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Back to SearchAN 8.61 - 8.70 Earthquakes
AN 8.61 The Buddha describes eight cases where a mendicant has a desire for material things. Sometimes they fall under the sway of that desire, but sometimes they rise above it.
AN 8.62 Eight sets of…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
AN 8.51 - 8.60 With Gotami
AN 8.51 Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, the Buddha’s foster mother, requests ordination from the Buddha. He declines, until urged to relent by Ānanda. He allows Mahāpajāpatī to go forth on eight conditions.
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Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
AN 8.41 - 8.50 The Sabbath (excludes 8.43,8.45)
AN 8.41 When the sabbath is observed by following the eight precepts, one lives for that day like the perfected ones. Such a sabbath is glorious.
AN 8.42 When the sabbath is observed by following the…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
AN 8.31 - 8.40 Giving
AN 8.31 Eight ways of giving a gift.
AN 8.32 This verse on qualities of a good person appears to be a fragment of text, perhaps originally part of the previous sutta.
AN 8.33 Eight grounds for giving…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
AN 8.27 - 8.30 Householders Part 2
AN 8.27 Eight very different kinds of powers.
AN 8.28 Eight powers of a perfected one.
AN 8.29 Eight lost opportunities for spiritual practice.
AN 8.30 Venerable Anuruddha reflects that the teachings…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
AN 8.21 - 8.26 Householders Part 1
AN 8.21 The Buddha celebrates the eight amazing qualities of the householder Ugga of Vesālī. Ugga himself speaks of these qualities.
AN 8.22 The Buddha celebrates the eight amazing qualities of the h…
Published on 6 months ago
AN 8.13 - 8.20 The Great Chapter Part 2
AN 8.13 With eight qualities a royal thoroughbred is worthy of a king. Likewise, with eight qualities a mendicant is worthy.
AN 8.14 Eight flaws in wild horses, similar to eight flaws in mendicants.
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Published on 6 months ago
AN 8.11 - 8.12 The Great Chapter
AN 8.11 The brahmin Verañja rebukes the Buddha for his lack of respect for senior brahmins. He levels a series of criticisms, each of which the Buddha deflects by redefining terms. The Buddha affirms…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
AN 8.01 - 8.10 Love
AN 8.01 The eight benefits of practicing the meditation on love.
AN 8.02 Eight conditions that lead to the arising of wisdom, its growth and perfection.
AN 8.03 - 04 Due to eight qualities, a mendica…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
AN 7.615 - 7.1124 Abbreviated Texts beginning with Greed
AN 7.615 Develop insight into greed through the awakening factors.
AN 7.616 Develop insight into greed through seven perceptions starting with impermanence.
AN 7.617 Develop insight into greed throug…
Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago