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The Buddha

Siddhattha Gotama, the Buddha — the Awakened One, whose discourses gathered in the Sutta Piṭaka form the heart of the Pali Canon.

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MN 143 · The Exhortation to Anāthapiṇḍika (Anāthapiṇḍikovāda Sutta)

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Sāriputta's deathbed instruction to the dying Anāthapiṇḍika on releasing all clinging to the senses, elements, and aggregates, even to the Dhamma itself.

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SN 10:8 · About Sudatta (Anāthapiṇḍika) (Sudatta Sutta)

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Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 10:8. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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SN 10:12 · To the Āḷavaka Yakkha (Āḷavaka Sutta)

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Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 10:12. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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MN 146 · Nandaka’s Exhortation (Nandakovāda Sutta)

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Nandaka's teaching to five hundred nuns on the impermanence of the six senses and the seven factors of awakening.

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Iti 104 · uttaka 104

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Itivuttaka · Iti 104. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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AN 3:131 · To Anuruddha (Anuruddha Sutta)

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Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 3:131. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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MN 147 · The Shorter Exhortation to Rāhula (Cūḷa Rāhulovāda Sutta)

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The Buddha's guidance leading Rāhula to full awakening by showing that the aggregates and six sense bases are all impermanent and not-self.

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Iti 105 · uttaka 105

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Itivuttaka · Iti 105. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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SN 11:3 · The Top of the Standard (Dhajagga Sutta)

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Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 11:3. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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AN 3:133 · Inscriptions (Lekha Sutta)

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Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 3:133. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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AN 3:136 · A Friend (Mitta Sutta)

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Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 3:136. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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MN 148 · The Six Sextets (Chachakka Sutta)

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The six sextets—internal and external sense media, the six consciousnesses, contacts, feelings, and cravings—analyzed to uproot the view of self.

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SN 11:5 · Victory Through What is Well Spoken (Subhāsita-jaya Sutta)

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Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 11:5. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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Iti 106 · uttaka 106

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Itivuttaka · Iti 106. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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MN 149 · The Great Six Sense-Media Discourse (Mahā Saḷāyatanika Sutta)

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How not knowing the six senses as they truly are breeds clinging and suffering, while knowing them fosters dispassion and release via the eightfold path.

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SN 11:14 · Poor (Daḷidda Sutta)

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Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 11:14. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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Iti 107 · uttaka 107

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Itivuttaka · Iti 107. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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AN 3:137 · The Orderliness of the Dhamma (Dhamma-niyāma Sutta)

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Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 3:137. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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SN 11:15 · A Delightful Place (Rāmaṇeyyaka Sutta)

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Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 11:15. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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MN 151 · The Purification of Almsfood (Piṇḍapātapārisuddhi Sutta)

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Sāriputta's method of repeatedly examining one's own mind while eating almsfood, purifying conduct through the framework of the four noble truths.

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