Sattāvāsavagga

Collections of Numbered Discourses

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

Tiṭhānasutta

AN 9.21
In Three Particulars

A comparison of the people of India, of Uttarakuru, and of the heaven of the Thirty-Three.

Assakhaḷuṅkasutta

AN 9.22
A Wild Colt

Nine kinds of horses are compared with nine kinds of monks.

Taṇhāmūlakasutta

AN 9.23
Rooted in Craving

Nine things that are rooted in craving.

Sattāvāsasutta

AN 9.24
Abodes of Sentient Beings

Nine realms into which sentient beings may be reborn.

Paññāsutta

AN 9.25
Consolidated by Wisdom

Nine reflections by which a mendicant knows their mind has wisdom.

Silāyūpasutta

AN 9.26
The Simile of the Stone Pillar

Venerables Candikāputta and Sāriputta differ in their interpretation of a teaching proposed by the notorious schismatic Devadatta.

Paṭhamaverasutta

AN 9.27
Fears and Enmities (1st)

A householder who has eliminated the perils that come with breaking the five precepts, and possesses the four factors of stream-entry is freed from lower rebirths.

Dutiyaverasutta

AN 9.28
Fears and Enmities (2nd)

A householder who has eliminated the perils that come with breaking the five precepts, and possesses the four factors of stream-entry is freed from lower rebirths.

Āghātavatthusutta

AN 9.29
Grounds for Resentment

Nine grounds for resentment.

Āghātapaṭivinayasutta

AN 9.30
Getting Rid of Resentment

Nine ways of removing resentment.

Anupubbanirodhasutta

AN 9.31
Progressive Cessations

Nine meditative states, each of which arises from the cessation of something present in the previous state.