Sañcetaniyavagga

Collections of Numbered Discourses

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

Cetanāsutta

AN 4.171
Intention

Intention and its results.

Vibhattisutta

AN 4.172
Sāriputta’s Attainment of Textual Analysis

Sāriputta realized the four kinds of textual analysis a fortnight after he ordained.

Mahākoṭṭhikasutta

AN 4.173
With Mahākoṭṭhita

When the senses end, is there anything left? Or is that just proliferation?

Ānandasutta

AN 4.174
With Ānanda

When the senses end, is there anything left? Or is that just proliferation?

Upavāṇasutta

AN 4.175
With Upavāṇa

A “terminator” is someone who has made an end of suffering. But are they defined by knowledge or conduct?

Āyācanasutta

AN 4.176
Aspiration

Leading examples for the four assemblies.

Rāhulasutta

AN 4.177
With Rāhula

A teaching to Rāhula, the Buddha’s son, on the four elements.

Jambālīsutta

AN 4.178
Billabong

Meditative attainments don’t always lead to letting go of the attachment to self.

Nibbānasutta

AN 4.179
Extinguishment

Why only some people realize Nirvana in this life.

Mahāpadesasutta

AN 4.180
The Four Great References

How to determine what is an authentic teaching of the Buddha.