The Long Collection:
dialogues & accounts serving as a prospectus (34 suttas)
Sutta No. | Traditional Listing | Sutta Discovery No. | Sutta title | Theme |
D 1 Silakkhandha Vagga: the division on moral virtue (suttas no. 1-13) | |||
D 1 | D 1.1 | SD 25 | Brahmajala Sutta. The 62 grounds for wrong views. Commentarial Guide to the Brahmajala Sutta. |
D 2 | D 1.2 | SD 8.10 | Samannaphala Sutta. The benefits of the holy life here and now. |
D 3 | D 1.3 | SD 21.3 | Ambattha Sutta. Religious arrogance versus spiritual openness. |
D 4 | D 1.4 | SD 30.5 | Sonadanda Sutta. Moral virtue is superior to status. |
D 5 | D 1.5 | SD 22.8 | Kutadanta Sutta. The true sacrifice. |
D 6 | D 1.6 | SD 53.4 | Mahali Sutta. |
D 7 | D 1.7 | *** | Jaliya Sutta. |
D 8 | D 1.8 | SD 73.12 | (Kassapa) Maha,siha,nada Sutta or Kassapa Siha,nada Sutta. The complete religious life. |
D 9 | D 1.9 | SD 7.14 | Potthapada Sutta. On the nature of consciousness and the self. |
D 10 | D 1.10 | SD 40a.13 | (Ananda) Subha Sutta. The three trainings (Ananda to Subha). |
D 11 | D 1.11 | SD 1.7 | Kevaddha Sutta. The best answer to life lies within ourself. |
D 12 | D 1.12 | SD 34.8 | Salavatika Lohicca Sutta. Good teachers and bad teachers. |
D 13 | D 1.13 | SD 1.8 | Tevijja Sutta. Problems with the Creator-God idea. |
D 2 Maha Vagga: the great division (suttas no. 14-23) | |||
D 14 | D 2.1 | SD 49.8a & SD 49.8b | Mahapadana Sutta (SD 49.8a). The lineage of the buddhas and the Buddha’s life. Mahapadana Sutta Notes (SD 49.8b: sutta notes & commentary). |
D 15 | D 2.2 | SD 5.17 | Mahanidana Sutta. Dependent arising, language and non-self. |
D 16 | D 2.3 | SD 9 | Maha Parinibbana Sutta. The last days of the Buddha and our legacy. |
D 16.23, 26 | D 2.3 (excerpt) | SD 3.1 | (Maha Parinibbana Sutta) Be an island unto yourself! See under Essays. |
D 16.4.7-11 | D 2.3 (excerpt) | SD 3.1 | (Mahâpadesa Sutta) The 4 great references: see under Essays. |
D 17 | D 2.4 | SD 36.12 | Maha Sudassana Sutta. A mythology of meditation. |
D 18 | D 2.5 | SD 62.3 | Jana,vasabha Sutta. |
D 19 | D 2.6 | SD 63.4 | Maha Govinda Sutta. |
D 20 | D 2.7 | SD 54.4 | Mahasamaya Sutta. A god-believer’s way to the Buddha. |
D 21 | D 2.8 | SD 54.8 | Sakka,panha Sutta. The erotic, the spiritual and streamwinning. |
D 22 | D 2.9 | SD 13.2 | Maha Satipatthana Sutta. The focuses of mindfulness and the truths. |
D 23 | D 2.10 | SD 39.4 | Payasi Sutta. Karma, rebirth and proper giving. |
D 3 Patika Vagga: the Patika division (suttas no. 24-34) | |||
D 24 | D 3.1 | SD 63.3 | Patika Sutta. Miracles are no measure of spirituality. |
D 25 | D 3.2 | SD 1.4 | Udumbarika Sihanada Sutta. The Dharma’s true purpose & the spiritual bases for interfaith dialogue. |
D 26 | D 3.3 | SD 36.10 | Cakkavatti Sihanada Sutta. Worldly power and spiritual power. |
D 27 | D 3.4 | SD 2.19 | Agganna Sutta. On the evolution of the world, society and universal values. |
D 28 | D 3.5 | SD 14.14 | Sampasadaniya Sutta. Sariputta’s lion-roar and the Buddha’s 16 unsurpassables. |
D 29 | D 3.6 | SD 40a.6 | Pasadika Sutta. The condition for failure and success in a religion. |
D 30 | D 3.7 | SD 36.9 | Lakkhana Sutta. The 32 marks of the great man. |
D 31 | D 3.8 | SD 4.1 | Sigalovada Sutta. The lay code of ethics and social responsibilities. |
D 32 | D 3.9 | SD 101.1 | Atanatiya Sutta. |
D 33 | D 3.10 | *** | Sangiti Sutta. |
D 33.2.1(25) | D 3.10 (excerpt) | SD 3.2(5.2) | (Sangiti Sutta) or Vimuttayatana Sutta. Opportunities to enter the path. See under Essays. |
D 34 | D 3.11 | *** | Dasuttara Sutta. |