Cakkavagga

Collections of Numbered Discourses

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

Cakkasutta

AN 4.31
Situations

Living in a suitable region, relying on good people, right determination, and past good karma.

Saṅgahasutta

AN 4.32
Inclusion

Inclusiveness through giving, kind speech, taking care, and impartiality.

Sīhasutta

AN 4.33
The Lion

A lion’s roar terrifies beasts. The Buddha’s teaching terrifies the gods.

Aggappasādasutta

AN 4.34
The Best Kinds of Confidence

Confidence in the Buddha, the path, the Dharma, and the Saṅgha are the best kinds of confidence.

Vassakārasutta

AN 4.35
With Vassakāra

A great man as understood by brahmins and by the Buddha.

Doṇasutta

AN 4.36
Doṇa

The brahmin Doṇa is filled with wonder when he sees the Buddha’s footprints.

Aparihāniyasutta

AN 4.37
Non-decline

A mendicant who has morality, guards the sense doors, eats in moderation, and is committed to wakefulness can’t decline.

Patilīnasutta

AN 4.38
Withdrawn

A mendicant has eliminated idiosyncratic interpretations of the truth, has totally given up searching, has tranquilized bodily activity, and is said to be ‘withdrawn’.

Ujjayasutta

AN 4.39
With Ujjaya

The Buddha criticizes violent sacrifice, but not non-violent giving.

Udāyīsutta

AN 4.40
With Udāyī

The Buddha criticizes violent sacrifice, but not non-violent giving.