Suttanipāta
The collection includes some of the most famous poems in the Pali Canon. It also contains two sets of poems that were apparently well-known in the Buddha's time as deep expressions of advanced points of doctrine: the Aṭṭhaka Vagga, a set of sixteen poems on the theme of non-clinging, and the Pārāyana Vagga, a set of sixteen dialogues, with a prologue and epilogue, in which the Buddha provides succinct answers to questions posed to him by brahmans who appear to have been adept in concentration practice. In addition to these more well-known poems, the collection also contains many useful instructions of a highly practical nature, covering everything from the most basic standards of conduct to the most subtle issues of discernment.
StNp4.1
4:1 Sensual Pleasure
StNp4.2
Guhatthakasutta | The Octad on the Cave
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4:3 The Corrupted Octet
StNp4.4
Suddhatthakasutta | The Octad on Purity
StNp4.5
4:5 The Supreme Octet
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4:6 Old Age
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4:7 To Tissa-metteyya
StNp4.8
4:8 To Pasūra
StNp4.9
4:9 To Māgandiya
StNp4.10
4:10 Before the Break-up (of the Body)
StNp4.11
4:11 Quarrels & Disputes
StNp4.12
4:12 The Lesser Array
StNp4.13
4:13 The Great Array
StNp4.14
4:14 Quickly
StNp4.15
4:15 The Rod Embraced
StNp4.16
4:16 To Sāriputta
StNp5.intro
V : The To-the-Far-Shore Chapter (Pārāyana Vagga)
StNp5.prolog
V : The To-the-Far-Shore Chapter (Pārāyana Vagga)
StNp5.1
5:1 Ajita’s Questions
StNp5.2
5:2 Tissa-metteyya’s Questions
StNp5.3
5:3 Puṇṇaka’s Questions
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5:4 Mettagū’s Questions
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5:5 Dhotaka’s Questions
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5:6 Upasīva’s Questions
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5:7 Nanda’s Questions
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5:8 Hemaka’s Question
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5:9 Todeyya’s Questions
StNp5.10
5:10 Kappa’s Question
StNp5.11
5:11 Jatukaṇṇin’s Question
StNp5.12
5:12 Bhadrāvudha’s Question
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5:13 Udaya’s Questions
StNp5.14
5:14 Posāla’s Question
StNp5.15
5:15 Mogharāja’s Question
StNp5.16
5:16 Piṅgiya’s Questions