231: A Resident Mendicant
Reasons a resident mendicant is admirable, and the reverse.
AN 5.232: Liked
Reasons a resident mendicant is admirable.
AN 5.233: Beautification
Reasons a resident mendicant beautifies a monastery.
AN 5.234: Very Helpful
Reasons a resident mendicant helps a monastery.
AN 5.235: A Sympathetic Mendicant
How a mendicant shows compassion to lay folk.
AN 5.236: Deserving Criticism (1st)
Reasons a resident mendicant is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.
AN 5.237: Deserving Criticism (2nd)
Reasons a resident mendicant is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.
AN 5.238: Deserving Criticism (3rd)
Reasons a resident mendicant is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.
AN 5.239: Stinginess (1st)
Reasons a resident mendicant is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.
AN 5.240: Stinginess (2nd)
Reasons a resident mendicant is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.
AN 5.241: Bad Conduct (1st)
Drawbacks of bad conduct, and the reverse.
AN 5.242: Bad Bodily Conduct (1st)
Drawbacks of bad bodily conduct, and the reverse.
AN 5.243: Bad Verbal Conduct (1st)
Drawbacks of bad verbal conduct, and the reverse.
AN 5.244: Bad Mental Conduct (1st)
Drawbacks of bad mental conduct, and the reverse.
AN 5.245: Bad Conduct (2nd)
Drawbacks of bad conduct, and the reverse.
AN 5.246: Bad Bodily Conduct (2nd)
Drawbacks of bad bodily conduct, and the reverse.
AN 5.247: Bad Verbal Conduct (2nd)
Drawbacks of bad verbal conduct, and the reverse.
AN 5.248: Bad Mental Conduct (2nd)
Drawbacks of bad mental conduct, and the reverse.
AN 5.249: A Charnel Ground
Why a person may have the same defects as a charnel ground.
AN 5.250: Faith in Individuals
Placing faith in an individual is dangerous for five reasons.
AN 5.251: Who Should Give Ordination
Qualifications for one who should give an ordination.
AN 5.252: Who Should Give Dependence
Qualifications for one who should give dependence.
AN 5.253: Who Should Have a Novice as Attendant
Qualifications for one who should have a novice as attendant.
AN 5.254: Five Kinds of Stinginess
Material and spiritual stinginess.
AN 5.255: Giving Up Stinginess
Getting rid of the five kinds of stinginess.
AN 5.256: The First Absorption
Give up stinginess to enter the first absorption.
AN 5.257–263: The Second Absorption, Etc.
Give up stinginess to enter the absorptions and higher attainments.
AN 5.264: Another Discourse on the First Absorption
Give up stinginess to enter the first absorption.
AN 5.265–271: Another Discourse on the Second Absorption, Etc.
Give up stinginess to enter the absorptions and higher attainments.
AN 5.272: A Meal Assigner
Qualities of one who is appointed to assign meals.
AN 5.273–285: A Lodgings Allotter
Qualities of one who is appointed to assign lodgings, and other monastery responsibilities.
AN 5.286: A Monk
Why a monk is cast down to hell or raised up to heaven.
AN 5.287–292: A Nun
Why a nun, etc. is cast down to hell or raised up to heaven.
AN 5.293: An Ājīvaka
Why an ājīvaka ascetic is cast down to hell or raised up to heaven.
AN 5.294–302: A Jain Ascetic, Etc.
Why various ascetics are cast down to hell or raised up to heaven.
AN 5.303: Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st)
Develop insight into greed starting with ugliness.
AN 5.304: Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd)
Develop insight into greed starting with impermanence.
AN 5.305: Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd)
Develop insight into greed starting with impermanence.
AN 5.306: Untitled Discourse on Greed (4th)
Develop insight into greed through the faculties.
AN 5.307: Untitled Discourse on Greed (5th)
Develop insight into greed through the powers.
AN 5.308–1152: Untitled Discourses on Greed, Etc.
Develop complete undestanding, etc., of greed.
AN 6.1: Worthy of Offerings (1st)
A mendicant is worthy of gifts because of equanimity for the six senses.
AN 6.2: Worthy of Offerings (2nd)
A mendicant is worthy of gifts because of the six higher knowledges.
AN 6.3: Faculties
A mendicant is worthy of gifts because of six faculties.
AN 6.4: Powers
A mendicant is worthy of gifts because of six powers.
AN 6.5: The Thoroughbred (1st)
A steed is worthy of the king for six reasons, and a mendicant is worthy for six similar reasons.
AN 6.6: The Thoroughbred (2nd)
A steed is worthy of the king for six reasons, and a mendicant is worthy for six similar reasons.
AN 6.7: The Thoroughbred (3rd)
A steed is worthy of the king for six reasons, and a mendicant is worthy for six similar reasons.
AN 6.8: Unsurpassable
Six things that are unsurpassable.
AN 6.9: Topics for Recollection
Six topics for recollection.
AN 6.10: With Mahānāma
The Buddha teaches his relative Mahānāma that a noble disciple often practices the six recollections, which lead to joy and peace.
AN 6.11: Warm-hearted (1st)
Six warm-hearted qualities practiced among the mendicants.
AN 6.12: Warm-hearted (2nd)
Six warm-hearted qualities practiced among the mendicants.
AN 6.13: Elements of Escape
The Buddha’s teachings are effective, so we can’t claim to have practiced them fully if we’re still afflicted by the various forms of suffering.
AN 6.14: A Good Death
A mendicant who lives well and doesn’t waste time will have a good death.
AN 6.15: Regret
A mendicant who lives well and doesn’t waste time dies without regret.
AN 6.16: Nakula’s Father
A sick householder is consoled by his wife, who says there is no need for him to be worried about dying, as she is well able to support the family and practice the Dhamma. He recovers, and visits the Buddha to sing the praises of his kind and wise wife.
AN 6.17: Sleep
Neither a king nor a mendicant gets anything accomplished if they just sleep all the time.
AN 6.18: A Fish Dealer
Those whose livelihood is the killing of animals do not prosper.
AN 6.19: Mindfulness of Death (1st)
Many of those who practice mindfulness of death don’t do so urgently enough. Death might come to us at any moment.
AN 6.20: Mindfulness of Death (2nd)
A method for recollecting one’s own death that leads to urgency, diligence, and joy.
AN 6.21: At Sāma Village
Even the gods know that some monks are falling away from their practice.
AN 6.22: Non-decline
In the past, future, and present, practicing six good qualities protects against decline.
AN 6.23: Dangers
Sensual pleasures are perilous.
AN 6.24: The Himalaya
A mendicant who has fully mastered meditation could even split apart the Himalayas.
AN 6.25: Topics for Recollection
The six recollections are a way to escape from greed.
AN 6.26: With Mahākaccāna
Mahākaccāna teaches that the six recollections are a way to escape from greed and lead to a mind as vast as space.
AN 6.27: Proper Occasions (1st)
The right time to visit an esteemed mendicant is when you need spiritual guidance and support.
AN 6.28: Proper Occasions (2nd)
Some senior mendicants discuss the right time to see an esteemed mendicant, and Mahākaccāna answers by quoting the Buddha from AN 6.27.
AN 6.29: With Udāyī
When the Buddha asks about the topics for recollection, a monk reveals his ignorance. Ānanda then gives an unusual list of five recollections, which the Buddha supplements with a sixth.
AN 6.30: Unsurpassable
There are things in the world considered to be unsurpassed, but none of them compare with the Dhamma.
AN 6.31: A Trainee
Things leading to decline or non-decline.
AN 6.32: Non-decline (1st)
A god speaks on things leading to decline or non-decline.
AN 6.33: Non-decline (2nd)
The Buddha recounts the events of the previous discourse.
AN 6.34: With Mahāmoggallāna
Mahāmoggallāna is visited by a Brahmā god who had formerly been a mendicant, and they discuss which of the gods are stream-enterers.
AN 6.35: Things That Play a Part in Realization
Six kinds of perception that lead to wisdom.
AN 6.36: Roots of Dispute
If a mendicant nurses six kinds of defilements it leads to bitterness and disputes in the Saṅgha.
AN 6.37: A Gift With Six Factors
Seeing the laywoman Veḷukaṇṭakī preparing a meal for the Saṅgha, the Buddha celebrated by saying that giving is of great benefit when the donor and the recipient each possess three qualities.
AN 6.38: One’s Own Volition
The Buddha rebuts a brahmin’s claim that there is no such thing as actions initiated by oneself.
AN 6.39: Sources
Greed, hate, and delusion are the roots of deeds.
AN 6.40: With Kimbila
The Buddha explains to Venerable Kimbila the reasons why Buddhism lasts long after the Buddha’s demise.
AN 6.41: A Tree Trunk
Even a simple block of wood can be perceived in different ways by a mendicant with advanced meditation.
AN 6.42: With Nāgita
When visited by a noisy crowd, the Buddha speaks to his attendant Nāgita of his love of seclusion and solitude, and of his regard for forest mendicants.