Discourse
Discourses and teachings — sermons, recorded sayings, and dialogues of instruction.
In this form
896 texts
DN 12 · To Lohicca (Lohicca Sutta)
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuDīgha NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
Refutes the view that a teacher who has found truth should keep it to himself, distinguishing worthy teachers from unworthy ones.
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuDīgha NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
MN 6 · If One Would Wish (Ākaṅkheyya Sutta)
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuMajjhima NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
Lists aspirations a monk might hold—respect, requisites, supernormal attainments—showing how virtue, concentration, and insight fulfill each one.
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuMajjhima NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
AN 1:50 · Luminous (Pabhassara Suttas)
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuAṅguttara NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 1:50. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuAṅguttara NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
MN 5 · Unblemished (Anaṅgaṇa Sutta)
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuMajjhima NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
Sāriputta distinguishes those who recognize their own inner blemishes of desire from those who remain unaware of them.
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuMajjhima NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
AN 1:49 · Quick to Reverse Itself (Lahu-parivaṭṭa Sutta)
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuAṅguttara NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 1:49. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuAṅguttara NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
MN 4 · Fear & Terror (Bhaya-bherava Sutta)
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuMajjhima NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
The Buddha recounts conquering fear and terror alone in the wilderness through purified virtue, seclusion, and the four jhānas.
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuMajjhima NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
DN 09 · About Poṭṭhapāda (Poṭṭhapāda Sutta)
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuDīgha NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
Explores the nature and gradual cessation of perception, showing the Buddha redirecting metaphysical debate toward practice.
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuDīgha NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
Khp 2 · Dasa Sikkhāpada — The Ten Training Rules
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuKhuddakapāṭhaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
Khuddakapāṭha · Khp 2. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuKhuddakapāṭhaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
AN 1:48 · Soft (Mudu Sutta)
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuAṅguttara NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 1:48. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuAṅguttara NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
MN 2 · All the Effluents (Sabbāsava Sutta)
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuMajjhima NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
Teaches seven methods for abandoning the mind's effluents—through seeing, restraint, use, endurance, avoidance, elimination, and development.
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuMajjhima NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
DN 02 · The Fruits of the Contemplative Life (Sāmaññaphala Sutta)
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuDīgha NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
Lays out the tangible rewards of monastic life, tracing the gradual training from virtue through jhāna to liberating insight.
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuDīgha NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
Khp 1 · Saraṇagamana — Going for Refuge
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuKhuddakapāṭhaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
Khuddakapāṭha · Khp 1. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuKhuddakapāṭhaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
AN 1:45 · A Pool of Water (Udakarahada Suttas)
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuAṅguttara NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 1:45. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuAṅguttara NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
MN 1 · The Root Sequence (Mūlapariyāya Sutta)
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuMajjhima NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
Warns against the conceit of positing an underlying ground of all phenomena, contrasting ordinary conceiving with an arahant's freedom from it.
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuMajjhima NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
DN 01 · The Brahmā Net (Brahmajāla Sutta)
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuDīgha NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
Catalogs and refutes the sixty-two speculative views about self, world, and eternity held by contemplatives of the Buddha's day.
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuDīgha NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
AN 1:21 · A Single Thing (Ekadhamma Suttas)
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuAṅguttara NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary
Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 1:21. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
BuddhismSutta PiṭakaTextIndianThe BuddhaṬhānissaro BhikkhuAṅguttara NikāyaDiscoursePaliEarly BuddhistLibrary