The Book of the Eights
- The First Fifty
- 1. Mettāvaggo
- 1(1)Loving-Kindness
- 2(2)Wisdom
- 3(3)Pleasing(1)
- 4(4)Pleasing(2)
- 5(5)World(1)
- 6(6)World(2)
- 7(7)Devadatta's Failing
- 8(8)Uttara on Failing
- 9(9)Nanda
- 10(10)Trash
- II.THE GREAT CHAPTER
- 11(1)Verañjā
- 12(2)Sīha
- 13(3)Thoroughbred
- 14(4)Wild Colts
- 15(5)Stains
- 16(6)Mission
- 17(7)Bondage(1)
- 18(8)Bondage(2)
- 19(9)Pahārāda
- 20(10)UposathaAn unabridged version of this sutta,with a verse attached at the end,is Ud 5:5,51-56.It is also at Vin Ⅱ236-40,where it serves as the background story to the rules about suspending a bhikkhu's right to participate in the Patimokkha recitatio
- III.HOUSEHOLDERS
- 21(1)Ugga(1)
- 22(2)Ugga(2)
- 23(3)Hatthaka(1)
- 24(4)Hatthaka(2)
- 25(5)Mahānāma
- 26(6)Jīvaka
- 27(7)Powers(1)
- 28(8)Povers(2)
- 29(9)Inopportune Moments
- 30(10)Anuruddha
- IV.GIVING
- 31(1)Giving(1)
- 32(2)Giving(2)
- 33(3)Grounds
- 34(4)The Field
- 35(5) Rebirth on Account of Giving
- 36(6)Activity
- 37(7)The Good Person's Gifts
- 38(8)The Good Person
- 39(9)Streams
- 40(10)Conducive
- V.UPOSATHA
- 41(1)In Brief
- 42(2)In Detail
- 43(3)Visākhā(1)
- 44(4)Vāseṭṭha
- 45(5)Bojjha
- 46(6)Anuruddha
- 47(7)Visākha(2)
- 48(8)Nakula
- 49(9)The Present World(1)
- 50(10)The Present World(2)
- The Second Fifty
- I.GOTAMĪ
- 51(1)GotamiThis sutta,the canonical account of the founding of the Bhikkhuni Sangha,has been the subject of extensive scholarly investigations.The narrative also occurs at Vin II 253-56. Several recent studies on the sutta,from a critical perspective,are
- 52(2)Exhortation
- 53(3)Brief
- 54(4)Dīghajānu
- 55(5)Ujjaya
- 56(6)Perill
- 57(7)Worthy of Offerings(1)
- 58(8)Wortlry of Offerings(2)
- 59(9)Eiglit Persons(1)·
- 60(10)Eight Persors(2)
- II.CĀPĀLA
- 61(1)Desire
- 62(2)Able
- 63(3)In Brief
- 64(4)Gayā
- 65(5)Overcoming
- 66(6)Emancipations
- 67(7)Declarations(1)
- 68(8)Declarations(2)
- 69(9)Assemblies
- 70(10)EarthquakesThe portion of this sutta as far as the verse is also at SN 51:10,V 258-63.The entire sutta is at DN 16.3.1-20,Ⅱ102-9.
- III.PAIRS
- 71(1)Faith(1)
- 72(2)Faith(2)
- 73(3)Mindfulness of Death(1)
- 74(4)Mindfulness of Death (2)
- 75(5)Accomplishments(1)
- 76(6)Accomplishments(2)
- 77(7)Desire
- 78(8)Able
- 79(9)Decline
- 80(10)Grounds for Laziness and Arousing Energy
- IV.MINDFULNESS
- 81(1)Mindfulness
- 82(2)Puṇṇiya
- 83(3)Rooted
- 84(4)A Thief
- 85(5)Designations
- 86(6)NāgitaThe opening framework of this sutta is the same as that of 5:30 and 6:42 but the content of the discourse partly differs.
- 87(7)Almsbowl
- 88(8)Lack of Confidence
- 89(9)Reconciliation
- 90(10)Behavior
- V.SIMILARITYEe does not number this chapter or the suttas it contains.Ce and Be number it X.(or 10),continuing the consecutive numbering scheme used for the earlier vaggas in this nipata.Ce numbers the suttas 1-27,Be 91-116.The difference in number stems
- VI.LUST AND SO FORTH REPETITION SERIES