Saṃyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses – page 15
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SN 46.165–174: Another Chapter on Searches
SN 46.175–184: Another Chapter on Floods
SN 47.1: In Ambapālī’s Mango Grove
At Ambapālī’s mango grove, the Buddha teaches the mendicants about the “way to convergence”, the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
SN 47.2: Mindful
At Ambapālī’s mango grove, the Buddha teaches the mendicants about the four kinds of mindfulness meditation and the practice of situational awareness.
SN 47.3: A Monk
When a mendicant asks for a teaching to take on retreat, the Buddha issues an unexpected rebuke. Evidently the mendicant had been badly behaved; but now, he insists, he is sincere. The Buddha relents, and teaches the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, well grounded on ethics.
SN 47.4: At Sālā
Newly ordained mendicants <em>should</em> practice the four kinds of mindfulness meditation; trainees <em>are</em> practicing them, and perfected ones have perfected the practice.
SN 47.5: A Heap of the Unskillful
The four kinds of mindfulness meditation are a complete heap of what is skillful.
SN 47.6: A Hawk
The parable of the quail and the hawk. When the quail ventured outside her ancestral territory, she became vulnerable. And what is a mendicant’s ancestral territory? The four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
SN 47.7: A Monkey
The parable of the foolish monkey who gets trapped in tar when it ventures outside its ancestral territory. And what is a mendicant’s ancestral territory? The four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
SN 47.8: Cooks
The parable of the cook. They present different kinds of dishes to the king, and observe which the king likes. In the same way, a mendicant observes why their meditation succeeds or fails. When the four kinds of mindfulness meditation succeeds it leads to giving up hindrances and entering immersion.
SN 47.9: Sick
The Buddha decides to spend his final rains retreat at Vesālī in Beluvagāmaka. During the retreat he becomes very ill, but later recovers. Ānanda wonders who will guide the Saṅgha when the Buddha dies, but the Buddha says they should be their own refuge, grounded on the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
SN 47.10: The Nuns’ Quarters
When Ānanda visits the nuns’s quarters they tell him that their meditation is prospering to higher and higher levels. Ānanda reporrts the good news to the Buddha, who speaks of two ways of developing the four kinds of mindfulness meditation: directed and undirected.
SN 47.11: A Great Man
Sāriputta asks the Buddha what is a great man, and the Buddha says it is someone whose mind has been freed by developing the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
SN 47.12: At Nāḷandā
Sāriputta boldly claims that no-one has ever, or will ever, be more enlightened than the Buddha. He admits that he cannot read the minds of all the Buddhas, but he understands a principle of the Dhamma: all those who become awakened do so by giving up the five hindrances, practicing the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, and developing the seven awakening factors.
SN 47.13: With Cunda
Sāriputta dies of illness, and the novice Cunda together with Ānanda take his bowl and robes and report the sad news to the Buddha. The Buddha dispels Ānanda’s sadness by speaking of the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
SN 47.14: At Ukkacelā
After the passing of Sāriputta and Moggallāna (whose actual death is unrecorded in the canon), the Buddha says the Saṅgha looks empty; yet he is not sad.
SN 47.15: With Bāhiya
When Venerable Bāhiya asks for a teaching to take on retreat, the Buddha teaches the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, well grounded on ethics.
SN 47.16: With Uttiya
When Venerable Uttiya asks for a teaching to take on retreat, the Buddha teaches the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, well grounded on ethics.
SN 47.17: Noble
The four kinds of mindfulness meditation lead to the end of suffering.
SN 47.18: Divinity
Just after the Buddha’s awakening, Brahmā Sahampati supports the Buddha’s reflection that the four kinds of mindfulness meditation are the way to convergence.
SN 47.19: At Sedaka
Two acrobats discuss whether one should support the other, or the other way around. The Buddha says they should support each other. In the same way we should practice the four kinds of mindfulness meditation both for one’s own benefit and to protect others.
SN 47.20: The Finest Lady in the Land
A parable that sets up an impossible challenge: to walk between a popular performer and the crowd jostling to see her, carrying a bowl of oil filled to the brim, while a man with a drawn sword waits to chop off your head if you spill a drop. That’s mindfulness!
SN 47.21: Ethics
Venerable Bhadda asks Ānanda about the ethical virtues encouraged by the Buddha—what is their purpose? To develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
SN 47.22: Long Lasting
Venerable Bhadda asks Ānanda about the conditions under which the true teaching lasts long or does not last long after the Buddha’s passing. Ānanda says it depends on whether the four kinds of mindfulness meditation are practiced.
SN 47.23: Decline
Venerable Bhadda asks Ānanda about the conditions under which the true teaching declines. Ānanda says it depends on whether the four kinds of mindfulness meditation are practiced.
SN 47.24: Plain Version
A simple teaching on the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
SN 47.25: A Certain Brahmin
A brahmin asks the Buddha about the conditions under which the true teaching lasts long or does not last long after the Buddha’s passing. The Buddha says it depends on whether the four kinds of mindfulness meditation are practiced.
SN 47.26: Partly
Sāriputta asks Anuruddha what makes someone a trainee. It is someone who has partly developed the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
SN 47.27: Completely
Sāriputta asks Anuruddha what makes someone an adept. It is someone who has fully developed the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
SN 47.28: The World
Anuruddha claims to have developed the various direct knowledges by practicing the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
SN 47.29: With Sirivaḍḍha
When the householder Sirivaḍḍha is sick, Ānanda visits him and encourages him to practice mindfulness meditation. But he has already developed them, and abandoned the five lower fetters.
SN 47.30: With Mānadinna
When the householder Mānadinna is sick, Ānanda visits him and encourages him to practice mindfulness meditation. But he has already developed them, and abandoned the five lower fetters.
SN 47.31: Not Learned From Anyone Else
The full knowledge of mindfulness meditation was not learned before the Buddha.
SN 47.32: Fading Away
The four kinds of mindfulness meditation lead to peace.
SN 47.33: Missed Out
Someone who has neglected the four kinds of mindfulness meditation has neglected the noble path.
SN 47.34: Developed
The four kinds of mindfulness meditation lead from the near to the far shore.
SN 47.35: Mindful
Mindfulness is the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. Situational awareness is watching the arising and passing of feelings, thoughts, and perceptions.
SN 47.36: Enlightenment
When the four kinds of mindfulness meditation are developed, perfection or non-return may be expected.
SN 47.37: Desire
Developing the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, desire is abandoned.
SN 47.38: Complete Understanding
The four kinds of mindfulness meditation lead to realizing the deathless.
SN 47.39: Development
The development of the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
SN 47.40: Analysis
The Buddha teaches the simple passage on the four kinds of mindfulness meditation and an advanced analysis, which involves contemplating them as impermanent.
SN 47.41: Freedom From Death
Develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, don’t let the deathless be lost.
SN 47.42: Origin
The causes for the origination and cessation of the phenomena upon which the four kinds of mindfulness meditation are grounded.
SN 47.43: The Path
The Buddha tells the mendicants how, just after his awakening, Brahmā Sahampati supported the Buddha’s reflection that the four kinds of mindfulness meditation are the way to convergence
SN 47.44: Mindful
Be mindful by developing the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
SN 47.45: A Heap of the Skillful
The four kinds of mindfulness meditation are a heap of the skillful.
SN 47.46: Restraint in the Monastic Code
When a mendicant asks for a teaching to take on retreat, the Buddha teaches the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, well grounded on restraint in the code of monastic rules.
SN 47.47: Bad Conduct
When a mendicant asks for a teaching to take on retreat, the Buddha teaches the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, well grounded on good bodily, verbal, and mental conduct.
SN 47.48: Friends
You should encourage your friends to practice the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
SN 47.49: Feelings
The four kinds of mindfulness meditation help to understand the three feelings.
SN 47.50: Defilements
The four kinds of mindfulness meditation help to give up the defilements.
SN 47.51–62: Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges
SN 47.63–72: Diligence
SN 47.73–84: Hard Work
SN 47.85–94: Searches
SN 47.95–104: Floods
SN 48.1: Plain Version
The five faculties are faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom.
SN 48.2: A Stream-Enterer (1st)
One who understands the gratification, the drawback, and the escape regarding the five faculties is a stream-enterer.
SN 48.3: A Stream-Enterer (2nd)
One who understands the origin, the passing, the gratification, the drawback, and the escape regarding the five faculties is a stream-enterer.
SN 48.4: A Perfected One (1st)
One who is freed after understanding the gratification, the drawback, and the escape regarding the five faculties is a perfected one.
SN 48.5: A Perfected One (2nd)
One who is freed after understanding the origin, the passing, the gratification, the drawback, and the escape regarding the five faculties is a perfected one.
SN 48.6: Ascetics and Brahmins (1st)
A true ascetic understands the five faculties in terms of gratification, drawback, and escape.
SN 48.7: Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd)
A true ascetic understands the five faculties in terms of the four noble truths.
SN 48.8: Should Be Seen
Each of the five faculties should be seen in a particular set of teachings.
SN 48.9: Analysis (1st)
The Buddha gives a short explanation of each of the five faculties.
SN 48.10: Analysis (2nd)
The Buddha gives a detailed explanation of each of the five faculties.
SN 48.11: Gain
The Buddha explains the five faculties in terms of how they are obtained.
SN 48.12: In Brief (1st)
One who has developed the five faculties fully is a perfected one. Developing them to a lesser degree, one reaches lesser attainments.
SN 48.13: In Brief (2nd)
One who has developed the five faculties fully is a perfected one. Developing them to a lesser degree, one reaches lesser attainments. A difference in faculties leads to a difference in fruits.
SN 48.14: In Brief (3rd)
One who has developed the five faculties fully is a perfected one. Developing them to a lesser degree, one reaches lesser attainments. The faculties are not barren.
SN 48.15: In Detail (1st)
One who has developed the five faculties fully is a perfected one. Developing them to a lesser degree, one reaches lesser attainments.
SN 48.16: In Detail (2nd)
One who has developed the five faculties fully is a perfected one. Developing them to a lesser degree, one reaches lesser attainments. A difference in faculties leads to a difference in fruits.
SN 48.17: In Detail (3rd)
One who has developed the five faculties fully is a perfected one. Developing them to a lesser degree, one reaches lesser attainments. The faculties are not barren.
SN 48.18: Practicing
One who has developed the five faculties fully is a perfected one. Developing them to a lesser degree, one reaches lesser attainments. One who has none of them at all is an outsider.
SN 48.19: Endowed
Someone who develops the faculties is said to be equipped with faculties.
SN 48.20: The Ending of Defilements
The five faculties lead to the ending of defilements in this very life.
SN 48.21: Future Lives
The Buddha did not claim to be awakened until he realized the five faculties.
SN 48.22: The Life Faculty
Three faculties: femininity, masculinity, and vitality.
SN 48.23: The Faculty of Enlightenment
Three faculties relating to stages in the realization of awakening.
SN 48.24: A One-Seeder
Depending on the strength of the five faculties, one is perfected, or reaches a lesser attainment.
SN 48.25: Plain Version
Six faculties: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind.
SN 48.26: A Stream-Enterer
Six faculties: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind. One who understand these is a stream-enterer.
SN 48.27: A Perfected One
Six faculties: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind. One who is freed by understanding these is perfected.
SN 48.28: Awakened
The Buddha did not claim to be awakened until he realized the origin, the passing, the gratification, the drawback, and the escape regarding the six faculties.
SN 48.29: Ascetics and Brahmins (1st)
A true ascetic understands the six faculties in terms of gratification, drawback, and escape.
SN 48.30: Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd)
A true ascetic understands the six faculties in terms of the four noble truths.
SN 48.31: Plain Version
Five faculties: pleasure, pain, happiness, sadness, and equanimity.
SN 48.32: A Stream-Enterer
One who understands the gratification, the drawback, and the escape regarding the five faculties of pleasure, pain, happiness, sadness, and equanimity is a stream-enterer.
SN 48.33: A Perfected One
One who is freed after understanding the gratification, the drawback, and the escape regarding the five faculties of pleasure, pain, happiness, sadness, and equanimity is a perfected one.
SN 48.34: Ascetics and Brahmins (1st)
A true ascetic understands the five faculties of pleasure, pain, happiness, sadness, and equanimity in terms of the four noble truths.
SN 48.35: Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd)
A true ascetic understands the five faculties of pleasure, pain, happiness, sadness, and equanimity in terms of the four noble truths.
SN 48.36: Analysis (1st)
The five faculties of pleasure, pain, happiness, sadness, and equanimity are analyzed in detail.
SN 48.37: Analysis (2nd)
The five faculties of pleasure, pain, happiness, sadness, and equanimity are analyzed in detail. In addition, each is to be seen in one of the three feelings.
SN 48.38: Analysis (3rd)
The five faculties of pleasure, pain, happiness, sadness, and equanimity are analyzed in detail. In addition, each is to be seen in one of the three feelings.
SN 48.39: The Simile of the Fire Sticks
The five faculties of pleasure, pain, happiness, sadness, and equanimity arise dependent on the appropriate contact, like sticks making fire.
SN 48.40: Irregular Order
The five faculties of pleasure, pain, happiness, sadness, and equanimity are taught in a detailed exposition that treats them in an unusual order. The abandoning of each is related to the attainment of a particular meditative absorption.
SN 48.41: Old Age
When Ānanda sees the Buddha’s sense faculties fading, the Buddha speaks on the decrepitude of old age, including verses.
SN 48.42: The Brahmin Uṇṇābha
The brahmin Uṇṇābha points out that the five physical sense faculties do not share a common domain, so where do they come together? In the mind. Uṇṇābha pursues the teaching all the way to Nibbāna.
SN 48.43: At Sāketa
The Buddha discusses the five faculties and the five powers. They are like a river that flows around a central island. From one point of view they can be considered different, but from another they are just the same stream.