Kimatthiyasutta
What’s the Purpose?
The purpose of ethics, leading step by step to liberation.
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Cetanākaraṇīyasutta
Making a Wish
There’s no need to make a wish to get enlightened; it happens naturally when the conditions are there.
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Paṭhamaupanisasutta
Vital Conditions (1st)
The Buddha teaches how, like a tree that grows due to its leaves, liberation follows when ethics is present.
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Dutiyaupanisasutta
Vital Conditions (2nd)
Sāriputta teaches how, like a tree that grows due to its leaves, liberation follows when ethics is present.
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Tatiyaupanisasutta
Vital Conditions (3rd)
Ānanda teaches how, like a tree that grows due to its leaves, liberation follows when ethics is present.
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Samādhisutta
Immersion
Ānanda asks the Buddha about a mysterious state of immersion in meditation where there is no normal perception, yet one is still conscious.
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Sāriputtasutta
Sāriputta
Ānanda asks Sāriputta about a mysterious state of immersion in meditation where there is no normal perception, yet one is still conscious. Sāriputta confirms that there is, and claims to have attained it.
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Jhānasutta
Inspiring All Around: the Absorptions
Ten factors, beginning with faith, that a mendicant should fulfill.
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Santavimokkhasutta
Inspiring All Around: the Peaceful Liberations
Ten factors, beginning with faith, that a mendicant should fulfill.
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Inspiring All Around: the Three Knowledges
Inspiring All Around: the Three Knowledges
Ten factors, beginning with faith, that a mendicant should fulfill.