Brāhmaṇavagga

Collections of Numbered Discourses

Collections of 'numbered' or 'numerical' discourses and other related texts.

Paṭhamadvebrāhmaṇasutta

AN 3.51
Two Brahmins (1st)

You can begin to practice even late in life: advice to elderly brahmins.

Dutiyadvebrāhmaṇasutta

AN 3.52
Two Brahmins (2nd)

You can begin to practice even late in life: advice to elderly brahmins.

Aññatarabrāhmaṇasutta

AN 3.53
A Certain Brahmin

How is the teaching realizable in this very life?

Paribbājakasutta

AN 3.54
A Wanderer

How is the teaching realizable in this very life?

Nibbutasutta

AN 3.55
Extinguished

How is extinguishment realizable in this very life?

Palokasutta

AN 3.56
Falling Apart

Why has the world become depopulated?

Vacchagottasutta

AN 3.57
With Vacchagotta

The Buddha is accused of soliciting gifts for his community only.

Tikaṇṇasutta

AN 3.58
With Tikaṇṇa

A master of Vedic knowledge in the brahmanical system and in the Buddha’s.

Jāṇussoṇisutta

AN 3.59
With Jānussoṇi

A master of Vedic knowledge in the brahmanical system and in the Buddha’s.

Saṅgāravasutta

AN 3.60
With Saṅgārava

A brahmin argues that a sacrifice is less selfish than the mendicant’s life. And the king’s men are deploring the decline in psychic abilities among the Saṅgha.