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AN 7.95 Seven people worthy of offerings due to observing impermanence in the eye. AN 7.96 - 7.614 Seven people worthy of offerings due to observing suffering, etc., in the eye, etc.

AN 7.85 A mendicant destroys seven defilements.AN 7.86 An ascetic destroys seven defilements.AN 7.87 A brahmin initiate destroys seven defilements.AN 7.88 A scholar destroys seven defilements.AN 7.89 A bathed initiate destroys seven defilements.AN 7.90 A knowledge master destroys seven defilements.AN 7.91 A noble-one destroys seven defilementsAN 7.92 A perfected one destroys seven defilements.AN 7.93 Seven bad qualities starting with faithlessness.AN 7.94 Seven good qualities starting with faith.

AN 7.75 - 7.78An expert in monastic conduct has seven qualities.AN 7.79 - 82 An expert in monastic conduct shines with seven qualities.AN 7.83 The Buddha teaches the Vinaya expert Upāli a short summary of the teaching.AN 7.84 Seven principles for settling issues and disputes that have arisen in the community.

The longest of all discourses, this extended narrative tells of the events surrounding the Buddha’s death. Full of vivid and moving details, it is an ideal entry point into knowing the Buddha as a person, and understanding how the Buddhist community coped with his passing.

AN 7.69 The blossoming of the Shady Orchid Tree delights the gods of the Thirty-Three, and in the same way, the renunciation of a Buddhist ascetic is delightful.AN 7.70 Sāriputta reflects on what a mendicant should revere in order to develop the wholesome. He reports to the Buddha that these things are indeed found in himself.AN 7.71 Liberation doesn’t happen because you wish for it, but because you develop the path.AN 7.72 It would be better for a monk to embrace a blazing fire than to lie with a maiden.AN 7.73 There have been many great teachers in the past, who should not be reviled. But reviling a single noble disciple is even more serious.AN 7.74 Araka was a famous teacher long ago, when the life span was much greater than today. Nevertheless, he still taught impermanence; how much more is it relevant today!

AN 7.65 A sense of conscience is the foundation that leads step by step to liberation.AN 7.66 A rare discourse on cosmic evolution. The Buddha describes the successive appearance of seven suns and how even the earth will be burned up.AN 7.67 When a king’s fortress is well supplied with seven things and has four kinds of food supplies it is impregnable. Similarly, a noble disciple with seven qualities and the four absorptions is impregnable.AN 7.68 A mendicant who has seven qualities is worthy, with a special emphasis on listening to and learning the teaching.

AN 7.59 Venerable Kimbila asks the Buddha the reasons for the long-lasting of Buddhism after the Buddha’s demise.AN 7.60 Qualities required for arahantship.AN 7.61 Before his awakening, Moggallāna is struggling with sleepiness in meditation. The Buddha visits him and gives seven ways to dispel drowsiness, and other important teachings.AN 7.62 The incalculable benefits of merit that last for many aeons.AN 7.63 Anāthapiṇḍika’s home was in an uproar due to the badly behaved Sujātā, newly wedded to one of his sons. The Buddha speaks to her on the different kinds of wives.AN 7.64 When someone is angry, they wish ill upon their enemy, and are disappointed if they do well. This sutta includes a powerful set of verses.

AN 7.54 The Buddha explains why a noble disciple has no doubt when it comes to the unexplained points.AN 7.55 Seven kinds of rebirth for non-returners, as well as extinguishment by not grasping.AN 7.56 Two gods come to the Buddha on Vulture’s Peak and declare that the nuns are liberated. Moggallāna interrogates one of the deities on what he means, and the Buddha adds further explanation.AN 7.57 The Buddha explains the benefits of giving that are visible in the present life, and one that is only apparent in the next.AN 7.58 Four areas where the Realized One has nothing to hide, and three ways he is irreproachable.

AN 7.44 Seven planes of consciousness in which beings may be reborn.AN 7.45 The path factors are the prerequisite for right immersion.AN 7.46 Seven fires, some physical, some psychological.AN 7.47 The brahmin Uggatasarīra has arranged a great sacrifice. On Ānanda’s advice, he asks the Buddha how to make a sacrifice beneficial.AN 7.48 Meditating on seven perceptions leads to the deathless, in brief.AN 7.49 Meditating on seven perceptions leads to the deathless, in detail.AN 7.50 The brahmin Jāṇussoṇī asks the Buddha about behaviors that are a blemish to the celibate life.AN 7.51 By focusing on their own gendered attributes, a man or woman becomes attached to them and develops lust for the opposite sex.AN 7.52 The lay followers of Campā seek a teaching from the Buddha. Together with Sāriputta, they ask the Buddha about what makes a gift fruitful.AN 7.53 Sāriputta and Moggallāna are on tour in the southern hills. A deity informs the laywoman Veḷukaṇṭakī that they are approaching. When Sāriputta expresses his amazement that she speaks with the gods, she goes on to list many other of her own amazing qualities.

AN 7.32 A god speaks of the the seven principles of non-decline to the Buddha, who repeats it to the mendicants.AN 7.33 The Buddha tells of hearing the seven principles of non-decline from a god.AN 7.34 The Buddha tells of hearing the seven principles of non-decline from a god.AN 7.35 The Buddha tells of hearing the seven principles of non-decline from a god. Sāriputta offers additional explanationAn 7.36 When a friend has seven factors, one should associate with them.AN 7.37 When a mendicant has seven factors, one should stay close to them even if they send you away.AN 7.38 With seven qualities, a mendicant will soon realize the four kinds of textual analysis.AN 7.39 With seven qualities, Sāriputta realized the four kinds of textual analysis.An 7.40 Seven qualities leading to mastery of meditation.AN 7.41 With seven qualities, Sāriputta became a master of meditation.AN 7.42 Sāriputta visits a sectarian hermitage and hears them saying that someone who lives the spiritual life for twelve years is fit to graduate. The Buddha rejects this, saying that a mendicant is qualified to graduate not merely by completing a certain number of years, but because of their spiritual qualities.AN 7.43 Ānanda visits a sectarian hermitage and hears them saying that someone who lives the spiritual life for twelve years is fit to graduate. The Buddha rejects this, saying that a mendicant is qualified to graduate not merely by completing a certain number of years, but because of their spiritual qualities.

AN 7.21 The Buddha teaches the seven principles of non-decline to the Licchavis at the Sārandada shrine near Vesālī.AN 7.22 King Ajātasattu of Magadha wishes to invade the Vajjians, and sends his minister Vassakāra to tell the Buddha of his intentions. The Buddha recalls the time he taught the seven principles of non-decline to the Vajjians.AN 7.23 The Buddha teaches the seven principles of non-decline to the mendicants.AN 7.24 -27 The Buddha teaches seven principles of non-decline to the mendicants.AN 7.28 Seven qualities leading to the decline of a mendicant who is a trainee.AN 7.29 Seven qualities leading to the decline of a lay follower.AN 7.30 Seven failures for a lay follower.AN 7.31 Seven ruins for a lay follower.

AN 7.11 The underlying tendencies of sensual desire, repulsion, views, doubt, conceit, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.AN 7.12 The purpose of the spiritual life is to give up the underlying tendencies of sensual desire, repulsion, views, doubt, conceit, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.AN 7.13 Factors that make a family worth visiting.AN 7.14 Seven persons who are worthy of gifts and veneration.AN 7.15 Seven people found in the world who are like those in water.AN 7.16 Seven persons who are worthy of gifts and veneration.AN 7.17 Seven persons who are worthy of gifts and veneration.AN 7.18 Seven persons who are worthy of gifts and veneration.AN 7.19 Seven persons who are worthy of gifts and veneration.AN 7.20 A mendicant with seven qualities is qualified to graduate.

AN 7.01 Seven qualities that make a mendicant either agreeable or disagreeable to their fellow monastics.AN 7.02 Seven qualities that make a mendicant either agreeable or disagreeable to their fellow monastics.AN 7.03 The powers of faith, energy, conscience, prudence, mindfulness, samādhi, and wisdom.AN 7.04 The powers of faith, energy, conscience, prudence, mindfulness, samādhi, and wisdom.AN 7.05 The wealth of faith, energy, conscience, prudence, learning, generosity, and wisdom.AN 7.06 The wealth of faith, energy, conscience, prudence, learning, generosity, and wisdom.AN 7.07 Migāra of Rohaṇa is a wealthy man, but even his riches are vulnerable to the vicissitudes of life, unlike spiritual wealth.AN 7.08 The fetters of compliance, repulsion, views, doubt, conceit, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.AN 7.09 The purpose of the spiritual life is to give up the fetters of compliance, repulsion, views, doubt, conceit, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.AN 7.10 The fetters of compliance, repulsion, views, doubt, conceit, envy, and stinginess.

AN 6.117 Things that enable or obstruct meditation on the body.AN 6.118 Things that enable or obstruct meditation on various things.An 6.119 Possessing six qualities, the householder Tapussa sees the Dhamma.AN 6.120 -139 Possessing six qualities, various householders see the Dhamma.

AN 6.107 Antidotes for greed, hate, and delusion.AN 6.108 Antidotes for bad conduct.AN 6.109 Antidotes for bad thoughts.AN 6.110 Antidotes for harmful perceptions.AN 6.111 Antidotes for harmful properties.AN 6.112 Antidotes for views of gratification, self, and wrong views.AN 6.113 Antidotes for discontent, cruelty, and misconduct.AN 6.114 Antidotes for discontent, unawareness, and desire.AN 6.115 Antidotes for being hard to correct, bad friendship, and distraction.AN 6.116 Antidotes for restlessness, lack of restraint, and heedlessness.

AN 6.96 Things rare to find in the world.AN 6.97 Benefits of stream-entry.AN 6.98 A mendicant on the path cannot see any condition as permanent.AN 6.99 A mendicant on the path cannot see any condition as pleasurable.AN 6.100 A mendicant on the path cannot see any thing as not-self.AN 6.101 A mendicant on the path cannot see extinguishment as suffering.AN 6.102 Reasons for meditating on impermanence.AN 6.103 Reasons for meditating on suffering.AN 6.104 Reasons for meditating on not-self.AN 6.105 Giving up rebirth in the three realms of existence, and developing the three trainings.AN 6.106 Giving up conceit and craving.

AN 6.85 Things leading to growth or deterioration by day or night.AN 6.86 Things that enable or obstruct true understanding while listening to the teachings.AN 6.87 Things that enable or obstruct true understanding while listening to the teachings.AN 6.88 Things that enable or obstruct true understanding while listening to the teachings.AN 6.89 Requirements for becoming a stream-enterer.AN 6.90 Requirements for becoming a stream-enterer.AN 6.91 Things impossible for a stream-enterer.AN 6.92 Things impossible for a stream-enterer.AN 6.93 Things impossible for a stream-enterer.AN 6.94 Things impossible for a stream-enterer.AN 6.95 Things impossible for a stream-enterer.

AN 6.75 Six qualities that lead to suffering, and whose absence leads to happiness.AN 6.76 Qualities for realizing arahantship.AN 6.77 Qualities for realizing superhuman states.AN 6.78 Qualities leading to happiness.AN 6.79 Qualities for gaining and strengthening good qualities.AN 6.80 Possessing six qualities a mendicant attains to greatness.AN 6.81 Things leading to hell or heaven.AN 6.82 Things leading to hell or heaven.AN 6.83 Things leading to or obstructing the attainment of perfection.AN 6.84 Things leading to growth or deterioration by day or night.

AN 6.65 Six things lead to non-return. AN 6.66 Six things lead to perfection. AN 6.67 With bad friends, a mendicant cannot fulfill six good qualities, but with good friends they can. AN 6.68 A mendicant who loves to socialize can’t find peace in meditation, but one who loves solitude can. AN 6.69 A god speaks on the factors of non-decline. When the Buddha repeats what he says, Sāriputta gives an explaination. AN 6.70 Without samādhi or immersion it is impossible to realize the higher truths of the path. AN 6.71 Six qualities that enable a mendicant to gain understanding. AN 6.72 Six qualities that enable a mendicant to gain strength in meditation. AN 6.73 Six qualities that enable a mendicant to gain the first absorption. AN 6.74 Six qualities that enable a mendicant to gain the first absorption.

AN 6.60 The junior monk Citta Hatthisāriputta rudely interrupts his seniors, and is admonished by Mahākoṭṭhita. His friends speak in his defense, but Mahākoṭṭhita warns them with a long explanation of how hard it is to know another’s mind. Ultimately, Citta disrobes.AN 6.61 Several senior mendicants discuss the “Questions of Metteyya” from the Pārāyana (Snp 5.3). Each propose an interpretation, and they then ask the Buddha. He praises each reading, but gives his own intended meaning.AN 6.62 A monk asks whether, when the Buddha said that Devadatta was going to hell, he was speaking metaphorically. The Buddha castigates him, wondering how anyone could misunderstand such a straightforward statement, and explains how he reads the minds of others and understands where their deeds will lead them.AN 6.63 A detailed analysis of several central themes, including sense perception, feeling, defilements, kamma, etc.AN 6.64 The Buddha possesses six spiritual powers that enable him to roar his lion’s roar.

AN 6.55 When Venerable Soṇa thinks of disrobing, the Buddha comes and encourages him with the famous simile of the lute that is tuned neither too loose nor too tight.AN 6.56 The Buddha consoles Venerable Phagguṇa on his deathbed, and he dies at peace. The Buddha then explains to Ānanda the benefits of hearing the Dhamma at the right time.AN 6.57 Ānanda asks the Buddha about the six classes of people described by the rival ascetic Pūraṇa Kassapa. The Buddha rejects them, and proposes an alternate scheme, emphasizing the importance ones deeds in this life.AN 6.58 The Buddha explains diverse methods for overcoming diverse kinds of defilements.AN 6.59 The householder Dārukammika claims to give gifts to arahants. But the Buddha warns him that it’s hard to know who is really an arahant, and encourage him instead to make offerings to the Saṅgha.

AN 6.49 Two monks separately come to the Buddha and speak of awakening in terms of letting go conceit. The Buddha affirms that they are, in fact, awakened, and that such indirect means are the proper way to make such declarations.AN 6.50 Just as a tree without leaves cannot grow, sense restraint is the foundation for spiritual growth.AN 6.51 Venerables Ānanda and Sāriputta discuss how a mendicants gets to further their learning and understanding.AN 6.52 The Buddha explains to the brahmin Jāṇussoṇī the ambition, quest, commitment, insistence, and ultimate goal of aristocrats, brahmins, householders, women, bandits, and ascetics.AN 6.53 With a series of vivid similes, the Buddha shows how diligence leads to benefits in both this life and the next.AN 6.54 The monk Dhammika annoys both the monks and the layfolk so badly that they banish him. He comes to the Buddha, who consoles him and raises his spirits with a story, while at the same time showing him the error of his ways.

AN 6.43 When going for a bath, the Buddha encounters a giant royal elephant. But a spiritual giant is even more impressive.AN 6.44 In response to criticism, the Buddha explains that it is difficult to compare the spiritual development of different individuals, so we should not be judgmental.AN 6.45 Poor people suffer when they get in debt. Spiritual practitioners who are devoid of good qualities suffer in a similar way.AN 6.46 In a discourse evidently set some time after the Buddha’s passing, Venerable Mahācunda urges different groups of meditators, whether they emphasize serenity or insight, to respect and support each other.AN 6.47 The Buddha explains to the wanderer Moliyasīvaka how the teaching may be realized in the present life.AN 6.48 The Buddha explains a brahmin how the teaching may be realized in the present life.

AN 6.31 Things leading to decline or non-decline.AN 6.32 A god speaks on things leading to decline or non-decline.AN 6.33 The Buddha recounts the events of the previous discourse.AN 6.34 Mahāmoggallāna is visited by a Brahmā god who had formerly been a mendicant, and they discuss which of the gods are stream-enterers.AN 6.35 Six kinds of perception that lead to wisdom.AN 6.36 If a mendicant nurses six kinds of defilements it leads to bitterness and disputes in the Saṅgha.AN 6.37 Seeing the laywoman Veḷukaṇṭakī preparing a meal for the Saṅgha, the Buddha celebrated by saying that giving is of great benefit when the donor and the recipient each possess three qualities.AN 6.38 The Buddha rebuts a brahmin’s claim that there is no such thing as actions initiated by oneself.AN 6.39 Greed, hate, and delusion are the roots of deeds.AN 6.40 The Buddha explains to Venerable Kimbila the reasons why Buddhism lasts long after the Buddha’s demise.AN 6.41 Even a simple block of wood can be perceived in different ways by a mendicant with advanced meditation.AN 6.42 When visited by a noisy crowd, the Buddha speaks to his attendant Nāgita of his love of seclusion and solitude, and of his regard for forest mendicants.

AN 6.21 Even the gods know that some monks are falling away from their practice.AN 6.22 In the past, future, and present, practicing six good qualities protects against decline.AN 6.23 Sensual pleasures are perilous.AN 6.24 A mendicant who has fully mastered meditation could even split apart the Himalayas.AN 6.25 The six recollections are a way to escape from greed.AN 6.26 Mahākaccāna teaches that the six recollections are a way to escape from greed and lead to a mind as vast as space.An 6.27 The right time to visit an esteemed mendicant is when you need spiritual guidance and support.AN 6.28 Some senior mendicants discuss the right time to see an esteemed mendicant, and Mahākaccāna answers by quoting the Buddha from AN 6.27.AN 6.29 When the Buddha asks about the topics for recollection, a monk reveals his ignorance. Ānanda then gives an unusual list of five recollections, which the Buddha supplements with a sixth.AN 6.30 There are things in the world considered to be unsurpassed, but none of them compare with the Dhamma.

AN 6.11 Six warm-hearted qualities practiced among the mendicants.AN 6.12 Six warm-hearted qualities practiced among the mendicants.AN 6.13 The Buddha’s teachings are effective, so we can’t claim to have practiced them fully if we’re still afflicted by the various forms of suffering.AN 6.14 A mendicant who lives well and doesn’t waste time will have a good death.AN 6.15 A mendicant who lives well and doesn’t waste time dies without regret.AN 6.16 A sick householder is consoled by his wife, who says there is no need for him to be worried about dying, as she is well able to support the family and practice the Dhamma. He recovers, and visits the Buddha to sing the praises of his kind and wise wife.AN 6.17 Neither a king nor a mendicant gets anything accomplished if they just sleep all the time.AN 6.18 Those whose livelihood is the killing of animals do not prosper.AN 6.19 Many of those who practice mindfulness of death don’t do so urgently enough. Death might come to us at any moment.AN 6.20 A method for recollecting one’s own death that leads to urgency, diligence, and joy.

AN 6.01 A mendicant is worthy of gifts because of equanimity for the six senses.AN 6.02 A mendicant is worthy of gifts because of the six higher knowledges.AN 6.03 A mendicant is worthy of gifts because of six faculties.AN 6.04 A mendicant is worthy of gifts because of six powers.AN 6.05 A steed is worthy of the king for six reasons, and a mendicant is worthy for six similar reasons.AN 6.06 A steed is worthy of the king for six reasons, and a mendicant is worthy for six similar reasons.AN 6.07 A steed is worthy of the king for six reasons, and a mendicant is worthy for six similar reasons.AN 6.08 Six things that are unsurpassable.AN 6.09 Six topics for recollection.AN 6.10 The Buddha teaches his relative Mahānāma that a noble disciple often practices the six recollections, which lead to joy and peace.

The factors that are needed for insight, the complete understanding … finishing … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … giving away … letting go of stinginess, deceit, deviousness, obstinacy, aggression, conceit, arrogance, vanity, negligence.

The factors that need to be developed for insight, complete understanding … finishing … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … giving away … letting go of greed, hate, delusion, anger,hostility, disdain, contempt, jealousy.

Why a monk, nun, various ascetics etc. are cast down to hell or raised up to heaven.

5.272 - Qualities of one who is appointed to assign meals.5.273 - 5.285 Qualities of one who is appointed to assign lodgings, and other monastery responsibilities.

5.251 - Qualifications for one who should give an ordination.5.252 - Qualifications for one who should give dependence.5.253 Qualifications for one who should have a novice as attendant.5.254 Material and spiritual stinginess.5.255 Getting rid of the five kinds of stinginess.5.256 Give up stinginess to enter the first absorption.5.257 - 5.263 Give up stinginess to enter the absorptions and higher attainments.5.264 Give up stinginess to enter the first absorption.5.265- 271 Give up stinginess to enter the absorptions and higher attainments.

5.241 Drawbacks of bad conduct, and the reverse.5.242 Drawbacks of bad bodily conduct, and the reverse.5.243 Drawbacks of bad verbal conduct, and the reverse.5.244 Drawbacks of bad mental conduct, and the reverse.5.245 Drawbacks of bad conduct, and the reverse.5.246 Drawbacks of bad bodily conduct, and the reverse.5.247 Drawbacks of bad verbal conduct, and the reverse.5.248 Drawbacks of bad mental conduct, and the reverse.5.249 Why a person may have the same defects as a charnel ground.5.250 Placing faith in an individual is dangerous for five reasons.

5.231 Reasons a resident mendicant is admirable, and the reverse.5.232 Reasons a resident mendicant is admirable, and the reverse.5.233 Reasons a resident mendicant beautifies a monastery.5.234 Reasons a resident mendicant helps a monastery.5.235 How a mendicant shows compassion to lay folk.5.236 Reasons a resident mendicant is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.5.237 Reasons a resident mendicant is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.5.238 Reasons a resident mendicant is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.5.239 Reasons a resident mendicant is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.5.240 Reasons a resident mendicant is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.

5.221 For five reasons, a mendicant should wander a reasonable amount, not aimlessly.5.222 For five reasons, a mendicant should wander a reasonable amount, not aimlessly.5.223 For five reasons, a mendicant should stay in a monastery a reasonable length of time, not excessively.5.224 For five reasons, a mendicant should stay in a monastery a reasonable length of time, not excessively.5.225 A mendicant who visits families risks the following five problems.5.226 A mendicant who visits families risks the following five problems.5.227 Five drawbacks of riches, and five benefits.5.228 Five drawbacks for families who eat overly late, and five benefits of eating at a reasonable hour.5.229 Five ways a woman is like a black snake.5.230 Five ways a woman is like a black snake.

5.211 Why a mendicant shouldn’t speak ill of their spiritual companions.5.212 Why a mendicant shouldn’t start arguments.5.213 Five drawbacks of failure in morality, and the corresponding benefits of the reverse.5.214 Five drawbacks for a person who talks a lot, and the corresponding benefits of the reverse.5.215 Five drawbacks of intolerance, and the corresponding benefits of the reverse.5.216 Five drawbacks of intolerance, and the corresponding benefits of the reverse.5.217 Five drawbacks of uninspiring conduct, and the corresponding benefits of the reverse.5.218 Five drawbacks of uninspiring conduct, and the corresponding benefits of the reverse.5.219 Five drawbacks of sitting around a fire.5.220 Five drawbacks of the city of Madhura.

5.201 Things that lead to the long-lasting of the Dhamma after the Buddha’s death. 5.202 Five benefits of listening to the teaching. 5.203 Factors that make a thoroughbred worthy of a king. 5.204 Five spiritual powers. 5.205 Five kinds of emotional barrenness that can affect mendicants. 5.206 Five kinds of emotional shackle that can affect mendicants. 5.207 The five health benefits of eating porridge. 5.208 The five health problems of not cleaning one’s teeth with chew sticks. 5.209 Why you shouldn’t recite Dhamma in an overly drawn-out singing style. 5.210 Why you shouldn’t fall asleep unmindfully.

5.191 Ancient traditions of the brahmins that are these days only seen among dogs.5.192 The brahmin Doṇa accuses the Buddha of not respecting brahmins, so the Buddha responds by analyzing the different kinds of brahmin.5.193 Saṅgārava the brahmin asks why memorized hymns are sometimes clear to the mind and sometimes not. The Buddha answers with the five hindrances.5.194 The brahmins Kāraṇapālī and Piṅgiyānī extol the good qualities of the Buddha.5.195 During a visit by the Licchavis, the brahmin Piṅgiyānī utters a verse in praise of the Buddha.5.196 Before his awakening, the bodhisatta had five great dreams that foretold profound aspects of his awakening and dispensation.5.197 Weather forecasters remain ignorant of these five obstacles to rain.5.198 Five factors of good speech.5.199 When a renunciate visits a family, they make merit on five bases.5.200 Five kinds of escape, showing how different aspects of suffering are escaped by different practices.

5.181 Different reasons why someone might dwell in the wilderness. 5.182 Different reasons why someone might wear rag robes. 5.183 Different reasons why someone might dwell at the root of a tree. 5.184 Different reasons why someone might dwell in a charnel ground. 5.185 Different reasons why someone might dwell in the open air. 5.186 Different reasons why someone might never lie down. 5.187 Different reasons why someone might sleep wherever a mat is laid down. 5.188 Different reasons why someone might eat once per day. 5.189 Different reasons why someone might refuse food offered late. 5.190 Different reasons why someone might eat only from their bowl.

5.171 Confidence or lack thereof in layfolk is due to their precepts.5.172 Confidence or lack thereof in layfolk is due to their precepts.5.173 Reasons one is cast down to hell or raised to heaven.5.174 Breaking of precepts is a threat and a danger.5.175 An outcaste is not born, but they make themselves an outcaste by their behavior.5.176 The Buddha encourages Anāthapiṇḍika to not rest short with generosity, but to practice meditation too.5.177 Five kinds of trade that are wrong livelihood.5.178 Kings do not punish people for keeping precepts.5.179 Qualities possessing which a lay person may claim to be a stream-enterer.5.180 The Buddha tells of the layman Gavesī in the time of Buddha Kassapa, and how he went forth with all his followers.

5.161 Five reflections to help eliminate resentment, in brief.5.162 Five reflections to help eliminate resentment, an explanation by Sāriputta..5.163 Qualifications for a mendicant to hold a Dhamma discussion.5.164 Qualifications for a mendicant to share their way of life.5.165 Sāriputta explains five reasons for asking a question, and the reason he asks a question.5.166 Udāyī refuses to believe Sāriputta’s description of the achievements of an accomplished meditator. The Buddha dismisses Udāyī’s foolishness, and outlines the reasons senior mendicants should be respected.5.167 Factors that a mendicant should establish in themselves before accusing another.5.168 Lack of ethics prevents the attaining of samādhi, wisdom, and freedom.5.169 Ānanda asks Sāriputta to explain what it means to be quick-witted, but Sāriputta gets Ānanda to explain it himself.5.170 Ānanda asks Bhaddaji about the best sense objects, and corrects his answer.

5.151 -153Qualities that prevent one who is listening to the teaching from understanding.5.154 - 156 Things that lead to the decline or the prosperity of the Dhamma.5.157 Certain topics are inappropriate to discuss with certain kinds of people.5.158 Confidence or lack thereof in mendicants is due to their practice.5.159 When told Venerable Udāyī is teaching, the Buddha defines five factors that a Dhamma teacher should establish in themselves.5.160 Five things that are hard to dispel once they have arisen

5.141 Five people susceptible to various flaws. 5.142 Those who violate moral precepts may regret it or may not. 5.143 The Licchavis discuss the greatest treasures in the world. The Buddha, criticizing them for their fixation on sensual pleasures, suggests spiritual treasures. 5.144 Five meditations that train a mendicant to shift their perception at will. 5.145 Reasons one is cast down to hell or raised to heaven. 5.146 Don’t befriend a mendicant with five qualities; look instead for the five opposites. 5.147 Good and bad ways of offering gifts. 5.148 The way a good person gives gifts and the outcome. 5.149 A mendicant who has found only temporary freedom may decline for five reasons. 5.150 A mendicant who has found only temporary freedom may decline for five reasons.

5.131 Five qualities by which a wheel-turning monarch rules justly, and five corresponding qualities by which the Buddha rolls the Wheel of Dhamma.5.132 Five qualities by which a wheel-turning monarch’s son rules justly, and five corresponding qualities by which Sāriputta keeps rolling the Wheel of Dhamma.5.133 Even a wheel-turning monarch has a king, as does the Buddha.5.134 A wheel-turning monarch always lives in his own realm, and so does a mendicant whose mind is freed.5.135 A wheel-turning monarch’s son aspires to kingship, as a mendicant aspires to awakening.5.136 A wheel-turning monarch’s son aspires to be a viceroy, as a mendicant aspires to awakening.5.137 Five people who sleep little.5.138 Even a clumsy royal elephant is considered to be a royal elephant, and so too even a clumsy mendicant is still a mendicant.5.139 A royal elephant who can’t endure sense impacts is unfit, and so too a mendicant.5.140 A royal elephant with five factors is fit, and so too a mendicant.

5.121 Five meditations recommended for sick mendicants. 5.122 Five meditations that lead to perfection or non-return. 5.123 Five qualities that make a patient hard to nurse. 5.124 Five requirements that a carer or nurse should meet before looking after a patient. 5.125 Things that assist or impede longevity. 5.126 Things that assist or impede longevity. 5.127 Five factors that show whether a mendicant is ready to live apart from the Sangha. 5.128 Things that make an ascetic happy or unhappy. 5.129 Five deeds that condemn the perpetrator to hell. 5.130 Worldly or moral losses and their consequences.

5.111 Five qualities that endear a mendicant who visits families.5.112 Five factors to be observed by a companion who follows on alms-round; this would typically be a novice or junior mendicant.5.113 To enter samādhi, a mendicant must be able to endure sense impacts.5.114 Five qualities to instill in recently ordained mendicants.5.115 Five good and five bad qualities that determine a nun’s destiny after death.5.116 Five good and five bad qualities that determine a nun’s destiny after death.5.117 Five good and five bad qualities that determine a nun’s destiny after death.5.118 Five good and five bad qualities that determine a nun’s destiny after death.5.119 Five good and five bad qualities that determine a nun’s destiny after death.5.120 Five good and five bad qualities that determine a nun’s destiny after death.

5.101 Five factors in which a trainee is assured. 5.102 Five reasons why even a good mendicant might be suspected of bad behavior. 5.103 Five tricks used by thieves to hide, and similar tricks used by bad mendicants. 5.104 Five qualities of the most refined type of ascetic. 5.105 Five ways in which a mendicant can live comfortably with their spiritual companions. 5.106 The Buddha explains to Ānanda five ways in which a mendicant can live comfortably with their spiritual companions. 5.107 Five factors of a worthy mendicant. 5.108 Five factors of a worthy mendicant. 5.109 Five factors by which a mendicant covers all the directions. 5.110 Five factors that show whether a mendicant is ready to live in the wilderness.

5.91 Five spiritual accomplishments culminating in wisdom.5.92 Five spiritual accomplishments culminating in freedom.5.93 When people are asked whether they are enlightened, they might answer for different reasons.5.94 Living comfortably by practicing meditation.5.95 Supported by five factors, including four aspects of textual analysis, one will soon realize the unshakable.5.96 Supported by five factors, one who practices mindfulness of breathing will soon realize the unshakable.5.97 Supported by five factors, one who practices mindfulness of breathing will soon realize the unshakable.5.98 Supported by five factors, one who practices mindfulness of breathing will soon realize the unshakable.5.99 A lion is always respectful when it kills. So too when the Buddha teaches he always respects his audience.5.100 Kakudha, Venerable Moggallāna’s lay supporter, having recently passed away, returned to warn him about Devadatta’s fall. The Buddha analyses different kinds of teacher.

AN 5.81 Senior mendicants with strong defilements are disliked.AN 5.82 Senior mendicants with strong defilements are disliked.AN 5.83 Senior mendicants who are manipulative and opportunistic are disliked.AN 5.84 Qualities making a senior mendicant liked or disliked.AN 5.85 A senior mendicant with no endurance is disliked.AN 5.86 A senior mendicant is liked if they can analyze and explain the Dharma well, and if they are helpful in the monastery.AN 5.87 A senior mendicant with morality, learning, who is a good speaker and successful meditator is liked.AN 5.88 Even if a senior mendicant has many good qualities, they can still lead people astray if they have wrong view.AN 5.89 Even if a mendicant is a trainee, they won’t progress if they don’t focus on practice. In brief.AN 5.90 Even if a mendicant is a trainee, they won’t progress if they don’t focus on practice. In detail.