The Udana, the third book of the Khuddaka Nikaya, offers a rich collection of short suttas, each of which culminates in a short verse uttered by the Buddha. Altogether there are eighty suttas, arranged in eight vaggas, or chapters.
The translator appears in the [square brackets]. The {braces} contain the starting page number in the PTS romanized Pali edition.
1. Bodhivagga — The Chapter About Awakening
- Ud 1.1: Bodhi Sutta — Awakening (1)
- {Ud 1} [Ireland | Thanissaro].
- Ud 1.2: Bodhi Sutta — Awakening (2)
- {Ud 2} [Ireland | Thanissaro].
- Ud 1.3: Bodhi Sutta — Awakening (3)
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{Ud 2}
[Ireland | Thanissaro].
Shortly after his Awakening, the Buddha contemplates dependent origination.
- Ud 1.6: Kassapa Sutta — About Maha Kassapa
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{Ud 4}
[Thanissaro].
Ven. Maha Kassapa chooses to go on his almsround among the poor and indigent, rather than among the devas.
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Ud 1.10: Bahiya Sutta — About Bahiya -
{Ud 6}
[Ireland | Thanissaro].
The ascetic Bahiya receives a brief teaching from the Buddha about dispassion towards the senses ("In reference to the seen, there will be only the seen...") and immediately becomes an arahant.
2. Muccalindavagga — The Chapter About Muccalinda
- Ud 2.1: Muccalinda Sutta — About Muccalinda
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{Ud 10}
[Ireland | Thanissaro].
Muccalinda, king of the protective nagas, visits the Buddha.
- Ud 2.2: Raja Sutta — Kings
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{Ud 10}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha scolds a group of monks for chattering about politics.
- Ud 2.3: Danda Sutta — The Stick
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{Ud 11}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha sees a group of boys beating a snake with a stick.
- Ud 2.4: Sakkara Sutta — Veneration
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{Ud 12}
[Thanissaro].
Ascetics from other sects become jealous of the support and respect offered to the Buddha.
- Ud 2.5: Upasaka Sutta — The Lay Follower
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{Ud 13}
[Thanissaro].
A busy layperson finally pays a visit to the Buddha.
- Ud 2.6: Gabbhini Sutta — The Pregnant Woman
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{Ud 13}
[Thanissaro].
A man becomes terribly ill after drinking oil to bring to his pregnant wife.
- Ud 2.7: Ekaputta Sutta — The Only Son
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{Ud 14}
[Thanissaro].
The grieving friends and family of a lay-follower's deceased son pay a visit to the Buddha.
- Ud 2.9: Visakha Sutta — To Visakha
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{Ud 18}
[Thanissaro].
Visakha the laywoman pays a visit to the Buddha.
- Ud 2.10: Bhaddiya Kaligodha Sutta — About Bhaddiya Kaligodha
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{Ud 18}
[Ireland | Thanissaro].
A meditating monk proclaims the blissfulness of life as a forest recluse.
3. Nandavagga — The Chapter About Nanda
- Ud 3.1: Kamma Sutta — Action
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{Ud 21}
[Ireland | Thanissaro].
A meditating monk endures the aches and pains of illness.
- Ud 3.2: Nanda Sutta — About Nanda
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{Ud 21}
[Ireland | Thanissaro].
The Buddha ingeniously dissuades Ven. Nanda, his half-brother, from disrobing.
- Ud 3.3: Yasoja Sutta — About Yasoja
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{Ud 24}
[Thanissaro].
A group of monks, suitably chastened by the Buddha for their raucous behavior, become arahants.
- Ud 3.4: Sariputta Sutta — About Sariputta
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{Ud 27}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha is inspired by the sight of Ven. Sariputta seated in meditation.
- Ud 3.5: Kolita Sutta — About Kolita (Maha Moggallana)
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{Ud 27}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha is inspired by the sight of Ven. Maha Moggallana seated in meditation.
- Ud 3.7: Kassapa Sutta — Kassapa
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{Ud 29}
[Thanissaro].
The king of the devas travels in disguise in order to make merit from giving almsfood to Ven. Maha Kassapa.
- Ud 3.8: Pinda Sutta — Alms
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{Ud 30}
[Thanissaro].
A monk should go on almsround for the right reasons.
- Ud 3.10: Loka Sutta — (Surveying) the World
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{Ud 32}
[Thanissaro].
Following his Awakening, the Buddha surveys the world with his mind's eye and sees a world full of ignorance, craving, and suffering.
4. Meghiyavagga — The Chapter About Meghiya
- Ud 4.1: Meghiya Sutta — About Meghiya
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{Ud 34}
[Ireland | Thanissaro].
An over-eager monk is assailed by unskillful states of mind, and the Buddha reminds him of the importance of associating with admirable friends.
- Ud 4.3: Gopala Sutta — The Cowherd
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{Ud 38}
[Thanissaro].
A cowherd invites the monks to a meal at his home.
- Ud 4.4: Juñha Sutta — Moonlit
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{Ud 39}
[Thanissaro].
A cantankerous yakkha decides to hit Ven. Sariputta over the head, and pays the price for his stupidity.
- Ud 4.5: Naga Sutta — The Bull Elephant
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{Ud 41}
[Ireland].
The Buddha moves from a noisy, crowded part of the forest to a more secluded one.
- Ud 4.6: Pindola Sutta — About Pindola
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{Ud 42}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha is inspired by the sight of Ven. Pindola seated in meditation.
- Ud 4.7: Sariputta Sutta — About Sariputta (1)
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{Ud 43}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha is inspired by the sight of Ven. Sariputta seated in meditation.
- Ud 4.9: Upasena Vangataputta Sutta — About Upasena Vangantaputta
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{Ud 45}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha is inspired by the attainments of Ven. Upasena Vangataputta.
- Ud 4.10: Sariputta Sutta — About Sariputta (2)
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{Ud 46}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha is inspired by the sight of Ven. Sariputta seated in meditation.
5. Sonavagga — The Chapter About Sona
- Ud 5.1: Raja Sutta — The King
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{Ud 47}
[Thanissaro].
Queen Mallika and King Pasenadi inquire of each other, "Is there anyone more dear to you than yourself?"
- Ud 5.2: Appayuka Sutta — Short-lived
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{Ud 47}
[Thanissaro].
Life is short; practice ardently!
- Ud 5.3: Kutthi Sutta — The Leper
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{Ud 48}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha instructs a leper, who soon attains stream-entry.
- Ud 5.4: Kumaraka Sutta — The Boys
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{Ud 51}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha comes upon two boys catching fish, and speaks to them about physical pain.
- Ud 5.5: Uposatha Sutta — The Observance
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{Ud 51}
[Ireland | Thanissaro].
The Buddha compares the wonderful qualities of the Dhamma to the qualities of the ocean.
- Ud 5.6: Sona Sutta — About Sona
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{Ud 57}
[Thanissaro].
A devoted lay follower recognizes the drawbacks of the householder's life and decides to become a monk.
- Ud 5.7: Revata Sutta — About Revata
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{Ud 60}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha is inspired by the sight of Ven. Revata seated in meditation.
- Ud 5.9: Saddayamana Sutta — Uproar
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{Ud 61}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha reflects on the empty words of a nearby group of boisterous youths.
- Ud 5.10: Panthaka Sutta — About Cula Panthaka
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{Ud 61}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha is inspired by the sight of Ven. Cula Panthaka seated in meditation.
6. Jaccandhavagga — Blind from Birth
- Ud 6.2: Jatila Sutta — Ascetics
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{Ud 64}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha explains to King Pasenadi how another's virtue, purity, endurance, and discernment may be known.
- Ud 6.3: Ahu Sutta — It Was
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{Ud 66}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha reflects on the unskillful qualities he has abandoned and the skillful ones he has perfected.
- Ud 6.4: Tittha Sutta — Various Sectarians (1)
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{Ud 66}
[Ireland | Thanissaro].
The Buddha uses the famous simile of the blind men and the elephant to illustrate the futility of arguing about one's views and opinions.
- Ud 6.5: Tittha Sutta — Various Sectarians (2)
- {Ud 70} [Thanissaro]
- Ud 6.6: Tittha Sutta — Various Sectarians (3)
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{Ud 70}
[Thanissaro]
The Buddha overhears some heated arguments between various speculative philosophers.
- Ud 6.7: Subhuti Sutta — About Subhuti
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{Ud 71}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha praises a monk for practicing jhana.
- Ud 6.8: Ganika Sutta — The Courtesan
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{Ud 71}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha is inspired by reports of deadly battles over the affections of a certain courtesan.
- Ud 6.9: Adhipataka Sutta — Insects
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{Ud 72}
[Olendzki | Thanissaro].
We are drawn by sense desire to our doom, like moths to the flame.
7. Culavagga — The Minor Chapter
- Ud 7.1: Bhaddiya Sutta — About Bhaddiya the Dwarf (1)
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{Ud 74}
[Thanissaro].
Ven. Sariputta helps guide Ven. Bhaddiya to the brink of arahantship.
- Ud 7.2: Bhaddiya Sutta — About Bhaddiya the Dwarf (2)
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{Ud 74}
[Thanissaro].
Ven Sariputta, failing to see that Ven. Bhaddiya is now an arahant, continues instructing him.
- Ud 7.3: Kamesu Satta Sutta — Attached to Sensual Pleasures (1)
- {Ud 75} [Thanissaro].
- Ud 7.4: Kamesu Satta Sutta — Attached to Sensual Pleasures (2)
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{Ud 75}
[Thanissaro].
Two occasions in which the Buddha is inspired by the sight of laypeople and their addictions to sensuality.
- Ud 7.6: Tanhakhaya Sutta — The Ending of Craving
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{Ud 76}
[Thanissaro].
The Buddha is inspired by the sight of Ven. Añña Kondañña seated in meditation.
- Ud 7.9: Udapana Sutta — The Well
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{Ud 78}
[Ireland | Thanissaro].
In a rare display of his supernatural powers, the Buddha makes a point of Dhamma to Ven. Ananda.
- Ud 7.10: Udena Sutta — About King Udena
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{Ud 79}
[Thanissaro].
500 women, all of whom had attained at least stream-entry, perish in a fire.
8. Pataligamiyavagga — The Chapter About Patali Village
- Ud 8.1: Nibbana Sutta — Total Unbinding/Parinibbana (1)
- {Ud 80} [Ireland | Thanissaro]
- Ud 8.2: Nibbana Sutta — Total Unbinding/Parinibbana (2)
- {Ud 80} [Ireland | Thanissaro]
- Ud 8.3: Nibbana Sutta — Total Unbinding/Parinibbana (3)
- {Ud 80} [Ireland | Thanissaro]
- Ud 8.4: Nibbana Sutta — Total Unbinding/Parinibbana (4)
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{Ud 81}
[Ireland | Thanissaro]
Four suttas in which the Buddha describes the nature of Nibbana.
- Ud 8.8: Visakha Sutta — To Visakha
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{Ud 91}
[Thanissaro].
The laywoman Visakha, grieving over the death of a grandchild, receives a powerful teaching concerning clinging and death.
- Ud 8.9: Dabba Sutta — About Dabba Mallaputta (1)
- {Ud 92} [Thanissaro]
- Ud 8.10: Dabba Sutta — About Dabba Mallaputta (2)
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{Ud 93}
[Thanissaro]
The Buddha is inspired by Ven. Dabba Mallaputta's spectacular death and attainment of Parinibbana.