2. Culavagga — The Lesser Chapter  

• Sn 2.1: Ratana Sutta — The Jewel Discourse/Treasures
  {Sn 222-238}
  [Piyadassi | Thanissaro].
  The Buddha enumerates the many treasures to be found within the Triple Gem.
• Sn 2.3: Hiri Sutta — On Friendship/Conscience
  {Sn 253-257}
  [Ireland | Thanissaro].
  What is a true friend?
• Sn 2.4: Maha-mangala Sutta — Blessings/Protection
  {Sn 258-269}
  [Narada | Piyadassi | Soni | Thanissaro].
  An enumeration of the blessings that result from leading a skillful life.
• Sn 2.6: Dhammacariya Sutta — Wrong Conduct
  {Sn 274-283}
  [Ireland].
  The monks are encouraged to avoid monks who conduct their lives in unwholesome ways.
• Sn 2.8: Nava Sutta — The Simile of the Boat/A Boat
  {Sn 316-323}
  [Ireland | Thanissaro].
  A teacher, like a skilled boatman, is one who knows firsthand how to cross to the opposite shore.
• Sn 2.9: Kimsila Sutta — Right Conduct/With What Virtue?
  {Sn 324-330}
  [Ireland | Thanissaro].
  The attitudes and behavior that enable one best to learn and benefit from the Dhamma.
• Sn 2.10: Utthana Sutta — On Vigilance/Initiative
  {Sn 331-334}
  [Ireland | Thanissaro].
  A stirring exhortation to rekindle your efforts. Wake up!
• Sn 2.11: Rahula Sutta — Advice to Rahula
  {Sn 337-342}
  [Ireland (excerpt)].
  The Buddha recommends the recluse way of life to his son, Rahula.
• Sn 2.14: Dhammika Sutta — Dhammika
  {Sn 376-378, 383-404}
  [Ireland (excerpt)].
  
  
  A lay follower asks the Buddha how a disciple should act virtuously. The Buddha explains.

3. Mahavagga — The Great Chapter  

• Sn 3.1: Pabbaja Sutta — The Going Forth
  {Sn 405-424}
  [Thanissaro].
  King Bimbisara, struck by the young Buddha’s
  radiant demeanor, follows him to the mountains to discover who he is
  and whence he comes.
• Sn 3.2: Padhana Sutta — The Great Struggle/Exertion
  {Sn 425-449}
  [Ireland | Thanissaro].
  The ten armies of Mara approach the Bodhisatta (Buddha-to-be) in an unsuccessful attempt to lure him from his meditation seat.
• Sn 3.3: Subhasita Sutta — Well-Spoken
  {Sn 450-454}
  [Thanissaro].
  Four characteristics of well-spoken speech.
• Sn 3.8: Salla Sutta — The Arrow
  {Sn 574-593}
  [Ireland | Thanissaro].
  Death and loss are inevitable, but is grief?
• Sn 3.11: Nalaka Sutta — Gurgling Loudly/To Nalaka
  {Sn 679-723}
  [Olendzki (excerpt) | Thanissaro].
  A sutta in two parts. The first part gives
  an account of events soon after the birth of the Bodhisatta
  (Buddha-to-be). The second part describes the way of the sage.
• Sn 3.12: Dvayatanupassana Sutta — The Noble One’s Happiness/A Teaching Hard to Know/The Contemplation of Dualities
  {Sn 724-765}
  [Ireland (excerpt) | Olendzki (excerpt) | Thanissaro].
  
  
  Not all dualities are misleading. This sutta
  teaches ways to contemplate the duality of the origination and
  cessation of stress and suffering so as to reach Awakening. [TB]

4. Atthaka Vagga — The Octet Chapter    

See The Atthaka Vagga — The Octet Chapter: An Introduction, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

• Sn 4.1: Kama Sutta — Sensual Pleasure
  {Sn 766-771}
  [Thanissaro].
  The drawbacks of sensual desires.
• Sn 4.2: Guhatthaka Sutta — The Cave of the Body
  {Sn 772-779}
  [Thanissaro].
  Those who remain attached to the body and to
  sensuality will have a hard time freeing themselves from fear of death
  and from further becoming.
• Sn 4.3: Dutthatthaka Sutta — Corrupted
  {Sn 780-787}
  [Thanissaro].
  Freedom isn’t to be found by boasting of your precepts and practices or by debating your views.
• Sn 4.4: Suddhatthaka Sutta — On Purity/Pure
  {Sn 788-795}
  [Ireland | Thanissaro].
  Although freedom is found by means of knowledge and meditation, in ultimate terms it lies beyond both.
• Sn 4.5: Paramatthaka Sutta — On Views/Supreme
  {Sn 796-803}
  [Ireland | Thanissaro].
  The conceit that comes from identifying with
  practices or views — even if they’re supreme — is a fetter preventing
  full freedom.
• Sn 4.6: Jara Sutta — On Decay/Old Age
  {Sn 804-813}
  [Ireland | Thanissaro].
  Life is short. Possessiveness brings grief. Freedom comes from abandoning any sense of mine.
• Sn 4.7: Tissa Metteyya Sutta — Tissa Metteyya
  {Sn 814-823}
  [Thanissaro].
  The drawbacks of falling away from the celibate life.
• Sn 4.8: Pasura Sutta — To Pasura
  {Sn 824-834}
  [Thanissaro].
  The Buddha points out the drawbacks of disputes, for winners and losers, alike.
• Sn 4.9: Magandiya Sutta — To Magandiya
  {Sn 835-847}
  [Thanissaro].
  
  
  Magandiya offers the Buddha his daughter in
  marriage. The Buddha refuses and further subdues Magandiya’s pride by
  describing attainments of purity that Mag
  

  
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