(M) Majjhima Nikaya

The Middle-Length Collection:

Dialogues on doctrines and meditation (152 suttas).

Sutta No.
Traditional Listing 

M 1 Maha Pannasa, the great 50 (suttas 1-50)

Sutta Discovery No.
Sutta [Topic]
M 1.1 Mulapariyaya Vagga
M 1 M 1.1.1 SD 11.8 Mulapariyaya Sutta. The nature of primary causes or concepts.
M 2 M 1.1.2 SD 30.3 Sabbâsava Sutta. Methods of overcoming defilements.
M 3 M 1.1.3 SD 2.18 Dhamma,dayada Sutta. Sariputta on how to inherit the Dharma.
M 4 M 1.1.4 SD 44.3 Bhayabherava Sutta. Overcoming fear during solitary practice.
M 5 M 1.1.5 SD 37.7 Anangana Sutta. The monastic’s right livelihood.
M 6 M 1.1.6 SD 59.1 Akankheyya Sutta.
M 7 M 1.1.7 SD 28.12 Vatthûpama Sutta. We are purified internally by the mind.
M 8 M 1.1.8 SD  51.2 Sallekha Sutta.
M 9 M 1.1.9 SD 11.11 Samma Ditthi Sutta. Sariputta on the nature of direct spiritual experience.
M 10 M 1.1.10 SD 13.3 Satipa­­tthna Sutta. How to cultivate the clear presence of mind.
M 1.2 Sihanada Vagga
M 11 M 1.2.1 SD 49.2 Cula Sihanada Sutta.
M 12 M 1.2.2 SD 49.1 Maha Sihanada Sutta.
M 12.17-19 M 1.2.2 (excerpt) SD 2.24 Maha Sihanada Sutta. Buddha’s knowledge of the worlds.
M 12.32-43 M 1.2.2 (excerpt) SD 2.24 Maha Sihanada Sutta. Buddha’s knowledge of the worlds.
M 12.44-63 M 1.2.2 (excerpt) SD 1.13 Maha Sihanada Sutta The Bodhisattva’s self-mortification.
M 13 M 1.2.3 SD 6.9 Maha Dukkhakkhandha Sutta. The pains of pleasure.
M 14 M 1.2.4 SD 4.7 Cula Dukkhakkhandha Sutta. The nature of true happiness.
M 15 M 1.2.5 SD 59.3 Anumana Sutta.
M 16 M 1.2.6 SD 32.14 Cetokhila Sutta. How the mind can be enriched and liberated.
M 17 M 1.2.7 SD 52.5 Vanapattha Sutta.
M 18 M 1.2.8 SD  6.14 Madhupindika Sutta. Perception and mental proliferation.
M 19 M 1.2.9 SD 61.1 Dvedhavitakka Sutta.
M 20 M 1.2.10 SD 1.6 Vitakka Santhana Sutta. How to overcome distractions during meditation.
M 1.3 Tatiya Vagga  / Opamma Vagga
M 21 M 1.3.1 SD 38.1 Kakacûpama Sutta. Monastics must practise complete patience and non-violence.
M 22 M 1.3.2 SD 3.13 Alagaddûpama Sutta. Proper grasp of the Buddha’s Teaching.
M 23 M 1.3.3 SD 28.13 Vammika Sutta. Similes for the spiritual training.
M 24 M 1.3.4 SD 28.3 Rathavinita Sutta. The stages of spiritual purification and liberation.
M 25 M 1.3.5 SD 61.2 Nivapa Sutta.
M 26 M 1.3.6 SD 1.11 Ariyapariyesana Sutta. The events leading up to the Great Awakening. Also called Pasarasi Sutta
M 27 M 1.3.7 SD 40a.5 Cula Hatthi,padopama Sutta.
M 28 M 1.3.8 SD 6.16 Maha Hatthipadopama Sutta. The 4 elements & dependent arising of the 5aggregates.
M 29 M 1.3.9 SD 53.8 Maha Saropama Sutta.
M 30 M 1.3.10 SD 53.9 Cula Saropama Sutta.
M 1.4 Maha Yamaka Vagga
M 31 M 1.4.1 SD 44.11 Cula Gosinga Sutta.
M 32 M 1.4.2 SD 44.12 Maha Gosinga Sutta.
M 33 M 1.4.3 SD 52.6 Maha Gopalaka Sutta.
M 34 M 1.4.4 SD 61.3 Cula Gopalaka Sutta.
M 35 M 1.4.5 SD 26.5 Cula Saccaka Sutta. The conversion of a boastful debater.
M 36 M 1.4.6 SD 49.4 Maha Saccaka Sutta.
M 36.17-44 M 1.4.6 (excerpt) SD 1.12 Maha Saccaka Sutta. The Bodhisattva’s self-mortification.
M 37 M 1.4.7 SD 54.8 Cula Tanhasankhaya Sutta.
M 38 M 1.4.8 SD 7.10 Maha Tanhasankhaya Sutta. Consciousness, rebirth and liberation.
M 39 M 1.4.9 SD 10.13 Maha Assapura Sutta. A recluse should be worth his salt.
M 40 M 1.4.10 SD 41.8 Cula Assapura Sutta.
M 1.5  Cula Yamaka Vagga
M 41 M 1.5.1 SD 5.7 Saleyyaka Sutta. The 10 courses of action and choosing your rebirth.
M 42 M 1.5.2 *** Veranjaka Sutta.
M 43 M 1.5.3 SD 35.1 Maha Vedalla Sutta.
M 43.14 M 1.5.3 (excerpt) SD 3.2 Maha Vedalla Sutta. Conditions for right view. See under Essays.
M 44 M 1.5.4 SD 40a.9 Cula Vedalla Sutta.
M 45 M 1.5.5 SD 32.4 Cula Dhamma Samadana Sutta. Four types of behaviour in terms of moral virtue.
M 46 M 1.5.6 *** Maha Dhamma,samadana Sutta.
M 47 M 1.5.7 SD 35.6 Vimamsaka Sutta Even the Buddha should be investigated.
M 48 M 1.5.8 SD 64.1 Kosambiya Sutta.
M 49 M 1.5.9 SD 11.7 Brahma Nimantanika Sutta. The Buddha defeats a God-Devil league in high heaven.
M 50 M 1.5.10 SD 36.4 Mara Tajjaniya Sutta. Moggallana’s past life as Mara Dusi.
M 2 Majjhima Pannasa, the middle 50 (suttas 51-100) 

M 2.1 Gahapati Vagga

M 51 M 2.1.1 SD 32.9 Kandaraka Sutta. Four kinds of persons in terms of tormenting.
M 52 M 2.1.2 SD 41.2 Atthakanagara Sutta.  = Dasama Gaha,pati Sutta (A 11.17).
M 53 M 2.1.3 SD 21.14 Sekha Sutta. The one on the spiritual path to awakening.
M 54 M 2.1.4 SD 43.8 Potaliya Sutta.
M 55 M 2.1.5 SD 43.4 Jivaka Sutta. On killing and meat-eating.
M 56 M 2.1.6 SD 27.1 Upali Sutta. A famous Jain becomes the Buddha’s disciple.
M 57 M 2.1.7 SD 23.11 Kukkuravatika Sutta. As you act, by that you are reborn.
M 58 M 2.1.8 SD 7.12 Abhaya Rajakumara Sutta. How the Buddha is not caught by trick questions.
M 59 M 2.1.9 SD 30.4 Bahuvedaniya Sutta. The different way of classifying feelings. = S 36.19.
M 60 M 2.1.10 SD 35.5 Apannaka Sutta Why doing good is better than not.
M 2.2 Bhikkhu Vagga
M 61 M 2.2.1 SD 3.10 Ambalatthika Rahulovada Sutta. Danger of lying; need for constant self-reflection.
M 62 M 2.2.2 SD 3.11 Maha Rahulovada Sutta. Meditations to overcome attachment to the body.
M 63 M 2.2.3 SD 5.8 Cula Malunkyaputta Sutta. Right priorities in life & how to end suffering.
M 64 M 2.2.4 SD 21.10 Maha Malunkyaputta Sutta. The 5 mental fetters and the latent tendencies.
M 65 M 2.2.5 SD 56.2 Bhaddali Sutta.
M 66 M 2.2.6 SD 28.11 Latutikopama Sutta. Overcoming all the fetters.
M 67 M 2.2.7 SD 34.7 Catuma Sutta Four dangers for renunciants to overcome.
M 68 M 2.2.8 SD 37.4 Nalakapana Sutta. The destinies of disciples.
M 69 M 2.2.9 *** Gulissani Sutta.
M 70 M 2.2.10 SD 11.1 Kitagiri Sutta. Faith, learning and sainthood.
M 2.3 Paribbajaka Vagga
M 71 M 2.3.1 SD 53.3 Tevijja Vacchagotta Sutta. What the Buddha knows.
M 72 M 2.3.2 SD 6.15 Aggi Vacchagotta Sutta. Nirvana and the problem of language.
M 73 M 2.3.3 SD 27.4 Maha Vacchagotta Sutta. The awakening of Vaccha,gotta as an arhat.
M 74 M 2.2.4 SD 16.1 Dighanakha Sutta. Understanding feelings overcomes wrong view.
M 75 M 2.3.5 *** Magandiya Sutta.
M 76 M 2.3.6 SD 35.7 Sandaka Sutta. False religions.
M 77 M 2.3.7 SD 49.5 Maha Sakuludayi Sutta. Why disciples respect and listen to the Buddha.
M 77.15-21 M 2.3.7 (excerpt) SD 6.18 *Maha Sakuludayi Sutta. The 37 limbs of awakening.
M 78 M 2.3.8 SD 18.9 Samanamandika Sutta. The arhat is beyond good and evil.
M 79 M 2.3.9 *** Cula Sakuludayi Sutta.
M 80 M 2.3.10 SD 40a.15 Vekhanassa Sutta. Liberation here doe not depend on past-life recall.
M 2.4 Raja Vagga
M 81 M 2.4.1 SD 49.3 Ghatikara Sutta. The Buddha as a monk under Kassapa Buddha.
M 81.1-6 M 2.4.1 (excerpt) SD 4.23 Ghatikara Sutta. A family man who uses no money.
M 82 M 2.4.2 *** Rattha,pala Sutta.
M 83 M 2.4.3 *** Makhadeva Sutta.
M 84 M 2.4.4 *** Madhura Sutta.
M 84.10-11 M 2.4.4 (excerpt) SD 3.1 (Madhura Sutta). To whom do we go for refuge? See under Essay.
M 85 M 2.4.5 SD 55.2 Bodhi Rajakumara Sutta.
M 86 M 2.4.6 SD 5.11 Angulimala Sutta. The reformation of a serial killer.
M 87 M 2.4.7 *** Piyajatika Sutta.
M 88 M 2.4.8 SD 49.12 Bahitika Sutta.
M 89 M 2.4.9 SD 64.10 Dhammacetiya Sutta.
M 90 M 2.4.10 SD 10.8 Kannakatthala Sutta. Omniscience; the 4 classes; do the gods return to earth?
M 2.5 Brahmana Vagga
M 91 M 2.5.1 *** Brahmayu Sutta.
M 92 M 2.5.2 SD 45.7 Sela Sutta.
M 93 M 2.5.3 SD 40a.2 Assalayana Sutta. Holiness does not arise through birth.
M 94 M 2.5.4 *** Ghotamukha Sutta.
M 94.31 M 2.5.4 (excerpt) SD 3.1 (Ghotamukha Sutta). The Buddha is our refuge. See under Essay.
M 94.31-33 M 2.5.4 (excerpt) SD 4.22 Ghotamukha Sutta. The monk Udena rejects donation of money.
M 95 M 2.5.5 SD 21.15 Canki Sutta. Belief, knowledge and liberation.
M 96 M 2.5.6 SD 37.9 Esukari Sutta The nature of true service.
M 97 M 2.5.7 SD 4.9 Dhananjani Sutta. Sariputta guides a dying person to the Brahma world.
M 98 M 2.5.8 SD 37.1 Vasettha Sutta You are what you do. = Sn 3.9/pp115-123.
M 99 M 2.5.9 SD 38.6 (Brahmavihara) Subha Sutta. Godliness is within ourselves.
M 100 M 2.5.10 SD 10.6 Sangarava Sutta. Do gods exist?
M 3 Upari Pannasa, the further (or last) (suttas 101-152)  

M 3.1 Devadaha Vagga

M 101 M 3.1.1 SD 18.4 Devadaha Sutta. Self-mortification, fatalism, karma & omniscience.
M 102 M 3.1.2 SD 40a.12 Pañcattaya Sutta. Speculations about the past, the future, and nirvana.
M 103 M 3.1.3 SD 85.14 Kinti Sutta. Resolving disagreements about the Dharma.
M 104 M 3.1.4 SD 62.4 Samagama Sutta.
M 105 M 3.1.5 *** Sunakkhatta Sutta.
M 106 M 3.1.6 SD 85.13 Aneñjasappaya Sutta. The higher meditative states leading to nirvana.
M 107 M 3.1.7 SD 56.3 Ganaka Moggallana Sutta.
M 108 M 3.1.8 SD 33.5 Gopaka Moggallana Sutta
M 109 M 3.1.9 SD 17.11 Maha Punnama Sutta. The 5 aggregates, clinging, identity view, not-self = S 22.82.
M 110 M 3.1.10 SD 45.4 Cula Punnama Sutta. The true individual.
M 3.2 Anupada Vagga
M 111 M 3.2.1 SD 56.4 Anupada Sutta. Sariputta’s awakening process.
M 112 M 3.2.2 SD 59.7 Chabbisodhana Sutta. The true qualities of an arhat.
M 113 M 3.2.3 SD 23.7 Sappurisa Sutta. The true individual and the false individual.
M 114 M 3.2.4 SD 39.8 Sevitabbâsevitabba Sutta. Things in our life that are helpful and unhelpful.
M 115 M 3.2.5 SD 29.1 Bahudhatuka Sutta. The 18 elements, dependent arising, and possibilities.
M 116 M 3.2.6 *** Isigili Sutta.
M 117 M 3.2.7 SD 6.10 Maha Cattarisaka Sutta. Right view & how the noble eightfold path works.
M 118 M 3.2.8 SD 7.13 Anapanasati Sutta. The mindfulness of the breath (a meditation).
M 119 M 3.2.9 SD 12.21 Kayagatasati Sutta. Satipatthana through watching the body.
M 120 M 3.2.10 SD 3.4 Sankharupapatti Sutta. How to choose a good rebirth. See also under Essays.
M 3.3 Suññata Vagga
M 121 M 3.3.1 SD 11.3 Cula Suññata Sutta. The realization of impermanence in the highest meditation.
M 122 M 3.3.2 SD 11.4 Maha Suññata Sutta. The joy of spiritual solitude
M 123 M 3.3.3 SD 52.2 Acchariya-abbhuta Sutta.
M 124 M 3.3.4 SD 3.15 Bakkula Sutta. The post-Buddha ideal monk.
M 125 M 3.3.5 SD 46.3 Danta,bhumi Sutta.
M 125.22-25 M 3.3.5 (excerpt) SD 13.1 Dantabhumi Sutta. The Satipatt­­hana Suttas. Introduction.
M 126 M 3.3.6 *** Bhumija Sutta.
M 127 M 3.3.7 SD 54.10 Anuruddha Sutta.
M 127.16 M 3.3.7 (excerpt) SD 13.1 Anuruddha Sutta (M 127.16). The Satipa­­hŒna Suttas. Intro (3.7).
M 128 M 3.3.8 SD 5.18 (Anuruddha) Upakkilesa Sutta. Spiritual friendship and mental development.
M 129 M 3.3.9 SD 2.22 Bala Pandita Sutta. The hells and the universal monarch.
M 130 M 3.3.10 SD 2.23 Devaduta Sutta. The four sights and their meaning.
M 3.4 Vibhanga Vagga
M 131 M 3.4.1 SD 8.9 Bhaddekaratta Sutta. Living here and now.
M 132 M 3.4.2 *** Ananda Bhaddeka,ratta Sutta.
M 133 M 3.4.3 *** Maha Kaccana Bhaddekaratta Sutta.
M 134 M 3.4.4 *** Lomasakangiya Bhaddekaratta Sutta.
M 135 M 3.4.5 SD 4.15 Cula Kamma Vibhanga Sutta. How karma works.
M 136 M 3.4.6 SD 4.16 Maha Kamma Vibhanga Sutta. Why sometimes the good suffer, the evil prosper.
M 137 M 3.4.7 SD 29.5 Salayatana Vibhanga Sutta. The analysis of the six sense-bases.
M 138 M 3.4.8 *** Uddesa Vibhanga Sutta.
M 139 M 3.4.9 SD 7.8 Arana Vibhanga Sutta. There are no problem people, only people with problems.
M 140 M 3.4.10 SD 4.17 Dhatu Vibhanga Sutta. How a pupil recognizes the Teacher through the Teaching.
M 140.14-19 M 3.4.10 (excerpt) SD 17.2a (4) Dhatu Vibhanga Sutta. The 6 elements (M 140.14-19).
M 141 M 3.4.11 SD 11.11 Sacca Vibhanga Sutta. The four noble truths and spiritual friendship.
M 142 M 3.4.12 SD 1.9 Dakkhina Vibhanga Sutta. The first nuns and the position of women in early Buddhism. See under essays.
M 3.5  Salayatana Vagga
M 143 M 3.5.1 SD 23.9 Anathapindikovada Sutta. Sariputta counsels a dying layman .
M 144 M 3.5.2 SD 11.12 Channovada Sutta. Suicide and Buddhism. = S 35.87.
M 145 M 3.5.3 SD 20.15 Punnovada Sutta. When are we ready to teach the Dharma?
M 146 M 3.5.4 *** Nandakovada Sutta.
M 147 M 3.5.5 SD 70.7 Cula Rahulovada Sutta.
M 148 M 3.5.6 SD 26.6 Chachakka Sutta. Understanding the six senses leads to liberation.
M 149 M 3.5.7 *** Maha Salayatanika Sutta.
M 150 M 3.5.8 *** Nagara,vindeyya Sutta.
M 151 M 3.5.9 SD 69.1 Pindapataparisuddhi Sutta. On truly living the spiritual life.
M 152 M 3.5.10 SD 17.13 Indriya,bhavana Sutta. How to master the senses and awaken.
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