Upasampadāvagga

Collections of Numbered Discourses

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

Upasampādetabbasutta

AN 5.251
Who Should Give Ordination

Qualifications for one who should give an ordination.

Nissayasutta

AN 5.252
Who Should Give Dependence

Qualifications for one who should give dependence.

Sāmaṇerasutta

AN 5.253
Who Should Have a Novice as Attendant

Qualifications for one who should have a novice as attendant.

Pañcamacchariyasutta

AN 5.254
Five Kinds of Stinginess

Material and spiritual stinginess.

Macchariyappahānasutta

AN 5.255
Giving Up Stinginess

Getting rid of the five kinds of stinginess.

Paṭhamajhānasutta

AN 5.256
The First Absorption

Give up stinginess to enter the first absorption.

Dutiyajhānasuttādisattaka

AN 5.257–263
The Second Absorption, Etc.

Give up stinginess to enter the absorptions and higher attainments.

Aparapaṭhamajhānasutta

AN 5.264
Another Discourse on the First Absorption

Give up stinginess to enter the first absorption.

Aparadutiyajhānasuttādi

AN 5.265–271
Another Discourse on the Second Absorption, Etc.

Give up stinginess to enter the absorptions and higher attainments.