Majjhima Nikaya
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M 1 Mulapariyaya Sutta (The true nature of "final states" and concepts)
[M 1] J 245 Mulapariyaya Jataka (How conceit prevents awakening)
M 2 Sabbasava Sutta (FULL ver with notes & sutta: 26 pages) (Methods of overcoming our defilements)
M 2 Sabbasava Sutta (sutta only: 8 pages) (Methods of overcoming our defilements)
M 3 Dhammadayada Sutta Sariputta on how to inherit the Dharma
M 7 Vatthupama Sutta Parable of the Cloth (We are purify internally by the mind)
M 8 Madhupindika Sutta Perception and mental proliferation
M 9 Sammaditthi Sutta (Sariputta on the nature of direct spiritual experience)
M 10 Satipatthana Sutta (How to cultivate clear presence of mind)
M 10 Satipatthana Mula (Sujato) pdf
[A reconstruction of the “original” pre-sectarian
Satipahna Sutta] by Sujato edited by Piya Tan
M 10 [D 22 & other files] Go to Digha Nikaya
M 10 [Gotamaka Cetiya Sutta, A 3.122] Go to Anguttara Nikaya
M12.17-19 Maha Sihanada Sutta The Buddha's Knowledge of the World
M 12.44-63 Maha Sihanada Sutta The Bodhisattva's austerities
M 13 Maha Dukkhakkhandha Sutta On the pains of pleasures.
M 14 Cula Dukkhakkhandha Sutta The nature of true happiness
M 18 Madhupindika Sutta (Perception and mental proliferation)
M 20 Vitakkasanthana Sutta How to overcome distracting thoughts during meditation.
M 22 Alagaddupama Sutta How to study the Dharma effectively
M 23 Vammika Sutta Similes for the spiritual training
M 26 Ariyapariyesana Sutta The Discourse on the Noble Quest (The Events Leading up to the Great Awakening)
M 28 Maha Hatthipadopama Sutta The 4 elements & dependent arising of the 5 aggregates.
M 35 Cula Saccaka Sutta The conversion of a boastful debater
M 36.17-44 Maha Saccaka Sutta The Bodhisattva's search up to the Great Enlightenment
M 38 Maha Tanhasankhaya Sutta Consciousness, rebirth and liberation.
M 39 Maha Assapura Sutta A recluse should be worth his salt
M 41 Saleyyaka Sutta How the precepts guide and liberate us.
M 53 Sekha Sutta The one on the path to spiritual awakening
M 56 Upali Sutta A famous Jain becomes the Buddha's disciple
M 57 Kukkuravatika Sutta As you act, by that you are reborn
M 58 Abhaya Rajakumara Sutta The Buddha and trick questions.
M 61 Ambalatthika Rahulovada Sutta Importance of constant self-reflection.
M 62 Maha Rahulovada Sutta (The elements & breath meditations)
M 64 Maha Malunkyaputta Sutta (The 5 mental fetters and the latent tendencies)
M 66 Latukikopama Sutta [pdf] (SD 28.11) (Overcoming all the mental fetters)
M 70 Kitagiri Sutta (Faith, learning and sainthood)
M 72 Aggi Vacchagotta Sutta (Nirvana and the problem of language) pdf
M 73 Maha Vacchagotta Sutta The awakening of Vacchagotta as an arhat
M 74 Dighanakha Sutta (Understanding feelings overcomes wrong view; Sariputta's awakeing)
M 77.15-21 Maha Sakuludayi Sutta The 37 limbs of awakening.
M 86 Angulimala Sutta The reformation of a serial killer.
M 90 Kannakatthala Sutta Omniscience; caste; do gods return?
M 95 Canki Sutta (Belief & knowledge; Preserving, discovering, and attaining truth)
M 97 Dhananjani Sutta Sariputta guides a dying person to the Brahma world
M 100 Sangarava Sutta Do gods exist?
M 101 Devadaha Sutta (Self-mortification; fatalism; karma, omniscience) pdf
M 113 Sappurisa Sutta The true individual and the false individual pdf
M 117 Maha Cattarisaka Sutta Right view & how the noble eightfold path works.
M 118 Anapanasati Sutta The mindfulenss of the breath (a meditation) pdf
M 119 Kayagatasati Sutta Satipatthana through watching the body
M120 Sankharupapatti Sutta How to choose a good rebirth
M 121 Cula Sunnata Sutta (Realizing impermanence in the highest meditation)
M 122 Maha Sunnata Sutta (The joy of spiritual solitude)
M 124 Bakkula Sutta (The post-Buddha arhat ideal) The story of a fish: living well, dying well.
M 128 Anuruddha Upakkilesa Sutta (The Discourse on Mental Impurities) Spiritual friendship and mental development.
M 129 Balapandita Sutta The Discourse on the Foolish and the Wise.
M 130 Devaduta Sutta The Discourse on the Divine Messenger [The Four Sights and Their Meanings]
M 131 Bhaddekaratta Sutta Living here and now
M 136 Maha Kammavibhnaga Sutta Why sometimes the good suffer, the evil prosper.
M 139 Aranavibhanga Sutta There are no problem people, only people with problems
M 140 Dhatu Vibhanga Sutta (Discovering the teacher through the teaching)
M 141 Sacca Vibhanga Sutta (The four noble truths and spiritual friendship)
M 142 Dakkhinavibhanga Sutta (The early nuns and the position of women in early Buddhism)
M 143 Anathapindikovada Sutta (Sariputta counsels a dying layman)
M 144 Channovada Sutta (Suicide: the arhats do not fear death) (pdf)
M 143 Anathapindikovada Sutta Sariputta counsels a dying layman.
M 145 Punnovada Sutta (When are we ready to teach the Dharma?) (pdf)
M 148 Cha Chakka Sutta Understand the six senses leads to liberation.
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