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• [29 June 2004] From the Anguttara Nikaya (Nines):
  • Kotthita Sutta (AN 9.13) — With Kotthita {A iv 381} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. The holy life is lived, not with the purpose of altering the results of past actions, but with the purpose of gaining direct knowledge of the four noble truths.
  • Ananda Sutta (AN 9.37) — With Ananda {A iv 426} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. On subtle states of concentration in which the sense spheres are present to one's awareness, but one is not taking mental note of them.
  • Naga Sutta (AN 9.40) — The Tusker {A iv 433} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. With gentle humor, the Buddha tells how to allay the itch in your mind.
  • Karaniya Metta Sutta (Snp I.8; Khp 9) — The Buddha's Words on Loving Kindess [The Amaravati Sangha, trans.]. Over the years, this popular translation of the Buddha's famous discourse on loving-kindness (metta) has appeared widely in print and on the Internet, although usually without due credit being given to its translator: the community of monks and nuns at the Amaravati Buddhist Monastery (UK). Now, properly attributed, it joins the company of four other translations of this sutta ( Buddharakkhita , Ñanamoli , Piyadassi , Thanissaro ). Taken altogether, these translations shed a revealing light on the original Pali text.
• [16 June 2004] From the Anguttara Nikaya (Sevens):
  • Udakupama Sutta (AN 7.15) — The Water Simile {A iv 10} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. In a beautiful progression of metaphors, the Buddha illustrates the various levels to which people allow their grasp of Dhamma to take them. How far are you willing to go?
  • Mitta Sutta (AN 7.35) — A Friend {A iv 31} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. What is a true friend?
  • Nagara Sutta (AN 7.63) — The Fortress {A iv 105} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. Seven qualities that must be developed for the truest kind of homeland security.
• [13 June 2004] From the Anguttara Nikaya (Sixes):
  • Khema Sutta (AN 6.49) — With Khema {A iii 357} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. Having abandoned all sense of self, arahants don't regard themselves as better than, worse than, or equal to anyone else.
  • Siti Sutta (AN 6.85) — Cooled {A iii 434} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. Six qualities required to achieve Awakening.
  • Anisansa Sutta (AN 6.97) — Rewards {A iii 440} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. Six rewards of stream-entry.
  • Anodhi Sutta (AN 6.102) — Without Exception (1) {A iii 442}
    Anodhi Sutta (AN 6.103) — Without Exception (2) {A iii 442}
    Anodhi Sutta (AN 6.104) — Without Exception (3) {A iii 442} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. What six things motivate a monk to see for himself each one of the three characteristics of anicca, dukkha, and anatta?
  • More answers to Warder: John Kelly has expanded his " Answer Key to Warder's Introduction to Pali " to include answers to exercises in the first eighteen chapters of Warder's Pali textbook.
• [9 June 2004] From the Anguttara Nikaya (Sixes):
  • Darukakhandha Sutta (AN 6.41) — The Wood Pile {A iii 340} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. If you ever wanted to know how psychic transformation works, here's a brief primer.
  • Nagita Sutta (AN 6.42) — To Nagita {A iii 341} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. The Buddha, while staying in a forest grove, speaks in praise of modesty, contentment, unentanglement, and seclusion in the wilderness.
  • Sanditthika Sutta (AN 6.47) — Visible Here-&-Now {A iii 355} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. A few of the more obvious ways in which the Dhamma is visible here-&-now.
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• [6 June 2004] From the Anguttara Nikaya (Sevens and Eights):
  • Sañña Sutta (AN 7.46) — Perceptions {A iv 46} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. Seven inner reflections that are well worth pursuing.
  • Avyakata Sutta (AN 7.51) — Undeclared {A iv 67} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. Why does doubt not arise in the mind of a stream-enterer?
  • Arakenanusasani Sutta (AN 7.70) — Araka's Teachings {A iv 136} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. Seven beautiful similes on the brevity of the human lifespan. Use your short time here well!
  • Ajañña Sutta (AN 8.13) — The Thoroughbred {A iv 188} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. Eight praiseworthy qualities that a good monk possesses.
• [22 May 2004] From the Khuddaka Nikaya:
  • Excerpts from the Milindapañha . The Milindapañha ("The Questions of King Milinda") is a collection of Dhamma debates between the arahant Nagasena and the Bactrian Greek king Milinda (Menander). Although this work post-dates the Buddha himself by several centuries, students of Buddhism around the world have long held it in high esteem as an authoritative text that sheds a helpful light on some of the more difficult points of Dhamma. This sampling of passages from the Milindapañha, translated from the Pali by John Kelly, gives a taste of what the text offers.
  • I have revamped the Khuddaka Nikaya page and added my recommendations for print editions of English translations of each of the books in this Nikaya.
• [9 May 2004] From the Majjhima Nikaya
  • Alagaddupama Sutta (MN 22) — The Water-Snake Simile {M i 130} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. Using two famous similes, the Buddha shows how the development of right view calls for the skillful application both of grasping and of letting-go. The sutta concludes with one of the Canon's most important expositions on the topic of not-self.
• [3 May 2004] From the Anguttara Nikaya, Tens
  • Samadhi Sutta (AN 10.6) — Concentration {A v 7} and Sariputta Sutta (AN 10.7) — With Sariputta {A v 8}
    [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. Two descriptions of the concentration in which the mind is inclined towards the Deathless.
  • Ariyavasa Sutta (AN 10.20) — Dwellings of the Noble Ones {A v 30} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. Qualities of mind in which noble ones are at home.
  • Kosala Sutta (AN 10.29) — The Kosalan {A v 59} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. Like supremacy in the human and deva worlds, exalted states of mind — even experiences of all-encompassing white light and non-dual consciousness — are all subject to change and aberration. Some people criticized the Buddha for showing the way to freedom from this change and aberration. In this sutta the Buddha offers a series of contemplations for inducing disenchantment and dispassion for even the most supreme things in the cosmos.
  • Kathavatthu Sutta (AN 10.70) — Topics of Conversation (2) {A v 129} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. Right speech is most praiseworthy when you embody the good things you talk about.
• [6 April 2004] From the Anguttara Nikaya, Nines
  • Samiddhi Sutta (AN 9.14) — About Samiddhi {A iv 382} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. Where do thoughts and intentions come from?
  • Ganda Sutta (AN 9.15) — A Boil {A iv 384} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. Nine good reasons not to get enchanted with the body.
  • Sañña Sutta (AN 9.16) — Perceptions {A iv 386} [Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans.]. Nine useful perceptions.