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Sariputta Sutta - Buddhism

Sariputta Sutta - Buddhism - translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu A Buddhist text concerning an Awakened One

Analysis of the Truths

Analysis of the Truths - Buddhism - translated by Bhikkhu Sujato Expanding on the Buddha’s first sermon, Venerable Sāriputta gives a detailed explanation of the four noble truths.

Heirs in the Teaching Sutta

Heirs in the Teaching Sutta - Buddhism - translated by Bhikkhu Sujato Some of the Buddha’s students inherit from him only material profits and fame. But his true inheritance is the spiritual path, the way of contentment. Venerable Sāriputta explains how by following the Buddha’s example we can expe

What Should Be Cultivated

What Should and Should Not Be Cultivated - Buddhism - by Bhikkhu Sujato The Buddha sets up a framework on things to be cultivated or avoided, and Venerable Sāriputta volunteers to elaborate.

Buddhism: With Gulissani Sutta

Buddhism: With Gulissani Sutta - translated by Bhikkhu Sujato A monk comes down to the community from the wilderness, but doesn’t behave properly. Venerable Sāriputta explains how a mendicant should behave, whether in forest or town.

Sariputta asks Buddha Sutta

Sariputta asks Buddha Sutta - Buddhism - translated by Laurence Khantipalo Mills When a monk, disaffected with the world, takes up the life of seclusion, what fears should he overcome? What dangers should he beware of? How should he train to blow away the impurities in his heart?

Prepared Chariots Sutta

Prepared Chariots Sutta - Buddhism - translated by Bhikkhu Sujato Venerable Sāriputta seeks a dialog with an esteemed monk, Venerable Puṇṇa Mantāniputta, and they discuss the stages of purification.

Sariputta and Kotthita Sutta

Sariputta and Kotthita Sutta - translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu A Buddhist text about the Tathagata

With Dhananjani Sutta

With Dhananjani Sutta - Buddhism - translated by Bhikkhu Sujato A corrupt tax-collector is redeemed by his encounter with Venerable Sāriputta.

The Purification of Alms Sutta

The Purification of Alms Sutta - Buddhism - translated by Bhikkhu Sujato The Buddha notices Venerable Sāriputta’s glowing complexion, which is the result of his deep meditation. He then presents a series of reflections by which a mendicant can be sure that they are worthy of their alms-food.

With Kalara the Aristocrat

With Kalara the Aristocrat - Buddhism - translated by Bhikkhu Sujato A mendicant named Kaḷāra the Khattiya informs Sāriputta that the mendicant Moḷiyaphagguna had disrobed. Overinterpreting Sāriputta’s reply, Kaḷāra reports to the Buddha that Sāriputta had claimed to have ended all defilements. T

Bundles of Reeds Sutta

Bundles of Reeds Sutta - Buddhism - translated by Bhikkhu Sujato Venerables Mahākoṭṭhita and Sāriputta discuss whether the factors of dependent origination are created by oneself, another, both, or by chance.

Simile of Elephant's Footprint

The Longer Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint - translated by Bhikkhu Sujato Sāriputta gives an elaborate demonstration of how, just as any footprint can fit inside an elephant’s, all the Buddha’s teaching can fit inside the four noble truths. This offers an overall template for organizing the Budd

The Great Classification Sutta

The Great Classification Sutta - Buddhism - translated by Bhikkhu Sujato A series of questions and answers between Sāriputta and Mahākoṭṭhita, examining various subtle and abstruse aspects of the teachings.

Unblemished Sutta - Buddhism

Unblemished Sutta - Buddhism - translated by Bhikkhu Sujato The Buddha’s chief disciples, Sāriputta and Moggallāna, use a simile of a tarnished bowl to illustrate the blemishes of the mind and conduct. They emphasize how the crucial thing is not so much whether there are blemishes, but whether we a

Sariputta: Sutta & Paritta

Buddhist application which contains a collection of parittas and their use in Pali and Indonesian languages. Dhamma-based applications complete with devotional and special parittas and their translations, tripitics in Indonesian as well as articles on Buddhism are easy to read. The full Dhammapada

The Virtuous One Sutta

The Virtuous One Sutta - Buddhism - translated by Suddhāso Bhikkhu Mahākoṭṭhita asks what an ethical mendicant should focus on, and Sāriputta replies that if they focus on aggregates as impermanent, etc. they may become a stream-enterer. A stream-enterer contemplating in the same way may become a n

阿惟越致遮經卷 Portable Sutra Series

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Discourse about Moonlight

Discourse about Moonlight - Buddhism - translated by Bhikkhu Ānandajoti A spirit gives Ven. Sāriputta a blow on the head.

Advice to Anathapindika Sutta

Advice to Anathapindika Sutta - Buddhism - translated by Bhikkhu Sujato As the great lay disciple Anāthapiṇḍika lies dying, Venerable Sāriputta visits him and gives a powerful teaching on non-attachment.