majjhima Nikāya

The Collection of Middle Length Discourses

 

Mūlapariyāya Vagga

MN 1 The Root of All things

Mūlapariyāya-sutta

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MN 2 All the Taints

Sabbasava-sutta

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MN 3 Heirs in the teaching

Dhammadāyāda Sutta

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MN 4 Fear and dread

Bhayabherava-sutta

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MN 5 Unblemished

Anaṅgaṇa Sutta

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MN 6 If a Bhikkhu Should wish

Ākaṅkheyya-sutta

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MN 7 The simile of the cloth

Vattha-sutta

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MN 8 self effacement

Sallekha Sutta

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MN 9 Right View

sammādiṭṭhi-sutta

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MN 10 establishing mindfulness

Satipaṭṭhāna-sutta

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Sīhanāda Vagga

MN 11 The shorter discourse on the lion’s roar

Cūḷasīhanāda Sutta

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MN 12 the longer discourse on the lion's roar

Mahāsīhanāda Sutta

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MN 13 The longer discourse on the mass of suffering

Mahādukkhakkhandha Sutta

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MN 14 The Shorter Discourse on the Mass of Suffering

Cūḷadukkhakkhandha Sutta

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MN 15 measuring up

Anumāna Sutta

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MN 16 emotional barrenness

Cetokhila Sutta

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MN 17 Jungle thickets

Vanapattha Sutta

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MN 18 Discourse of the Honey-ball

Madhupiṇḍika-Sutta

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MN 19 Two kinds of thought

Dvedhāvitakka-sutta

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MN 20 the stilling of thoughts

vitakkasanthāna-sutta

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Opamma Vagga

MN 21 the simile of the saw

Kakacūpama Sutta

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MN 22 the simile of the snake

alagaddūpama-sutta

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MN 23 The Ant-Hill

Vammika Sutta

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MN 24 discourse on the relays of chariots

Rathavinīta Sutta

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MN 25 Fodder

Nivāpa Sutta

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MN 26 The noble search

Pāsarāsi Sutta

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MN 27 The shorter elephant's footprint simile

Cūḷahatthipadopama Sutta

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MN 28 the longer simile of the elephant's footprint

Mahāhatthipadopama Sutta

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MN 29 the longer simile of the heartwood

Mahāsāropama Sutta

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MN 30 the shorter simile of the heartwood

Cūḷasāropama Sutta

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Mahāyamaka Vagga

MN 31 The Shorter Discourse at Gosiṅga

Cūḷagosiṅga Sutta

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MN 32 The Longer Discourse at Gosiṅga

Mahāgosiṅga Sutta

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MN 33 The Longer Discourse on the Cowherd

Mahāgopālaka Sutta

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MN 34 Shorter Discourse of the Cowherd

Cūḷagopālaka Sutta

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MN 35 The Shorter Discourse With Saccaka

Cūḷasaccaka Sutta

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MN 36 The Longer Discourse With Saccaka

Mahāsaccaka Sutta

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MN 37 The Shorter Discourse on the Ending of Craving

Cūḷataṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta

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MN 38 The Longer Discourse on the Ending of Craving

Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta

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MN 39 The Longer Discourse at Assapura

Mahāassapura Sutta

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MN 40 The Shorter Discourse at Assapura

Cūḷaassapura Sutta

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Cūḷayamaka Vagga

MN 41 the brahmins of sālā

sāleyyaka-sutta

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MN 42 The People of Verañja

Verañjaka Sutta

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MN 43 The great analysis

Mahāvedalla Sutta

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MN 44 The shorter analysis

Cūḷavedalla-Sutta

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MN 45 The Shorter Discourse on Taking Up Practices

Cūḷadhammasamādāna Sutta

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MN 46 The Great Discourse on Taking Up Practices

Mahādhammasamādāna Sutta

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MN 47 The Inquirer

Vīmaṃsaka Sutta

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MN 48 The Mendicants of Kosambi

Kosambiya Sutta

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MN 49 On the Invitation of Brahmā

Brahmanimantanika Sutta

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MN 50 The Rebuke of Māra

Māratajjanīya Sutta

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Gahapati Vagga

MN 51 with kandaraka

kandarak-sutta

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MN 52 The Man From the City of Aṭṭhaka

Aṭṭhakanāgara Sutta

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MN 53 A Trainee

Sekha Sutta

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MN 54 With Potaliya the Wanderer

Potaliya Sutta

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MN 55 With Jīvaka

Jīvaka Sutta

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MN 56 with upāli

Uplāli sutta

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MN 57 The Ascetic Who Behaved Like a Dog

Kukkuravatika Sutta

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MN 58 With Prince Abhaya

Abhayarājakumāra Sutta

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MN 59 The Many Kinds of Feeling

Bahuvedanīya Sutta

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MN 60 The Incontrovertible Teaching

Apaṇṇaka Sutta

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Bhikkhu Vagga

MN 61 Advice to Rāhula at Ambalaṭṭhika

Ambalaṭṭhikarāhulovāda Sutta

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MN 62 The Longer Advice to Rāhula

Mahārāhulovāda Sutta

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MN 63 the short dialogue with māluṅkya

cūla-māluṅkya-sutta

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MN 64 The Longer Discourse With Māluṅkya

Mahāmālukya Sutta

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MN 65 With Bhaddāli

Bhaddāli Sutta 

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MN 66 The Simile of the Quail

Laṭukikopama Sutta

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MN 67 At Cātumā

Cātuma Sutta

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Mn 68 At Naḷakapāna

Naḷakapāna Sutta

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MN 69 With Gulissāni

Goliyāni Sutta

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MN 70 At Kīṭāgiri

Kīṭāgiri Sutta

Paribbājaka Vagga

MN 71 To Vacchagotta on the Three Knowledges

Tevijjavaccha Sutta

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MN 72 With Vacchagotta on Fire

Aggivaccha Sutta

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MN 73 The Longer Discourse With Vacchagotta

Mahāvaccha Sutta

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MN 74 With Dīghanakha

Dīghanakha Sutta

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MN 75 With Māgaṇḍiya

Māgaṇḍiya Sutta

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MN 76 With Sandaka

Sandaka Sutta

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MN 77 The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī

Mahāsakuludāyi Sutta

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MN 78 With Uggāhamāna Samaṇamuṇḍika

Samaṇamuṇḍika Sutta

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MN 79 The Shorter Discourse With Sakuludāyī

Cūḷasakuludāyi Sutta

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MN 80 With Vekhanasa

Vekhanasa Sutta

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Rāja Vagga

MN 81 With Ghaṭikāra

Ghaṭikāra Sutta

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MN 82 With Raṭṭhapāla

Raṭṭhapāla Sutta 

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MN 83 About King Makhādeva

Maghadeva Sutta

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MN 84 At Madhurā

Madhurā Sutta

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MN 85 the dialogue with prince bodhi

bodhirājakumāra-sutta

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MN 86 With Aṅgulimāla

Aṅgulimāla Sutta

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MN 87 Born From the Beloved

Piyajātika Sutta

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MN 88 The Imported Cloth

Bāhitika Sutta

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MN 89 Shrines to the Teaching

Dhammacetiya Sutta

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MN 90 At Kaṇṇakatthala

Kaṇṇakatthala Sutta

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Brāhmaṇa Vagga

MN 91 With Brahmāyu

Brahmāyu Sutta

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Mn 92 With sela

Sela sutta

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MN 93 With Assalāyana

Assalāyana Sutta

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MN 94 With Ghoṭamukha

Ghoṭamukha Sutta

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MN 95 With Caṅkī

Caṅkī Sutta

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MN 96 With Eskuārī

Eskuārī-sutta

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MN 97 With Dhanañjāni

Dhanañjāni Sutta

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MN 98 With Vāseṭṭha

Vāseṭṭha Sutta

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MN 99 With Subha

Subha Sutta

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MN 100 With Saṅgārava

Saṅgārava Sutta

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Devadaha Vagga

MN 101 At Devadaha

Devadaha Sutta

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MN 102 The five and three

Pañcattaya Sutta

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MN 103 Is This What You Think Of Me?

Kinti Sutta

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MN 104 At Sāmagāma

Sāmagāma Sutta

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MN 105 With Sunakkhatta

Sunakkhatta-sutta

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MN 106 Conducive to the Imperturbable

Āneñjasappāya Sutta

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MN 107 With Moggallāna the Accountant

Gaṇakamoggallāna Sutta

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MN 108 With Moggallāna the Guardian

Gopakamoggallāna Sutta

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MN 109 The Longer Discourse on the Full-Moon Night

Mahāpuṇṇama Sutta

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MN 110 The Shorter Discourse on the Full-Moon Night

Cūḷapuṇṇama Sutta

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Anupada Vagga

MN 111 One by One

Anupada Sutta

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MN 112 The Sixfold Purification

Chabbisodhana Sutta

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MN 113 a good person

sappurisa-sutta

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MN 114 What should and what should be not cultivated

Sevitabbāsevitabba Sutta

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MN 115 Many elements

Bahudhātuka Sutta

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MN 116 At Isigili

Isigili Sutta

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MN 117 The great forty

Mahācattārīsaka Sutta

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MN 118 Mindfulness of breathing

Ānāpānassati Sutta

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MN 119 mindfulness of body

Kāyagatāsati Sutta

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MN 120 Rebirth by choice

Saṅkhārupapatti Sutta

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Suññata Vagga

MN 121 The Shorter Discourse on Emptiness

Cūḷasuññata Sutta

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MN 122 The longer discourse on emptiness

Mahāsuññata Sutta

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MN 123 Incredible and amazing

Acchariyaabbhuta Sutta

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MN 124 With Bakkula

Bākula Sutta

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MN 125 The level of the tamed

Dantabhūmi Sutta

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MN 126 With Bhūmija

Bhūmija Sutta

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MN 127 With Anuruddha

anuruddha sutta

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MN 128 the discourse on defilements

Upakkilesa Sutta

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MN 129 The Foolish and the Astute

Bālapaṇḍita Sutta

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MN 130 Messengers of the Gods

Devadūta Sutta

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Vibhaṅga Vagga

MN 131 one fine night

Bhaddekaratta-Sutta

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MN 132 ananda and one fine night

Ānandabhaddekaratta-Sutta

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MN 133 Mahākaccāna and One Fine Night

Mahākaccānabhaddekaratta Sutta

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MN 134 Lomasakaṅgiya and One Fine Night

Lomasakaṅgiyabhaddekaratta Sutta

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MN 135 The Shorter Analysis of Deeds

Cūḷakammavibhaṅga Sutta

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MN 136 the ANALYSIS of acts

mahā-kammavibhaṅga-sutta

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MN 137 The Analysis of the Six Sense Fields

Saḷāyatanavibhaṅga Sutta

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MN 138 With Uggāhamāna Samaṇamuṇḍika

Samaṇamuṇḍika Sutta

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MN 139 The Analysis of Non-Conflict

Araṇavibhaṅga Sutta

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MN 140 The Analysis of the Element

Dhātuvibhaṅga Sutta

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MN 141 The Analysis of the Truths

Saccavibhaṅga Sutta

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MN 142 The Analysis of Religious Donations

Dakkhiṇāvibhaṅga Sutta

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Saḷāyatana Vagga

MN 143 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika

Anāthapiṇḍikovāda SuttA

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MN 144 Advice to Channa

Channovāda Sutta

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MN 145 Advice to Puṇṇa

Puṇṇovāda Sutta

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MN 146 Advice from Nandaka

Nandakovāda Sutta

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MN 147 The Shorter Advice to Rāhula

Cūḷarāhulovāda Sutta

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MN 148 Six by Six

Chachakka Sutta

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MN 149 The great discourse on the six sense fields

Mahāsaḷāyatanika Sutta

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MN 150 With the People of Nagaravinda

Nagaravindeyya Sutta

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MN 151 The Purification of Alms

Piṇḍapātapārisuddhi Sutta

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MN 152 The Development of the Faculties

indriyabhāvanā-sutta

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