Devadūtavagga

Collections of Numbered Discourses

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

Sabrahmakasutta

AN 3.31
With Divinity

Parents should be honored like Brahmā.

Ānandasutta

AN 3.32
With Ānanda

Could there be a state of convergence with no sense of self?

Sāriputtasutta

AN 3.33
With Sāriputta

Even the Buddha found it hard to get students to understand.

Nidānasutta

AN 3.34
Sources

Greed, hate, and delusion, and their opposites, are like seeds.

Hatthakasutta

AN 3.35
With Hatthaka

The Buddha sleeps well, even on the cold, hard ground.

Devadūtasutta

AN 3.36
Messengers of the Gods

The god of death questions us, but we are punished by our own deeds.

Catumahārājasutta

AN 3.37
The Four Great Kings (1st)

The gods rejoice when they see people practicing well.

Dutiyacatumahārājasutta

AN 3.38
The Four Great Kings (2nd)

One should aspire to be like an awakened mendicant, not like Sakka.

Sukhumālasutta

AN 3.39
A Delicate Lifestyle

Siddhattha’s delicate upbringing.

Ādhipateyyasutta

AN 3.40
In Charge

Practicing with yourself in charge, or with others, or the teaching.