Brāhmaṇadhammayāgasutta
The Holy Offering of the Teaching
The Buddha as doctor; the monks as his heirs in Dhamma, not in material things.
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Sulabhasutta
Easy to Find
The four basic requisites are easy to gain and blameless. To be content with them is a factor of the contemplative life.
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Āsavakkhayasutta
The Ending of Defilements
For one knowing and seeing the four noble truths, there is the ending of suffering.
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Samaṇabrāhmaṇasutta
Ascetics and Brahmins
To see the four noble truths is to count as a true contemplative.
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Sīlasampannasutta
Accomplished in Ethics
The rewards of associating with those who genuinely count as admirable friends.
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Taṇhuppādasutta
The Arising of Craving
Where a monk's craving takes birth.
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Sabrahmakasutta
With Brahmā
Mother and father as the Brahmās and first teachers of their children.
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Bahukārasutta
Very Helpful
The reciprocal ways in which monks and lay supporters benefit one another.
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Kuhasutta
Deceivers
Monks who are and who are not the Buddha's true followers.
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Nadīsotasutta
A River
An extended metaphor for the dangers of "going with the flow."
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Carasutta
Walking
What it means to have ardency and compunction.
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Sampannasīlasutta
Accomplishment in Ethics
When one is consummate in virtue, what more is to be done?
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Lokasutta
The World
The qualities that entitle the Buddha to be called Tathāgata.