The Middle-Length Collection:
Dialogues on doctrines and meditation (152 suttas).
| Sutta No. | Traditional Listing | Sutta Discovery No. | Sutta title | Theme |
| M 1 Maha Pannasa, the great 50 (suttas 1-50): M 1.1 Mulapariyaya Vagga | |||
| M 1 | M 1.1.1 | SD 11.8 | Mulapariyaya Sutta. The nature of primary causes or concepts. |
| M 2 | M 1.1.2 | SD 30.3 | Sabbâsava Sutta. Methods of overcoming all our defilements. |
| M 3 | M 1.1.3 | SD 2.18 | Dhamma,dayada Sutta. Sariputta on how to inherit the Dharma. |
| M 4 | M 1.1.4 | SD 44.3 | Bhaya Bherava Sutta. Overcoming fear during solitary practice. |
| M 5 | M 1.1.5 | SD 37.7 | Anangana Sutta. The monastic’s right livelihood. |
| M 6 | M 1.1.6 | SD 59.1 | Akankheyya Sutta. The 1st priority of the 3 trainings in spiritual life |
| M 7 | M 1.1.7 | SD 28.12 | Vatthupama Sutta. We are purified internally by the mind. |
| M 8 | M 1.1.8 | SD 51.8 | Sallekha Sutta. Self-effacement and its true purpose. |
| M 9 | M 1.1.9 | SD 11.14 | Samma Ditthi Sutta. Sariputta on the nature of direct spiritual experience. |
| M 10 | M 1.1.10 | SD 13.3 | Satipatthana Sutta. How to cultivate the clear presence of mind. |
| M 1.2 Sihanada Vagga | |||
| M 11 | M 1.2.1 | SD 49.2 | Cula Sihanada Sutta. An overview of the Buddha’s special qualities. |
| M 12 | M 1.2.2 | SD 49.1 | Maha Sihanada Sutta. Witnessing the true teaching and Buddhist missiology. |
| M 12.17-19 | M 1.2.2 (excerpt) | SD 2.24 | Maha Sihanada Sutta. Buddha’s knowledge of the worlds. |
| M 12.32-43 | M 1.2.2 (excerpt) | SD 2.24 | Maha Sihanada Sutta. Buddha’s knowledge of the worlds. |
| M 12.44-63 | M 1.2.2 (excerpt) | SD 1.13 | Maha Sihanada Sutta The Bodhisattva’s self-mortification. |
| M 13 | M 1.2.3 | SD 6.9 | Maha Dukkhakkhandha Sutta. The pains of pleasure. |
| M 14 | M 1.2.4 | SD 4.7 | Cula Dukkhakkhandha Sutta. The nature of true happiness. |
| M 15 | M 1.2.5 | SD 59.3 | Anumana Sutta. Amenability and self-counselling |
| M 16 | M 1.2.6 | SD 32.14 | (Majjhima) Cetokhila Sutta. How to free the mind and liberate it. |
| M 17 | M 1.2.7 | SD 52.5 | Vanapattha Sutta. On the conduciveness of monastic dwellings |
| M 18 | M 1.2.8 | SD 6.14 | Madhupindika Sutta. Perception and mental proliferation. |
| M 19 | M 1.2.9 | SD 61.1 | Dvedha Vitakka Sutta. Dealing with the duality of thoughts. |
| M 20 | M 1.2.10 | SD 1.6 | Vitakka Santhana Sutta. How to overcome distractions during meditation. |
| M 1.3 Tatiya Vagga / Opamma Vagga | |||
| M 21 | M 1.3.1 | SD 38.1 | Kakacupama Sutta. Monastics must practise complete patience and non-violence. |
| M 22 | M 1.3.2 | SD 3.13 | Alagaddûpama Sutta. The best way to master the Buddha’s Teaching. |
| M 23 | M 1.3.3 | SD 28.13 | Vammika Sutta. Similes for the spiritual training. |
| M 24 | M 1.3.4 | SD 28.3 | Rathavinita Sutta. The stages of spiritual purification and liberation. |
| M 25 | M 1.3.5 | SD 61.2 | Nivapa Sutta. *** |
| M 26 | M 1.3.6 | SD 1.11 | Ariya Pariyesana Sutta. The events leading up to the great awakening. Also called Pasarasi Sutta. |
| M 27 | M 1.3.7 | SD 40a.5 | Cula Hatthipadopama Sutta. The training for true discipleship. |
| M 28 | M 1.3.8 | SD 6.16 | Maha Hatthipadopama Sutta. The 4 elements & dependent arising of the 5 aggregates. |
| M 29 | M 1.3.9 | SD 53.8 | Maha Saropama Sutta. Worldly success is not spiritual progress. |
| M 30 | M 1.3.10 | SD 53.9 | Cula Saropama Sutta. Spiritual goal is not acquisition but awakening. |
| M 1.4 Maha Yamaka Vagga | |||
| M 31 | M 1.4.1 | SD 44.11 | Cula Gosinga Sutta. Silence and joy of spiritual communion. |
| M 32 | M 1.4.2 | SD 44.12 | Maha Gosinga Sutta. The saints’ comments on the ideal monastic. |
| M 33 | M 1.4.3 | SD 52.6 | Maha Gopalaka Sutta. Parable of the bad and good cowherd. |
| M 34 | M 1.4.4 | SD 61.3 | Cula Gopalaka Sutta. *** |
| M 35 | M 1.4.5 | SD 26.5 | Cula Saccaka Sutta. The conversion of a boastful debater. |
| M 36 | M 1.4.6 | SD 49.4 | Maha Saccaka Sutta. Spiritual cultivation involves both body and mind. |
| M 36.17-44 | M 1.4.6 (excerpt) | SD 1.12 | Maha Saccaka Sutta. The Bodhisattva’s self-mortification. |
| M 37 | M 1.4.7 | SD 54.9 | Cula Tanhasankhaya Sutta. A brief definition of arhathood (the accanta,nittha pericope). |
| M 38 | M 1.4.8 | SD 7.10 | Maha Tanhasankhaya Sutta. Consciousness, rebirth and liberation. |
| M 39 | M 1.4.9 | SD 10.13 | Maha Assapura Sutta. A recluse should be worth his salt. |
| M 40 | M 1.4.10 | SD 41.8 | Cula Assapura Sutta. True recluseship does not depend on external observances. |
| M 1.5 Cula Yamaka Vagga | |||
| M 41 | M 1.5.1 | SD 5.7 | Saleyyaka Sutta. The 10 courses of action and choosing our rebirth. |
| M 42 | M 1.5.2 | *** | Veranjaka Sutta. |
| M 43 | M 1.5.3 | SD 35.1 | Maha Vedalla Sutta. |
| M 43.14 | M 1.5.3 (excerpt) | SD 3.2 | Maha Vedalla Sutta. Conditions for right view. See under Essays. |
| M 44 | M 1.5.4 | SD 40a.9 | Cula Vedalla Sutta. The nature of the awakened mind. |
| M 45 | M 1.5.5 | SD 32.4 | Cula Dhamma Samadana Sutta. Four types of behaviour in terms of moral virtue. |
| M 46 | M 1.5.6 | SD 59.8 | Maha Dhamma Samadana Sutta. How to rightly practise the teaching for awakening. |
| M 47 | M 1.5.7 | SD 35.6 | Vimamsaka Sutta Even the Buddha should be investigated. |
| M 48 | M 1.5.8 | SD 64.1 | Kosambiya Sutta. |
| M 49 | M 1.5.9 | SD 11.7 | Brahma Nimantanika Sutta. The Buddha defeats a God-Devil league in high heaven. |
| M 50 | M 1.5.10 | SD 36.4 | Mara Tajjaniya Sutta. Moggallana’s past life as Mara Dusi. |
| M 2 Majjhima Pannasa, the middle 50 (suttas 51-100)M 2.1 Gahapati Vagga | |||
| M 51 | M 2.1.1 | SD 32.9 | Kandaraka Sutta. Four kinds of persons in terms of tormenting. |
| M 52 | M 2.1.2 | SD 41.2 | Atthakanagara Sutta. = Dasama Gaha,pati Sutta (A 11.17). 11 ways to awakening. |
| M 53 | M 2.1.3 | SD 21.14 | Sekha Sutta. The one on the spiritual path to awakening. |
| M 54 | M 2.1.4 | SD 43.8 | (Gahapati) Potaliya Sutta. The true meaning of renouncing the world. |
| M 55 | M 2.1.5 | SD 43.4 | (Majjhima) Jivaka Sutta. On the demerit of killing and meat-eating. |
| M 56 | M 2.1.6 | SD 27.1 | Upali Sutta. A famous Jain becomes the Buddha’s disciple. |
| M 57 | M 2.1.7 | SD 23.11 | Kukkuravatika Sutta. As you act, by that you are reborn. |
| M 58 | M 2.1.8 | SD 7.12 | Abhaya Rajakumara Sutta. The Buddha is not caught by trick questions. |
| M 59 | M 2.1.9 | SD 30.4 | Bahuvedaniya Sutta. The different way of classifying feelings. = S 36.19. |
| M 60 | M 2.1.10 | SD 35.5 | Apannaka Sutta Why doing good is better than not. |
| M 2.2 Bhikkhu Vagga | |||
| M 61 | M 2.2.1 | SD 3.10 | Ambalatthika Rahulovada Sutta. Danger of lying; need for constant self-reflection. |
| M 62 | M 2.2.2 | SD 3.11 | Maha Rahulovada Sutta. Meditations to overcome attachment to the body. |
| M 63 | M 2.2.3 | SD 5.8 | Cula Malunkyaputta Sutta. Right priorities in life & how to end suffering. |
| M 64 | M 2.2.4 | SD 21.10 | Maha Malunkyaputta Sutta. The 5 mental fetters and the latent tendencies. |
| M 65 | M 2.2.5 | SD 56.2 | Bhaddali Sutta. The Buddha, the sangha and a monk’s training. |
| M 66 | M 2.2.6 | SD 28.11 | Latutikopama Sutta. Overcoming all the fetters. |
| M 67 | M 2.2.7 | SD 34.7 | Catuma Sutta Four dangers for renunciants to overcome. |
| M 68 | M 2.2.8 | SD 37.4 | Nalakapana Sutta. The destinies of disciples. |
| M 69 | M 2.2.9 | *** | Gulissani Sutta. |
| M 70 | M 2.2.10 | SD 11.1 | Kitagiri Sutta. Faith, learning and sainthood. |
| M 2.3 Paribbajaka Vagga | |||
| M 71 | M 2.3.1 | SD 53.3 | Tevijja Vacchagotta Sutta. On the Buddha’s knowledge and salvation. |
| M 72 | M 2.3.2 | SD 6.15 | Aggi Vacchagotta Sutta. Nirvana and the problem of language. |
| M 73 | M 2.3.3 | SD 27.4 | Maha Vacchagotta Sutta. The awakening of Vaccha,gotta as an arhat. |
| M 74 | M 2.2.4 | SD 16.1 | Dighanakha Sutta. Understanding feelings overcomes wrong view. |
| M 75 | M 2.3.5 | *** | Magandiya Sutta. |
| M 76 | M 2.3.6 | SD 35.7 | Sandaka Sutta. False religions. |
| M 77 | M 2.3.7 | SD 49.5 | Maha Sakuludayi Sutta. Why disciples respect and listen to the Buddha. |
| M 77.15-21 | M 2.3.7 (excerpt) | SD 6.18 | *Maha Sakuludayi Sutta. The 37 limbs of awakening. |
| M 78 | M 2.3.8 | SD 18.9 | Samanamandika Sutta. The arhat is beyond good and evil. |
| M 79 | M 2.3.9 | *** | Cula Sakuludayi Sutta. |
| M 80 | M 2.3.10 | SD 40a.15 | Vekhanassa Sutta. Recall of past lives not necessary for spiritual liberation. |
| M 2.4 Raja Vagga | |||
| M 81 | M 2.4.1 | SD 49.3 | (Majjhima) Ghatikara Sutta. Gotama as the brahmin Jotipala, the monk, under Kassapa Buddha. |
| M 81.1-6 | M 2.4.1 (excerpt) | SD 4.23 | Ghatikara Sutta. A family man who uses no money. |
| M 82 | M 2.4.2 | *** | Rattha,pala Sutta. |
| M 83 | M 2.4.3 | SD 60.8 | Makhadeva Sutta or Maghadeva Sutta. A good tradition that is worth perpetuating. |
| M 84 | M 2.4.4 | *** | Madhura Sutta. |
| M 84.10-11 | M 2.4.4 (excerpt) | SD 3.1 | (Madhura Sutta). To whom do we go for refuge? See under Essay. |
| M 85 | M 2.4.5 | SD 55.2 | Bodhi Rajakumara Sutta. Happiness cannot really come from suffering. |
| M 86 | M 2.4.6 | SD 5.11 | Angulimala Sutta. The healing of a serial killer. |
| M 87 | M 2.4.7 | *** | Piyajatika Sutta. |
| M 88 | M 2.4.8 | SD 49.12 | Bahitika Sutta. Determining the Buddha’s goodness. |
| M 89 | M 2.4.9 | SD 64.10 | Dhammacetiya Sutta. |
| M 90 | M 2.4.10 | SD 10.8 | Kannakatthala Sutta. Omniscience; the 4 classes; do the gods return to earth? |
| M 2.5 Brahmana Vagga | |||
| M 91 | M 2.5.1 | *** | Brahmayu Sutta. |
| M 92 | M 2.5.2 | SD 45.7a | Sela Sutta. The story of the matted hair ascetic Keniya and the brahmin Sela. |
| M 93 | M 2.5.3 | SD 40a.2 | Assalayana Sutta. Purity is not on account birth or rebirth. |
| M 94 | M 2.5.4 | *** | Ghotamukha Sutta. |
| M 94.31 | M 2.5.4 (excerpt) | SD 3.1 | (Ghotamukha Sutta). The Buddha is our refuge. See under Essay. |
| M 94.31-33 | M 2.5.4 (excerpt) | SD 4.22 | Ghotamukha Sutta. The monk Udena rejects donation of money. |
| M 95 | M 2.5.5 | SD 21.15 | Canki Sutta. Belief, knowledge and liberation. |
| M 96 | M 2.5.6 | SD 37.9 | Esukari Sutta The nature of true service. |
| M 97 | M 2.5.7 | SD 4.9 | (Majjhima) Dhananjani Sutta. Sariputta guides a dying person to the Brahma world. |
| M 98 | M 2.5.8 | SD 37.1 | Vasettha Sutta You are what you do. = Sn 3.9/pp115-123. |
| M 99 | M 2.5.9 | SD 38.6 | (Brahmavihara) Subha Sutta. Godliness is within ourselves. |
| M 100 | M 2.5.10 | SD 10.9 | (Deva) Sangarava Sutta. Do gods exist? |
| M 3 Upari Pannasa, the further (or last) (suttas 101-152) M 3.1 Devadaha Vagga | |||
| M 101 | M 3.1.1 | SD 18.4 | (Majjhima) Devadaha Sutta. Self-mortification, fatalism, karma & omniscience. |
| M 102 | M 3.1.2 | SD 40a.12 | Pañcattaya Sutta. Speculations about the past, the future, and nirvana. |
| M 103 | M 3.1.3 | SD 85.14 | Kinti Sutta. Resolving disagreements about the Dharma. |
| M 104 | M 3.1.4 | SD 62.4 | Samagama Sutta. |
| M 105 | M 3.1.5 | *** | Sunakkhatta Sutta. |
| M 106 | M 3.1.6 | SD 85.13 | Aneñjasappaya Sutta. The higher meditative states leading to nirvana. |
| M 107 | M 3.1.7 | SD 56.3 | Ganaka Moggallana Sutta. |
| M 108 | M 3.1.8 | SD 33.5 | Gopaka Moggallana Sutta. Not all dhyanas are praised by the Buddha. |
| M 109 | M 3.1.9 | SD 17.11 | Maha Punnama Sutta. The 5 aggregates, clinging, identity view, not-self = S 22.82. |
| M 110 | M 3.1.10 | SD 45.4 | Cula Punnama Sutta. The false person and the true individual. |
| M 3.2 Anupada Vagga | |||
| M 111 | M 3.2.1 | SD 56.4 | Anupada Sutta. Sariputta’s awakening process. |
| M 112 | M 3.2.2 | SD 59.7 | Chabbisodhana Sutta. The true qualities of an arhat. |
| M 113 | M 3.2.3 | SD 23.7 | Sappurisa Sutta. The true individual and the false individual. |
| M 114 | M 3.2.4 | SD 39.8 | Sevitabbâsevitabba Sutta. Things that are helpful and that are unhelpful in our life. |
| M 115 | M 3.2.5 | SD 29.1a | Bahu Dhatuka Sutta. The 18 elements, dependent arising, and possibilities. |
| M 116 | M 3.2.6 | *** | Isigili Sutta. |
| M 117 | M 3.2.7 | SD 6.10 | Maha Cattarisaka Sutta. Right view & how the noble eightfold path works. |
| M 118 | M 3.2.8 | SD 7.13 | Anapanasati Sutta. The breath meditation in practical detail. |
| M 119 | M 3.2.9 | SD 12.21 | Kayagatasati Sutta. Satipatthana through watching the body. |
| M 120 | M 3.2.10 | SD 3.4 | Sankharupapatti Sutta. How to choose a good rebirth. See also under Essays. |
| M 3.3 Suññata Vagga | |||
| M 121 | M 3.3.1 | SD 11.3 | Cula Suññata Sutta. The realization of impermanence in the highest meditation. |
| M 122 | M 3.3.2 | SD 11.4 | Maha Suññata Sutta. The joy of spiritual solitude |
| M 123 | M 3.3.3 | SD 52.2 | Acchariya-abbhuta Sutta. |
| M 124 | M 3.3.4 | SD 3.15 | Bakkula Sutta. The post-Buddha ideal monk. |
| M 125 | M 3.3.5 | SD 46.3 | Dantabhumi Sutta. How the Buddha transforms his disciples. |
| M 125.22-25 | M 3.3.5 (excerpt) | SD 13.1 | Dantabhumi Sutta. The Satipatthana Suttas. Introduction. |
| M 126 | M 3.3.6 | *** | Bhumija Sutta. |
| M 127 | M 3.3.7 | SD 54.10 | (Cetovimutti) Anuruddha Sutta. The boundless freedom of mind and the exalted freedom of mind. |
| M 127.16 | M 3.3.7 (excerpt) | SD 13.1 | Anuruddha Sutta (M 127.16). The SatipahŒna Suttas. Intro (3.7). |
| M 128 | M 3.3.8 | SD 5.18 | (Anuruddha) Upakkilesa Sutta. Spiritual friendship and mental development. |
| M 129 | M 3.3.9 | SD 2.22 | Bala Pandita Sutta. The hells and the universal monarch. |
| M 130 | M 3.3.10 | SD 2.23 | (Majjhima) Devaduta Sutta. The four sights and their meaning. |
| M 3.4 Vibhanga Vagga | |||
| M 131 | M 3.4.1 | SD 8.9 | Bhaddekaratta Sutta. Living here and now. |
| M 132 | M 3.4.2 | *** | Ananda Bhaddeka,ratta Sutta. |
| M 133 | M 3.4.3 | *** | Maha Kaccana Bhaddekaratta Sutta. |
| M 134 | M 3.4.4 | *** | Lomasakangiya Bhaddekaratta Sutta. |
| M 135 | M 3.4.5 | SD 4.15 | Cula Kamma Vibhanga Sutta. How karma works. |
| M 136 | M 3.4.6 | SD 4.16 | Maha Kamma Vibhanga Sutta. Why sometimes the good suffer, the evil prosper. |
| M 137 | M 3.4.7 | SD 29.5 | Salayatana Vibhanga Sutta. The analysis of the six sense-bases. |
| M 138 | M 3.4.8 | *** | Uddesa Vibhanga Sutta. |
| M 139 | M 3.4.9 | SD 7.8 | Arana Vibhanga Sutta. There are no problem people, only people with problems. |
| M 140 | M 3.4.10 | SD 4.17 | Dhatu Vibhanga Sutta. How a pupil recognizes the Teacher through the Teaching. |
| M 140.14-19 | M 3.4.10 (excerpt) | SD 17.2a | (4) Dhatu Vibhanga Sutta. The 6 elements (M 140.14-19). |
| M 141 | M 3.4.11 | SD 11.11 | Sacca Vibhanga Sutta. The four noble truths and spiritual friendship. |
| M 142 | M 3.4.12 | SD 1.9 | Dakkhina Vibhanga Sutta. The early nuns and the nature of giving. |
| M 3.5 Salayatana Vagga | |||
| M 143 | M 3.5.1 | SD 23.9 | Anathapindikovada Sutta. Sariputta counsels a dying layman . |
| M 144 | M 3.5.2 | SD 11.12 | Channovada Sutta. Suicide and Buddhism. = S 35.87. |
| M 145 | M 3.5.3 | SD 20.15 | Punnovada Sutta. When are we ready to teach the Dharma? |
| M 146 | M 3.5.4 | *** | Nandakovada Sutta. |
| M 147 | M 3.5.5 | SD 70.7 | Cula Rahulovada Sutta. |
| M 148 | M 3.5.6 | SD 26.6 | Chachakka Sutta. Understanding the six senses leads to liberation. |
| M 149 | M 3.5.7 | SD 41.9 | Maha Salayatanika Sutta. Comprehending the senses brings awakening |
| M 150 | M 3.5.8 | SD 59.11 | (Udana) Nagara,vindeyya Sutta. Teachers and practitioners who are worthy of respect. |
| M 151 | M 3.5.9 | SD 69.1 | Pindapataparisuddhi Sutta. On truly living the spiritual life. |
| M 152 | M 3.5.10 | SD 17.13 | Indriya,bhavana Sutta. How to master the senses and awaken. |
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