Khuddaka Nikaya [Ongoing] | The Dharmafarers

“Collection of Little Texts”, 15 separate miscellaneous texts, many in verse form, which contain both some of the earliest and latest material in the Canon.

Khuddaka,patha (Kh or Khp)

“Minor Readings”, a short collection of text for recitation.

Sutta	SD No.	Sutta [Topic]
Kh 7	2.7	Tirokudda Suta. The departed and merit.
Kh 8	***	Nidhikanda Sutta. The power of merit.
Kh 9	38.3	Karaniya Metta Sutta. Unconditional acceptance and positive emotion. = Sn 1.8.

Sutta Nipata (Sn)

“Grroup of Discourses”, a collection of 71 verse Suttas, including what some see as very early material, such as the Atthaka Vagga.

Sutta	SD No.	Sutta [Topic]
Sn 1.2	***	Dhaniya Sutta. ***
Sn 1.4	***	Kasi Bhara,dvaja Sutta. *** = S 7.11.
Sn 1.5: 55	13.1	The Satipatthana Suttas. Introduction.
Sn 1.7	***	Vasala Sutta. ***
Sn 1.8	38.3	Karaniya Metta Sutta. Unconditional acceptance and positive emotion. = Kh no 9.
Sn 1.11	3.8	(6) Vijaya Sutta. Disillusionment regarding the body.
Sn 1.12	49.20	Muni Sutta. The nature of true sagehood
Sn 1.13: 211	12.1	Why the Buddha hesitated to teach. Muni Sutta.
Sn 2.2	4.24	Amagandha Sutta. You are not always what you eat.
Sn 2.10	51.24	Utthana Sutta. The most urgent task of spiritual cultivation.
Sn 2.14: 394ab	4.24	(3.1) Amagandha Sutta. You are not always what you eat.
Sn 2.14: 394	27.3	(3) Adhipateyya Sutta. On the true priorities that bring liberation.
Sn 3.2	***	Padhana Sutta. The Bodhisattva’s struggle for awakening.
Sn 3.4	22.2	Sundarika Bhara,dvaja Sutta. Who is truly worthy of offerings?
Sn 3.8	110.7	Salla Sutta. Rejoice in life by seeing true reality
Sn 3.9	37.1	Vasettha Sutta. You are what you do. = M 98.
Sn 3.12: p140	13.1	(3.5) The Satipatthana Suttas. Introduction. Dvayatânupassana Sutta

Dhammapada & Commentary (Dh or Dhp & DhA)

“Stanzas on Dhamma”, a popular collection of 432 pithy verses of a largely ethical nature.

Verse No.	SD No.	Sutta [Topic]
Dh 1-2	17.8a	Consciousness and the fruit salad simile.
Dh 7-8	13.1	(3.5) The Satipatthana Suttas. Introduction.
Dh 64-65	24.6a; 48.3(2.3)	(Anubaddha) Bhikkhu Sutta. The mind can only truly focus in mental solitude. Timsa,matta Paveyyaka,bhikkhu Vatthu (ad Dh 65). Even the bad can benefit form the Dharma, if they accept it.
Dh 97	10.6	Two levels of religious language. Words, meaning and truth.
Dh 129	27.3	(3) Adhipateyya Sutta. On the true priorities that bring liberation.
Dh 129-130	1.5	(1) Velu,dvareyya Sutta. The golden rule.
Dh 152	24.6	(2.8) Anubaddha Bhikkhu Sutta. The mind can only truly focus in mental solitude.
Dh 152	50.2	(2) Laludayi Thera Vatthu 2. The story of the elder Laludayi (DhA 11.7). Cf J 211.
Dh 158	24.6	(2.8) Anubaddha Bhikkhu Sutta. The mind can only truly focus in mental solitude.
Dh 160	27.3	(3) Adhipateyya Sutta. On the true priorities that bring liberation.
Dh 166	24.6	(2.8) Anubaddha Bhikkhu Sutta. The mind can only truly focus in mental solitude.
Dh 206-208	24.6	(2.8) Anubaddha Bhikkhu Sutta. The mind can only truly focus in mental solitude.
Dh 241	50.3	Laludayi Thera Vatthu 3. Pride comes before a fall. (DhA 18.4). Cf J 153.
Dh 253	13.1	(3.5) The Satipatthana Suttas. Introduction. Anupassana.
Dh 273 f	13.1	(3.2d) The Satipatthana Suttas. Introduction. Ekâyana,magga.
Dh 277-279	26.8	(1.1) Dhamma,niyama Sutta. Impermanence, suffering and not-self.
Dh 277a, 279a	26.4	(4) Cula Saccaka Sutta. The conversion of a boastful debater.
Dh 294	10.6	(6) The nature of religious language. Ultimate meaning.
Dh 302	24.6	(2.8) Anubaddha Bhikkhu Sutta. The mind can only truly focus in mental solitude.
Dh 354	22.10b	(3.8) Greater than the incomparable giving
DhA 8.13	43.2	Kisa Gotami. An early case of a psychological defence of denial.
DhA 20.11	43.2	Kisa Gotami. An early case of a psychological defence of denial.
DhA 25.87	8.8(1)	Vakkali Thera Vatthu. Vakkali’s sainthood.

Udana (U or Ud)

“Verses of Uplift”, 80 short Suttas based on inspired stanzas.

Sutta No.	SD No.	Sutta [Topic]
U 1.10	33.7	(Arahatta) Bahiya Sutta. The time to learn is now (Bahiya Daruciriya).
U 3.1	39.3	Sabba Kamma Jaha Sutta or Kammavipakaja Sutta. How to be untroubled by kara.
U 3.2	43.7	(Arahatta) Nanda Sutta. Nanda overcomes sexual lust.
U 3.3	28.9c	Yasoja Sutta. Spiritual resilience in the face of rejection
U 3.6	60.3	Pilinda Sutta. Dealing with habitual tendencies.
U 3.7	71.3	(Sakka) Kassapa Sutta. Even the gods need merit.
U 3.8		Pinda,patika Sutta. ***
U 4.1 ~ A 9.3	34.2	Meghiya Sutta. Spiritual friendship conduces to mental development.
U 4.4	24.9	Junha Sutta or Yakkhapahara Sutta. S?riputta in samadhi is unharmed by a yaksha.
U 4.6	27.6a	(2.3) Pindola Sutta. Pindola as an exemplary monk and meditator.
U 5.1	38.7	(Piya) Mallika Sutta. As we love ourself, so do others love themselves.
U 5.3	70.4	Kutthi Sutta. ***
U 5.5	59.2	(Udana) Uposatha Sutta. The parable of the great ocean
U 8.8	48.4	Visakha (Natta) Sutta. Endearment brings sorrow.

Iti,vuttaka (It or Itv)

“As It Was Said”, 112 short Suttas.

Sutta	SD No.	Sutta [Topic]
It 1.1.1	57.26	Lobha Sutta. When greed is totally abandoned, non-returning arises
It 1.1.9	57.27	Lobha Parinna Sutta. Fully understanding greed destroys suffering
It 1.3.4	57.19b	Atthipunja Sutta. Truly seeing the noble truths awakens us
It 1.3.7	30.7	Metta Bhavana Sutta. The benefits of lovingkindness.
It 2.1.8	2.16	(13) Na Kuhana Sutta 1. The spiritual life is not for deceiving others.
It 2.1.10	16.14	Somanassa Sutta. Samvega and its benefit.
It 2.2.12	57.16	Ditthigata Sutta. The unawakened are hindered by views of being and non-being
It 2.2.8	41.4	(Duka) Patisallana Sutta. The benefits of a balanced practice
It 3.2.1	22.17	(2.1) Puñña,kiriya,vatthu Sutta. The three grounds for merit-making.
It 3.2.4<	***	Addha Sutta. The nature of the aggregates.
It 3.2.4	14.9	(2) Addha Sutta. (The verses.)
It 3.3.4	24.20	Santatara Sutta. Cessation of feeling and perception is more peaceful than the formless states.
It 3.4.4	23.8a	(1.2) Pañca Pubba,nimitta Sutta. How the gods know they are about to die.
It 3.5.2	28.9b	Jivika Sutta. The true purpose of the spiritual life.
It 3.5.3	24.10a	Sanghatikanna Sutta. How to be close to the Buddha.
It 4.1.2	59.16	Santutthi Sutta. True renunciants live very simple lives.
It 4.1.5	59.13	Sila Sampanna Sutta. An arhat as embodiment of moral virtue; the 6-stage discipleship; the arhat’s powers.
It 4.1.8	57.35	(Iti) Cara Sutta. Being spiritually diligent in every posture

Theragatha (Tha, Th or Thag)

“Elders’ Verses I”, 107 poems in 1279 stanzas, telling how a number of monks attained enlightenment.

Verse No.	SD No.	Sutta [Topic]
Tha 88	20.9	(1104 comy) Ajjuna Theragatha. Pulling oneself out of the waters of suffering.
Tha 89	20.9	(1104 comy) Deva,sabha Theragatha. Crossing the floods.
Tha 212 f	43.2	Kisa Gotam1. An early case of denial.
Tha 217 f	15.7	Sandhita Theragath. Benefit of recollecting the Buddha.
Tha 280	15.7	Nandaka Thera,gatha. Meaning of tathagata.
Tha 325-329	19.16	Girimananda Theragatha.
Tha 423-428	20.10	Migajala Theragatha. True solitude.
Tha 469-472	3.14	See under Essays
Tha 1091-1145	20.9	Tala,puta Thera,gatha. A spiritual soliloquy and the joy of spiritual solitude.

Therigatha (Thi or Thig)

“Verses of the Elder Nuns”, 73 poems in 522 stanzas, telling how a number of early nuns awakened.

Verse No.	SD No.	Sutta [Topic]
( )	1.9	See under Essays.
Thi 213-223	43.2	Kisa Gotami. An early case of a psychological defence of denial.
ThiA 260-271	3.8	Why Some Marriages Fail
Thi 366-399	20.7	Subha Therigatha. The true meaning of seeing.

Apadana (Ap)

“Stories” on past lives of monks and nuns whose verses are given in the Theragatha and Therigatha.

Sutta	SD No.	Sutta [Topic]
Ap 531	10.6	Maha Pajpati Gotami Theri Apadana. Gotami’s praise of the Buddha.

Jataka (J)

A collections of 547 “Birth Stories” dealing with previous lives of the Buddha, with the aim of illustrating points of morality. The full stories are told in the commentary (JA), based on the verses and small sections of prose (J), which are canonical.

Sutta	SD No.	Sutta [Topic]
J 153	50.3	Sukara Jataka. ***. Cf DhA 18.4 (on Dh 241).
J 157	37.14	How Robes are Recycled. = V 2:290 f; DhA 2.1/1:218-220.
J 211	50.2	Soma,datta Jataka. A father’s foolishness, a son’s wisdom. Cf DhA 11.7 on Dh 152.
J 245	11.9	Mula,pariyaya Jataka. How conceit prevents awakening.
J 424	22.10a	Aditta Jataka. What is given is well saved.
J 531	23.8	Kusa Jataka intro. The 5 omens of a deva’s death, the 5 signs of a monk’s failure.

Vimana Vatthu (Vv): “Stories of the Mansions”, on heavenly rebirths.

Peta Vatthu (Pv): “Stories of the Departed”, on ghostly rebirths.

Niddesa: Maha Niddesa (Nm, Niddl, N1 or Nd1) and Culla-Niddesa (Nc, NiddlI, N2 or Nd2): “Expositions”, in the form of a (canonical) commentary on part of Sutta Nipata.

Patisambhidamagga (Pm, Patis or Ps): “The Path of Discrimination”, an Abhidhamma-style analysis of certain points of doctrines and practice.

Buddhavamsa (B or Bv): “Chronicle of the Buddhas”, on 24 previous Buddhas.

Cariya Pitaka (C or Cp): “The Basket of Conduct”, on the conduct of Gotama in previous lives, building up the ‘perfections’ of a Bodhisatta.