Micchādiṭṭhikasutta
Having Wrong View
The Buddha reports having seen, for himself, beings reborn in planes of deprivation in line with their wrong views and evil actions.
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Sammādiṭṭhikasutta
Having Right View
The Buddha reports having seen, for himself, beings reborn in good destinations in line with their right views and good actions.
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Nissaraṇiyasutta
Elements of Escape
Three properties for escape: from sensuality, from form, and from whatever is fabricated and dependently co-arisen.
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Santatarasutta
More Peaceful
Formless phenomena are more peaceful than forms; cessation, more peaceful than formless phenomena.
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Puttasutta
A Child
Three types of sons and daughters (when compared to their parents): of heightened birth, of similar birth, and of lowered birth.
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Avuṭṭhikasutta
A Rainless Cloud
Three types of people: one like a cloud without rain, one who rains locally, and one who rains everywhere.
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Sukhapatthanāsutta
Wishing for Happiness
Aspiring to three forms of bliss, wise people should guard their virtue.
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Bhidurasutta
Fragile
This body falls apart; consciousness is subject to fading; all acquisitions are inconstant, sufferingful, subject to change.
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Dhātusosaṁsandanasutta
Converging Elements
Like attracts like. It's in accordance with their properties-either low or admirable-that beings come together and associate with one another.
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Parihānasutta
Decline
Three things lead to the falling away of a monk in training.