Kusināravagga

Collections of Numbered Discourses

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

Kusinārasutta

AN 3.123
At Kusinārā

What a mendicant thinks about the food they’re offered.

Bhaṇḍanasutta

AN 3.124
Arguments

When mendicants fight, the Buddha doesn’t like it.

Gotamakacetiyasutta

AN 3.125
The Gotamaka Shrine

The Buddha teaches a simple but powerful message: his teaching is from personal experience, and it works.

Bharaṇḍukālāmasutta

AN 3.126
Bharaṇḍu Kālāma

The Buddha discusses different kinds of teachers while staying at a hermitage near his home town of Kapilavatthu.

Hatthakasutta

AN 3.127
With Hatthaka

A god from the Pure Abodes visits the Buddha, and complains about how busy he is.

Kaṭuviyasutta

AN 3.128
Bitter

The Buddha helps a monk in distress by teaching of “bitterness”, “rotting flesh”, and “flies”.

Paṭhamaanuruddhasutta

AN 3.129
With Anuruddha (1st)

Anuruddha asks the Buddha what leads women to bad rebirth.

Dutiyaanuruddhasutta

AN 3.130
With Anuruddha (2nd)

Anuruddha complains of not being awakened.

Paṭicchannasutta

AN 3.131
Under Cover

Three things shine in the open: the moon, the sun, and the teachings of the Buddha.

Lekhasutta

AN 3.132
Etchings

A line drawn in stone, sand, or water.