(2005-06-29) From the Anguttara Nikaya...
- Cakka Sutta (AN 4.31) — Wheels {A ii 32} [Thanissaro]. Here is one kind of four-wheel drive that is sure to keep you on the road.
- Vassakara Sutta (AN 4.35) — With Vassakara {A ii 34} [Thanissaro]. Four distinguishing qualities of a wise person.
- Dona Sutta (AN 4.36) — With Dona {A ii 36} [Thanissaro]. A passerby, struck by the Buddha's serene presence, asks him, "What are you? Are you a deva? A spirit? A human being?" The Buddha's now-famous reply has made this one of the most oft-quoted passages in the entire Canon.
... and from the Theragatha
- Bhaddiya Kaligodhayaputta (Thag 16.7) {vv. 842-865} [Thanissaro]. These verses contain the Canon's only reference to the full set of thirteen ascetic practices.
- Angulimala (Thag 16.8) {vv. 866-891} [Thanissaro]. This collection of verses associated with Angulimala, the reformed bandit who became an arahant, contains all of the verses contained in MN 86 (the sutta that tells Angulimala's story) plus five concluding verses.
(2005-06-28) More answers to Warder
- John Kelly has expanded his "Answer Key to Warder's Introduction to Pali" to include answers to exercises in the first twenty chapters of the classic Pali textbook.
(2005-06-12) Sutta excerpts with commentary by Andrew Olendzki
- Cula-gopalaka Sutta (MN 34) — The Shorter Discourse on the Cowherd (excerpt) {M i 225} [Olendzki]. In this brief excerpt the Buddha urges his monks to cross over to the lasting safety of Nibbana.
- Dhammika Sutta (AN 6.54) — Dhammika (excerpt) {A iii 364} [Olendzki]. In the first of these excerpts, the Buddha uses a telling simile to explain the meaning of his most common epithet, Tathagata — "the Thus-Gone one." In the second, the Buddha tells a story illustrating how patient endurance is the best response to the insults of others.