Majjhima Nikaya
Majjhima Nikaya
The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha
(A Living Word of the Buddha project)
by Piya Tan (c)2009
- M 1 Mulapariyaya Sutta (The true nature of “final states” and concepts)
- [M 1] J 245 Mulapariyaya Jataka (How conceit prevents awakening)
- M 2 Sabbasava Sutta (FULL ver with notes & sutta: 26 pages) (Methods of overcoming our defilements)
- M 2 Sabbasava Sutta (sutta only: 8 pages) (Methods of overcoming our defilements)
- M 3 Dhammadayada Sutta Sariputta on how to inherit the Dharma
- M 7 Vatthupama Sutta Parable of the Cloth (We are purify internally by the mind)
- M 8 Madhupindika Sutta Perception and mental proliferation
- M 9 Sammaditthi Sutta (Sariputta on the nature of direct spiritual experience)
- M 10 Satipatthana Sutta (How to cultivate clear presence of mind)
- M 10 Satipatthana Mula (Sujato) pdf
- M 10 [D 22 & other files] Go to Digha Nikaya
- M 10 [Gotamaka Cetiya Sutta, A 3.122] Go to Anguttara Nikaya
- M12.17-19 Maha Sihanada Sutta The Buddha’s Knowledge of the World
- M 12.44-63 Maha Sihanada Sutta The Bodhisattva’s austerities
- M 13 Maha Dukkhakkhandha Sutta On the pains of pleasures.
- M 14 Cula Dukkhakkhandha Sutta The nature of true happiness
- M 18 Madhupindika Sutta (Perception and mental proliferation)
- M 20 Vitakkasanthana Sutta How to overcome distracting thoughts during meditation.
- M 22 Alagaddupama Sutta How to study the Dharma effectively
- M 23 Vammika Sutta Similes for the spiritual training
- M 26 Ariyapariyesana Sutta The Discourse on the Noble Quest (The Events Leading up to the Great Awakening)
- M 28 Maha Hatthipadopama Sutta The 4 elements & dependent arising of the 5 aggregates.
- M 35 Cula Saccaka Sutta The conversion of a boastful debater
- M 36.17-44 Maha Saccaka Sutta The Bodhisattva’s search up to the Great Enlightenment
- M 38 Maha Tanhasankhaya Sutta Consciousness, rebirth and liberation.
- M 39 Maha Assapura Sutta A recluse should be worth his salt
- M 41 Saleyyaka Sutta How the precepts guide and liberate us.
- M 53 Sekha Sutta The one on the path to spiritual awakening
- M 56 Upali Sutta A famous Jain becomes the Buddha’s disciple
- M 57 Kukkuravatika Sutta As you act, by that you are reborn
- M 58 Abhaya Rajakumara Sutta The Buddha and trick questions.
- M 61 Ambalatthika Rahulovada Sutta Importance of constant self-reflection.
- M 62 Maha Rahulovada Sutta (The elements & breath meditations)
- M 64 Maha Malunkyaputta Sutta (The 5 mental fetters and the latent tendencies)
- M 66 Latukikopama Sutta [pdf] (SD 28.11) (Overcoming all the mental fetters)
- M 70 Kitagiri Sutta (Faith, learning and sainthood)
- M 72 Aggi Vacchagotta Sutta (Nirvana and the problem of language) pdf
- M 73 Maha Vacchagotta Sutta The awakening of Vacchagotta as an arhat
- M 74 Dighanakha Sutta (Understanding feelings overcomes wrong view; Sariputta’s awakeing)
- M 77.15-21 Maha Sakuludayi Sutta The 37 limbs of awakening.
- M 86 Angulimala Sutta The reformation of a serial killer.
- M 90 Kannakatthala Sutta Omniscience; caste; do gods return?
- M 95 Canki Sutta (Belief & knowledge; Preserving, discovering, and attaining truth)
- M 97 Dhananjani Sutta Sariputta guides a dying person to the Brahma world
- M 100 Sangarava Sutta Do gods exist?
- M 101 Devadaha Sutta (Self-mortification; fatalism; karma, omniscience) pdf
- M 113 Sappurisa Sutta The true individual and the false individual pdf
- M 117 Maha Cattarisaka Sutta Right view & how the noble eightfold path works.
- M 118 Anapanasati Sutta The mindfulenss of the breath (a meditation) pdf
- M 119 Kayagatasati Sutta Satipatthana through watching the body
- M120 Sankharupapatti Sutta How to choose a good rebirth
- M 121 Cula Sunnata Sutta (Realizing impermanence in the highest meditation)
- M 122 Maha Sunnata Sutta (The joy of spiritual solitude)
- M 124 Bakkula Sutta (The post-Buddha arhat ideal) The story of a fish: living well, dying well.
- M 128 Anuruddha Upakkilesa Sutta (The Discourse on Mental Impurities) Spiritual friendship and mental development.
- M 129 Balapandita Sutta The Discourse on the Foolish and the Wise.
- M 130 Devaduta Sutta The Discourse on the Divine Messenger [The Four Sights and Their Meanings]
- M 131 Bhaddekaratta Sutta Living here and now
- M 136 Maha Kammavibhnaga Sutta Why sometimes the good suffer, the evil prosper.
- M 139 Aranavibhanga Sutta There are no problem people, only people with problems
- M 140 Dhatu Vibhanga Sutta (Discovering the teacher through the teaching)
- M 141 Sacca Vibhanga Sutta (The four noble truths and spiritual friendship)
- M 142 Dakkhinavibhanga Sutta (The early nuns and the position of women in early Buddhism)
- M 143 Anathapindikovada Sutta (Sariputta counsels a dying layman)
- M 144 Channovada Sutta (Suicide: the arhats do not fear death) (pdf)
- M 143 Anathapindikovada Sutta Sariputta counsels a dying layman.
- M 145 Punnovada Sutta (When are we ready to teach the Dharma?) (pdf)
- M 148 Cha Chakka Sutta Understand the six senses leads to liberation.