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  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  Dedication

  Preface

  Key to the Pronunciation of Pāli

  Introduction

  Part I - The Book with Verses (Sagāthāvagga)

  Introduction

  Chapter I - 1 Devatāsaṃyutta Connected Discourses with Devatās

  I. A REED

  <10> II. NANDANA

  III. A SWORD

  IV. THE SATULLAPA HOST

  V. ABLAZE

  VI. OLD AGE

  VII. WEIGHED DOWN

  VIII. HAVING SLAIN

  Chapter II - 2 Devaputtasaṃyutta Connected Discourses with Young Devas

  I. THE FIRST SUBCHAPTER (SURIYA)

  II. ANĀTHAPIṆḌIKA

  III. VARIOUS SECTARIANS

  Chapter III - 3 Kosalasaṃyutta Connected Discourses with the Kosalan

  I. THE FIRST SUBCHAPTER (BONDAGE)

  II. THE SECOND SUBCHAPTER (CHILDLESS)

  III. THE THIRD SUBCHAPTER (THE KOSALAN PENTAD)

  Chapter IV - 4 Mārasaṃyutta Connected Discourses with Māra

  I. THE FIRST SUBCHAPTER (LIFE SPAN)

  II. THE SECOND SUBCHAPTER (RULERSHIP)

  III. THE THIRD SUBCHAPTER (THE MĀRA PENTAD)

  Chapter V - 5 Bhikkhunīsaṃyutta Connected Discourses with Bhikkhunīs

  1 Āḷavikā

  2 Somā

  3 Gotamī

  4 Vijayā

  5 Uppalavaṇṇā

  6 Cālā

  7 Upacālā

  8 Sīsupacālā

  9 Selā

  10 Vajirā

  Chapter VI - 6 Brahmasaṃyutta Connected Discourses with Brahmās

  I. THE FIRST SUBCHAPTER (THE REQUEST)

  II. THE SECOND SUBCHAPTER (BRAHMĀ PENTAD)

  Chapter VII - 7 Brāhmaṇasaṃyutta Connected Discourses with Brahmins

  I. THE ARAHANTS

  II. THE LAY FOLLOWERS

  Chapter VIII - 8 Vaṅgīsasaṃyutta Connected Discourses with Vaṅgīsa

  1 Renounced

  2 Discontent

  3 Well Behaved

  4 Ānanda

  5 Well Spoken

  6 Sāriputta

  7 Pavāraṇā

  8 Over a Thousand

  9 Koṇḍañña

  10 Moggallāna

  11 Gaggarā

  12 Vaṅgīsa

  Chapter IX - 9 Vanasaṃyutta Connected Discourses in the Woods

  1 Seclusion

  2 Rousing

  3 Kassapagotta

  4 A Number

  5 Ānanda

  6 Anuruddha

  7 Nāgadatta

  8 Family Mistress

  9 Vajjian Prince (or Vesālī)

  10 Reciting

  11 Unwholesome Thoughts

  12 Noon

  13 Loose in Sense Faculties

  14 The Thief of Scent

  Chapter X - 10 Yakkhasaṃyutta Connected Discourses with Yakkhas

  1 Indaka

  2 Sakkanāmaka

  3 Sūciloma

  4 Maṇibhadda

  5 Sānu

  6 Piyaṅkara

  7 Punabbasu

  8 Sudatta

  9 Sukkā (1)

  10 Sukkā (2)

  11 Cīrā

  12 Āḷavaka

  Chapter XI - 11 Sakkasaṃyutta

  I. THE FIRST SUBCHAPTER (SUVĪRA)

  II. THE SECOND SUBCHAPTER (THE SEVEN VOWS)

  III. THE THIRD SUBCHAPTER (SAKKA PENTAD)

  Notes

  Part II - The Book of Causation

  Introduction

  Chapter I - 12 Nidā̄nasaṃyutta Connected Discourses on Causation

  I. THE BUDDHAS

  II. NUTRIMENT

  III. THE TEN POWERS

  [47] IV. THE KẠ̄RA KHATTIYA

  [68] V. THE HOUSEHOLDER

  VI. SUFFERING (OR THE TREE)

  [94] VII. THE GREAT SUBCHAPTER

  VIII. ASCETICS AND BRAHMINS

  IX. WITH INCORPORATED REPETITION SERIES

  Chapter II - 13 Abhisamayasaṃyutta Connected Discourses on the Breakthrough

  1 The Fingernail

  2 The Pond

  3 Water at the Confluence (1)

  4 Water at the Confluence (2)

  5 The Earth (1)

  6 The Earth (2)

  7 The Ocean (1)

  8 The Ocean (2)

  9 The Mountain (1)

  10 The Mountain (2)

  11 The Mountain (3)

  Chapter III - 14 Dhātusaṃyutta Connected Discourses on Elements

  I. DIVERSITY

  II. THE SECOND SUBCHAPTER

  III. COURSES OF KAMMA

  IV. THE FOURTH SUBCHAPTER

  Chapter IV 15 Anamataggasaṃyutta - Connected Discourses on Without Discoverable Beginning

  I. THE FIRST SUBCHAPTER

  II. THE SECOND SUBCHAPTER

  Chapter V - 16 Kassapasaṃyutta Connected Discourses with Kassapa

  1 Content

  2 Unafraid of Wrongdoing

  3 Like the Moon

  4 A Visitor of Families

  5 Old

  6 Exhortation (1)

  7 Exhortation (2)

  8 Exhortation (3)

  9 Jhānas and Direct Knowledges

  10 The Bhikkhunı̄s’ Quarters

  11 The Robe

  12 After Death

  13 The Counterfeit of the True Dhamma

  Chapter VI - 17 Lābhasakkārasaṃyutta Connected Discourses on Gains and Honour

  I. THE FIRST SUBCHAPTER

  II. THE SECOND SUBCHAPTER

  III. THE THIRD SUBCHAPTER

  IV. THE FOURTH SUBCHAPTER

  Chapter VII - 18 Rāhulasaṃyutta Connected Discourses with Rāhula

  I. THE FIRST SUBCHAPTER

  II. THE SECOND SUBCHAPTER

  Chapter VIII - 19. Lakkhaṇasaṃyutta Connected Discourses with Lakkhaṇa

  I. THE FIRST SUBCHAPTER

  II. THE SECOND SUBCHAPTER

  Chapter IX - 20 Opammasaṃyutta Connected Discourses with Similes

  1 The Roof Peak

  2 The Fingernail

  3 Families

  4 Pots of Food

  5 The Spear

  6 The Archers

  7 The Drum Peg

  8 Blocks of Wood

  9 The Bull Elephant

  10 The Cat

  11 The Jackal (1)

  12 The Jackal (2)

  Chapter X - 21 Bhikkhusaṃyutta Connected Discourses with Bhikkhus

  1 Kolita

  2 Upatissa

  3 The Barrel

  4 The Newly Ordained Bhikkhu

  5 Sujāta

  6 Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya

  7 Visākha

  8 Nanda

  9 Tissa

  10 A Bhikkhu Named Elder

  11 Mahākappina

  12 Companions

  Notes

  Part III - The Book of the Aggregates (Khandhavagga)

  Introduction

  22. Khandhasaṃyutta

  23. Rādhasaṃyutta

  24. Diṭṭhisaṃyutta

  28. Sāriputtasaṃyutta

  33. Vacchagottasaṃyutta

  34. Jhānasaṃyutta

  Chapter I - 22 Khandhasaṃyutta Connected Discourses on the Aggregates

  Division I THE ROOT FIFTY

  Division II THE MIDDLE FIFTY

  Division III THE FINAL FIFTY

  Chapter II - 23 Rādhasaṃyutta Connected Discourses with Rādha

  I. THE FIRST MĀRA SUBCHAPTER

  II. THE SECOND MĀRA SUBCHAPTER

  III. REQUEST

  IV. SITTING NEARBY

  Chapte
r III - 24 Diṭṭhisaṃyutta Connected Discourses on Views

  I. STREAM-ENTRY

  II. THE SECOND TRIP

  III. THE THIRD TRIP

  IV. THE FOURTH TRIP

  Chapter IV - 25 Okkantisaṃyutta Connected Discourses on Entering

  Chapter V - 26 Uppādasaṃyutta Connected Discourses on Arising

  Chapter VI - 27 Kilesasaṃyutta Connected Discourses on Defilements

  Chapter VII - 28 Sāriputtasaṃyutta Connected Discourses with Sāriputta

  Chapter VIII - 29 Nāgasaṃyutta Connected Discourses on Nāgas

  Chapter IX - 30 Supaṇṇasaṃyutta Connected Discourses on Supaṇṇas

  Chapter X - 31 Gandhabbasaṃyutta Connected Discourses on Gandhabbas

  Chapter XI - 32 Valāhakasaṃyutta Connected Discourses on Cloud Devas

  Chapter XII - 33 Vacchagottasaṃyutta Connected Discourses with Vacchagotta

  Chapter XIII - 34 Jhānasaṃyutta Connected Discourses on Meditation

  Notes

  Part IV - The Book of the Six Sense Bases (Saḷāyatanavagga)

  Introduction

  Chapter I - 35 Saḷāyatanasaṃyutta Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases

  Division I THE ROOT FIFTY

  Division II THE SECOND FIFTY

  Division III - THE THIRD FIFTY

  Division IV - THE FOURTH FIFTY

  Chapter II - 36 Vedanāsaṃyutta

  I. WITH VERSES

  II. ALONE

  III. THE THEME OF THE HUNDRED AND EIGHT

  Chapter III - 37 Mātugāmasaṃyutta

  I. FIRST REPETITION SERIES (Women)

  II. SECOND REPETITION SERIES - (Anuruddha)

  III. POWERS

  Chapter IV - 38 Jambukhādakasaṃyutta

  1 A Question on Nibbāna

  2 Arahantship

  3 Proponents of Dhamma

  4 For What Purpose?

  5 Conslation

  6 Supreme Conslation

  7 Feeling

  8 Taints

  9 Ignorance

  10 Craving

  11 Floods

  12 Clinging

  13 Existence

  14 Suffering

  15 Identity

  16 Difficult to Do

  Chapter V - 39 Sāmanḍ̣̣akasaṃyutta

  1–16 A Question on Nibbāna, Etc.

  Chapter VI - 40 Moggallānasaṃyutta

  1 The First Jhāna

  2 The Second Jhāna

  3 The Third Jhāna

  4 The Fourth Jhāna

  5 The Base of the Infinity of Space

  6 The Base of the Infinity of Consciousness

  7 The Base of Nothingness

  8 The Base of Neither-Perception-Nor-Nonperception

  9 The Signless

  10 Sakka

  11 Candana

  Chapter VII - 41 Cittasaṃyutta

  1 The Fetter

  2 Isidatta (1)

  3 Isidatta (2)

  4 Mahaka’s Miracle

  5 Kāmabhū (1)

  6 Kāmabhū (2)

  7 Godatta

  8 Niganṭha Nātaputta

  9 The Naked Asetic Kassapa

  10 Seeing the Sick

  Chapter VIII - 42 Gāmaṇ̣isạṃyutta

  1 Caṇḍ̣a

  2 Talapuṭa

  3 Yodhājīva

  4 Hatthāroha

  5 Assāroha

  6 Asibandhakaputta

  7 The Simile of the Field

  8 The Conch Blower

  9 Families

  10 Maṇicūḷaka

  11 Bhadraka

  12 R̄āsiya

  13 Pāṭaliya

  Chapter IX - 43 Asaṅkhatasaṃyutta

  I. THE FIRST SUBCHAPTER

  II. THE SECOND SUBCHAPTER

  Chapter X - 44 Abyākatasaṃyutta

  1 Khemā

  2 Anurādha

  3 Sāriputta and Koṭṭhita (1)

  4 Sāriputta and Koṭṭhita (2)

  5 Sāriputta and Koṭṭhita (3)

  6 Sāriputta and Koṭṭhita (4)

  7 Moggallāna

  8 Vacchagotta

  9 The Debating Hall

  10 Ānanda (Is There a Self?)

  11 Sabhiya Kaccāna

  Notes

  Part V - The Great Book

  Introduction

  Chapter I - 45 Maggasaṃyutta

  I. IGNORANCE

  II. DWELLING

  III. WRONGNESS

  IV. PRACTICE

  V. WANDERERS OF OTHER SECTS

  VI. THE SUN REPETITION SERIES

  VII. ONE THING REPETITION SERIES (1)

  VIII. ONE THING REPETITION SERIES (2)

  IX. FIRST GANGES REPETITION SERIES

  X. SECOND GANGES REPETITION SERIES

  XI. THIRD GANGES REPETITION SERIES

  XII. FOURTH GANGES REPETITION SERIES

  XIII. DILIGENCE

  XIV. STRENUOUS DEEDS

  XV. SEARCHES

  XVI. FLOODS

  Chapter II - 46 Bojjhaṅgasaṃyutta

  I. THE MOUNTAIN

  II. ILL

  III. UDĀYĪ

  IV. THE HINDRANCES

  V. WHEEL-TURNING MONARCH

  VI. DISCUSSIONS

  VII. IN-AND-OUT BREATHING

  VIII. CESSATION

  IX. GANGES REPETITION SERIES

  X. DILIGENCE

  XI. STRENUOUS DEEDS

  XII. SEARCHES

  XIII. FLOODS

  XIV. GANGES REPETITION SERIES

  XV. DILIGENCE

  XVI. STRENUOUS DEEDS

  XVII. SEARCHES

  XVIII. FLOODS

  Chapter III - 47 Satipaṭṭhānasaṃyutta

  I. AMBAPĀLĪ

  [158] II. NĀLANDĀ

  [171] III. VIRTUE AND DURATION

  IV. UNHEARD BEFORE

  [184] V. THE DEATHLESS

  VI. GANGES REPETITION SERIES

  [191] VII. DILIGENCE

  VIII. STRENUOUS DEEDS

  IX. SEARCHES

  X. FLOODS

  Chapter IV - 48 Indriyasaṃyutta

  I. SIMPLE VERSION

  II. WEAKER THAN THAT

  III. THE SIX FACULTIES

  IV. THE PLEASURE FACULTY

  V. AGING

  VI. THE BOAR’S CAVE

  [236] VII. CONDUCIVE TO ENLIGHTENMENT

  VIII. GANGES REPETITION SERIES

  IX. DILIGENCE

  X. STRENUOUS DEEDS

  XI. SEARCHES

  [241] XII. FLOODS

  XIII. GANGES REPETITION SERIES

  XIV. DILIGENCE

 

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