Khuddaka Nikāya — The Minor Collection
A miscellany including the Dhammapada, Udāna, Theragāthā, Jātaka tales…
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Bv 1: The Jewel-walk
Cnd 1: Introductory Verses
Cp 1: The Conduct of Akitti
Iti 1: Greed
Abandon greed, and you’re guaranteed non-return.
Ja 1: Guaranteed
This discourse regarding Truth was delivered by the Blessed One, while he was dwelling in the Great Monastery at Jetavana near Savatthi. But who, you ask, was it that led up to this tale?
Kp 1: The Three Refuges
The three refuges formula
Mil 1: Background Inspiration
Mnd 1: Exposition of the Discourse on Sensuality
Ne 1: A. Comprehensive Section
Pe 1: I. The Display of the Noble Truths
Ps 1.0: Schedule
Pv 1: The Simile of a Field
Arahants are like a field where we can plant offerings.
Tha Ap 1: Buddha Chapter, the First
Thi Ap 1: Sumedhā
Vv 1: Throne Mansion
Arahant Moggallana asks a deva about previous good karma.
Ps 1.1: Treatise on Knowledge
Snp 1.1: The Snake
One who advances far along the path sloughs off the near shore and far, like a snake who sloughs off its skin.
Thag 1.1: Subhūti
Thig 1.1: An Unnamed Nun (1st)
Ud 1.1: Upon Awakening (1st)
The Buddha, soon after awakening, contemplates specific conditionality and dependent co-arising.
Ps 1.2: Treatise on Views
Snp 1.2: With Dhaniya the Cowherd
A poetic dialogue contrasting the wealth and security of lay life with the wealth and security of a person who has lived the renunciate life to its culmination. If you have trouble relating to someone like Dhaniya who measures his wealth in cattle, then when reading this poem substitute stocks and bonds for cows and bulls, and economic downturn for rain.
Thag 1.2: Mahākoṭṭhita
Thig 1.2: Muttā (1st)
Ud 1.2: Upon Awakening (2nd)
The Buddha, soon after awakening, contemplates specific conditionality and dependent co-arising.
Ps 1.3: Treatise on Breathing
Snp 1.3: The Rhinoceros Horn
If you can’t find a good teacher, it’s better to wander alone.
Thag 1.3: Revata the Doubter
Thig 1.3: Puṇṇā
Ud 1.3: Upon Awakening (3rd)
The Buddha, soon after awakening, contemplates specific conditionality and dependent co-arising.
Ps 1.4: Treatise on Faculties
Snp 1.4: With Bhāradvāja the Farmer
The Buddha answers a farmer who claims that monks do no useful work and so don’t deserve to eat.
Thag 1.4: Puṇṇa (1st)
Thig 1.4: Tissā
Ud 1.4: The Mystic Syllable Huṁ
A brahmin who recites the mystic syllable huṁ asks the Buddha who is the true brahmin.
Ps 1.5: Treatise on Liberation
Snp 1.5: With the Smith Cunda
Four different types of contemplatives and how to recognize them.
Thag 1.5: Dabba
Thig 1.5: Another Tissā
Ud 1.5: The Brahmin
The Buddha redefines the term “brahmin” to mean anyone, regardless of birth, who is awakened.
Ps 1.6: Treatise on Destinations
Snp 1.6: Downfalls for a Lay Follower
The various actions and attitudes that lead to spiritual decline.
Thag 1.6: Sītavaniya
Thig 1.6: Dhīrā
Ud 1.6: With Mahākassapa
Ven. Mahā Kassapa chooses to go for alms among the poor rather than among the devas.
Ps 1.7: Treatise on Action
Snp 1.7: The Lowlife
Being an outcaste is a matter of behavior, not birth.
Thag 1.7: Bhalliya
Thig 1.7: Vīrā
Ud 1.7: At Ajakalāpaka
An awakened person has gone beyond fear.
Ps 1.8: Treatise on Perversions
Snp 1.8: The Discourse on Love
The practice of developing universal goodwill: the practices that form a foundation for the practice, the attitude of universal goodwill itself, and the steps that lead from goodwill to awakening.
Thag 1.8: Vīra
Thig 1.8: Mittā (1st)
Ud 1.8: With Saṅgāmaji
A monk’s former wife tries to use their child to lure him back into the lay life.
Ps 1.9: Treatise on the Paths
Snp 1.9: The Buddha Teaches Sātāgira and Hemavata the Native Spirits
The Buddha explains to a yakkha how one crosses over the flood.
Thag 1.9: Pilindavaccha
Thig 1.9: Bhadrā
Ud 1.9: Dreadlocked Ascetics
The mind is cleansed and purified, not by ablutions, but by truth and rectitude.
Ps 1.10: Treatise on a “Fine Extract to be Drunk”
Snp 1.10: Āḷavaka the Native Spirit
A yakkha challenges the Buddha with riddles and threatens to “hurl out his mind, rip open his heart, or hurl him across the River Ganges” if he doesn’t solve the riddles to the yakkha’s satisfaction.
Thag 1.10: Puṇṇamāsa (1st)
Thig 1.10: Upasamā
Ud 1.10: With Bāhiya
The ascetic Bāhiya becomes an arahant after receiving a brief teaching about adding nothing to sensory experience.
Snp 1.11: Victory
Victory over the defilements through contemplation of the unattractiveness of the body.
Thag 1.11: Cūḷavaccha
Thig 1.11: Muttā (2nd)
Snp 1.12: The Sage
The characteristics of the ideal sage, who finds happiness and security in living the solitary life. (This sutta is apparently one of the series of passages that King Asoka recommended for study and reflection by all practicing Buddhists.)