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Paṭhamavihārasutta
SN 45.11
Meditation (1st)
The Buddha goes on retreat for a fortnight. When he emerges, he describes his meditation on the conditionality of the eightfold path, which was similar to a practice he did shortly after awakening.
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Dutiyavihārasutta
SN 45.12
Meditation (2nd)
The Buddha goes on retreat for a fortnight. When he emerges, he describes his meditation on the conditionality of the eightfold path, which was similar to a practice he did shortly after awakening.
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Sekkhasutta
SN 45.13
A Trainee
A mendicant asks how a person is a “trainee”.
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Paṭhamauppādasutta
SN 45.14
Arising (1st)
The eightfold path does not arise apart from a Realized One.
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Dutiyauppādasutta
SN 45.15
Arising (2nd)
The eightfold path does not arise apart from a Holy One’s training.
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Paṭhamaparisuddhasutta
SN 45.16
Purified (1st)
The eight pure factors of the path do not arise apart from a Realized One.
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Dutiyaparisuddhasutta
SN 45.17
Purified (2nd)
The eight pure factors of the path do not arise apart from a Holy One’s training.
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Paṭhamakukkuṭārāmasutta
SN 45.18
At the Chicken Monastery (1st)
In a short discourse evidently set shortly after the Buddha’s passing, Venerable Bhadda asks Ānanda about the unholy life, or the unspiritual path. It is the wrong eightfold path.
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Dutiyakukkuṭārāmasutta
SN 45.19
At the Chicken Monastery (2nd)
In a short discourse evidently set shortly after the Buddha’s passing, Venerable Bhadda asks Ānanda about the holy life, or the spiritual path. It is the right eightfold path.
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Tatiyakukkuṭārāmasutta
SN 45.20
At the Chicken Monastery (3rd)
In a short discourse evidently set shortly after the Buddha’s passing, Venerable Bhadda asks Ānanda about the spiritual path, one who follows the spiritual path, and the goal of the spiritual path.