Ratanasutta
Gems
The many treasures to be found in the Triple Gem.
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Āmagandhasutta
Carrion
People are defiled, not by eating meat, but by engaging in evil conduct.
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Hirisutta
Conscience
How to recognize a true friend.
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Maṅgalasutta
True Blessings
A list of the types of skillful behavior that give blessings and protection.
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Sūcilomasutta
Spiky the Native Spirit
Another yakkha challenges the Buddha with riddles and threatens to "hurl out his mind, rip open his heart, or hurl him across the River Ganges" if he doesn't solve the riddles to the yakkha's satisfaction.
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Kapilasutta (dhammacariyasutta)
A Righteous Life
The Buddha encourages the monks to avoid monks who are evil in their desires.
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Brāhmaṇadhammikasutta
Brahmanical Traditions
How brahmans, through greed, abandoned the good principles of their ancestors.
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Dhamma (nāvā) sutta
The Boat
A good teacher, like a good boatman, is one who knows firsthand how to cross to the further shore.
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Kiṁsīlasutta
What Morality?
The attitudes and behavior that enable one best to learn and benefit from the Dhamma.
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Uṭṭhānasutta
Get up! Make an Effort!
Get up! Don't let the opportunity for practice pass you by.
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Rāhulasutta
With Rāhula
Rāhula reflects on the teachings he received from his father, the Buddha.
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Nigrodhakappa (vaṅgīsa) sutta
Vaṅgīsa and his Mentor Nigrodhakappa
Vaṅgīsa, the foremost poet among the Buddha's disciples, praises the Buddha in verse.
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Sammāparibbājanīyasutta
The Right Way to Wander
The sort of person who, having gone forth, is fit to wander through the world.
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Dhammikasutta
With Dhammika
The proper code of conduct for lay followers of the Dhamma.