Milindapañha

Collections of Minor Discourses

Collections of sutta texts outside the four main collections.

Paññattipañha

Mil 3.1.1
The Question on Conventional Names

Vassagaṇanapañha

Mil 3.1.2
The Question on Seniority

Vīmaṁsanapañha

Mil 3.1.3
How An Inquiry Should be Held

Anantakāyapañha

Mil 3.1.4
The Question of Anantakāya on the Breath and the Soul

Pabbajjapañha

Mil 3.1.5
The Question on Going Forth

Paṭisandhipañha

Mil 3.1.6
The Question on Reincarnation

Yonisomanasikārapañha

Mil 3.1.7
The Question on Proper Attention (1st)

Manasikāralakkhaṇapañha

Mil 3.1.8
The Question on Proper Attention (2nd)

Sīlalakkhaṇapañha

Mil 3.1.9
The Question on the Mark of Morality

Sampasādanalakkhaṇasaddhāpañha

Mil 3.1.10
The Question on the Mark of Faith

Sampakkhandanalakkhaṇasaddhāpañha

Mil 3.1.11
The Question on Aspiration

Vīriyalakkhaṇapañha

Mil 3.1.12
The Question on Energy

Satilakkhaṇapañha

Mil 3.1.13
The Question on Mindfulness

Samādhipañha

Mil 3.1.14
The Question on Samādhi

Paññālakkhaṇapañha

Mil 3.1.15
The Question on Wisdom

Nānādhammānaṁekakiccaabhinipphādanapañha

Mil 3.1.16
The Question on Different Qualities and One Goal

Dhammasantatipañha

Mil 3.2.1
The Question on Continuity

Paṭisandahanapañha

Mil 3.2.2
The Question on Awareness of the Ending of Rebirth

Ñāṇapaññāpañha

Mil 3.2.3
The Question on Intelligence and Wisdom

Paṭisandahanapuggalavediyanapañha

Mil 3.2.4
The Question on the Feelings of One Not to be Reborn

Vedanāpañha

Mil 3.2.5
The Question on Feeling

Nāmarūpaekattanānattapañha

Mil 3.2.6
The Question on the Identity or Difference of Name and Form Reborn

Therapaṭisandahanāpaṭisandahanapañha

Mil 3.2.7
The Question on the Rebirth of Nāgasena

Nāmarūpapaṭisandahanapañha

Mil 3.2.8
The Question on Name and Form

Addhānapañha

Mil 3.2.9
The Question on the Expanse of Time

Addhānamūlapañha

Mil 3.3.1
The Question on the Root of Time

Purimakoṭipañha

Mil 3.3.2
The Question on the First Beginning

Koṭipaññāyanapañha

Mil 3.3.3
The Question on Knowing the First Beginning

Saṅkhārajāyamānapañha

Mil 3.3.4
The Question on Whether Conditions are Produced

Bhavantasaṅkhārajāyamānapañha

Mil 3.3.5
The Question on Evolution of Conditions

Vedagūpañha

Mil 3.3.6
The Question on the One Who Knows

Cakkhuviññāṇādipañha

Mil 3.3.7
The Question on the Process of Visual Cognition

Phassalakkhaṇapañha

Mil 3.3.8
The Question on the Mark of Contact

Vedanālakkhaṇapañha

Mil 3.3.9
The Question on the Mark of Feeling

Saññālakkhaṇapañha

Mil 3.3.10
The Question on the Mark of Perception

Cetanālakkhaṇapañha

Mil 3.3.11
The Question on the Mark of Intention

Viññāṇalakkhaṇapañha

Mil 3.3.12
The Question on the Mark of Consciousness

Vitakkalakkhaṇapañha

Mil 3.3.13
The Question on the Mark of Thought

Vicāralakkhaṇapañha

Mil 3.3.14
The Question on the Mark of Examination

Phassādivinibbhujanapañha

Mil 3.4.1
The Question on Unblending Experience

Nāgasenapañha

Mil 3.4.2
Nāgasena’s Question

Pañcāyatanakammanibbattapañha

Mil 3.4.3
The Question on the Deeds that Create the Senses

Kammanānākaraṇapañha

Mil 3.4.4
The Question on the Diversity of Deeds and Results

Vāyāmakaraṇapañha

Mil 3.4.5
The Question on the Reason for Effort

Nerayikaggiuṇhabhāvapañha

Mil 3.4.6
The Question on the Fires of Hell

Pathavisandhārakapañha

Mil 3.4.7
The Question on Whether the Earth Rests on Water

Nirodhanibbānapañha

Mil 3.4.8
The Question on Extinguishment and Cessation

Nibbānalabhanapañha

Mil 3.4.9
The Question on Who Gains Extinguishment

Nibbānasukhajānanapañha

Mil 3.4.10
The Question on the Happiness of Extinguishment

Buddhassaatthinatthibhāvapañha

Mil 3.5.1
The Question on Seeing the Buddha

Buddhassaanuttarabhāvapañha

Mil 3.5.2
The Question on the Supremacy of the Buddha

Buddhassaanuttarabhāvajānanapañha

Mil 3.5.3
The Question on the Incomparability of the Buddha

Dhammadiṭṭhapañha

Mil 3.5.4
The Question on Seeing the Truth

Asaṅkamanapaṭisandahanapañha

Mil 3.5.5
The Question on Rebirth and Transmigration

Vedagūpañha

Mil 3.5.6
The Question on the One Who Knows

Aññakāyasaṅkamanapañha

Mil 3.5.7
The Question on Whether the Same Being is Reborn

Kammaphalaatthibhāvapañha

Mil 3.5.8
The Question on the Reality of Fruits of Deeds

Uppajjatijānanapañha

Mil 3.5.9
The Question on Knowing Rebirth

Buddhanidassanapañha

Mil 3.5.10
The Question on the Visibility of the Buddha

Kāyapiyāyanapañha

Mil 3.6.1
The Question on Love for the Body

Sabbaññūbhāvapañha

Mil 3.6.2
The Question on Omniscience

Mahāpurisalakkhaṇapañha

Mil 3.6.3
The Question on the Marks of the Great Man

Bhagavatobrahmacāripañha

Mil 3.6.4
The Question on the Buddha’s Pure Conduct

Bhagavatoupasampadāpañha

Mil 3.6.5
The Question on the Buddha’s Ordination

Assubhesajjābhesajjapañha

Mil 3.6.6
The Question on Tears

Sarāgavītarāganānākaraṇapañha

Mil 3.6.7
The Question on Passion and Dispassion

Paññāpatiṭṭhānapañha

Mil 3.6.8
The Question on the Place Wisdom Dwells

Saṁsārapañha

Mil 3.6.9
The Question on Transmigration

Cirakatasaraṇapañha

Mil 3.6.10
The Question on Memory

Abhijānantasatipañha

Mil 3.6.11
The Question on Prompting Memory

Satiuppajjanapañha

Mil 3.7.1
The Question on the Arising of Memory

Buddhaguṇasatipaṭilābhapañha

Mil 3.7.2
The Question on Recollecting the Buddha on Deathbed

Dukkhappahānavāyamapañha

Mil 3.7.3
The Question on Trying to Eliminate Sorrow

Brahmalokapañha

Mil 3.7.4
The Question on How Far Away is Heaven

Dvinnaṁlokuppannānaṁsamakabhāvapañha

Mil 3.7.5
The Question on the Speed of Rebirth

Bojjhaṅgapañha

Mil 3.7.6
The Question on Factors of Awakening

Pāpapuññānaṁ appānappabhāvapañha

Mil 3.7.7
The Question on Goodness and Wickedness

Jānantājānantapāpakaraṇapañha

Mil 3.7.8
The Question on Intentional and Unintentional Wrongdoing

Uttarakurukādigamanapañha

Mil 3.7.9
The Question on Traveling to Uttarakuru

Dīghaṭṭhipañha

Mil 3.7.10
The Question on Long Bones

Assāsapassāsanirodhapañha

Mil 3.7.11
The Question on the Cessation of Breathing

Samuddapañha

Mil 3.7.12
The Question on the Ocean

Samuddaekarasapañha

Mil 3.7.13
The Question on the Ones taste of the Ocean

Sukhumapañha

Mil 3.7.14
The Question on Dividing Small Things

Viññāṇanānatthapañha

Mil 3.7.15
The Question on Consciousness, Wisdom, and the Soul

Arūpadhammavavatthānadukkarapañha

Mil 3.7.16
The Question on Differentiating Formless Phenomena

Milindapañhapucchāvisajjanā

Mil 3.8
Milinda and Nāgasensa Reflect on Their Questions and Answers