Soṇavagga

Collections of Minor Discourses

Collections of sutta texts outside the four main collections.

Piyatarasutta

Ud 5.1
Who Is More Dear?

King Pasenadi asks his queen, "Is there anyone dearer to you than yourself?"

Appāyukasutta

Ud 5.2
Short-lived

Ven. Ānanda comments on how the Buddha's mother died shortly after his birth.

Suppabuddhakuṭṭhisutta

Ud 5.3
With Suppabuddha the Leper

A leper becomes a stream-enterer, dies, and is reborn as a deva.

Kumārakasutta

Ud 5.4
The Boys

A lesson to young boys: If you don't want to suffer from pain, don't inflict pain on other beings.

Uposathasutta

Ud 5.5
Sabbath

Ven. Mahā Moggallāna expels a sham monk from a meeting of the Sangha.

Soṇasutta

Ud 5.6
With Soṇa

A young man in a remote part of India is able to ordain only after many delays.

Kaṅkhārevatasutta

Ud 5.7
With Revata the Doubter

Ven. Revata meditates.

Saṁghabhedasutta

Ud 5.8
Schism in the Saṅgha

Devadatta announces that he will cause a split in the Sangha.

Sadhāyamānasutta

Ud 5.9
Teasing

A group of youths jeer at the monks.

Cūḷapanthakasutta

Ud 5.10
With Cūḷapanthaka

Ven. Cūḷa Panthaka meditates.