The Sutta-Nipata
A Collection of Discourses
- Attributed to
- The Buddhist canon
- Translated by
- V. Fausbøll
- Chapters
- 72
- This translation
- 1881
Free of copyright worldwide. The translator died in 1908, and this translation was published in 1881. Even under the longest copyright term in the world — the author's life plus 100 years, which applies in Mexico — the text has been free since 2009. Source scan
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How it opens
He who restrains his anger when it has arisen, as (they) by medicines (restrain) the poison of the snake spreading (in the body), that Bhikkhu leaves this and the further shore, as a snake (quits its) old worn out skin.
The Sutta-Nipata · Uraga-sutta · translated by V. Fausbøll
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- How long is it?
- 72 chapters, listed in full below — Uraga-sutta through Epilogue. Most are short enough to read in a sitting, which is how the app serves them: one at a time, one a day.
The 72 chapters
- 1Uraga-sutta
- 2Dhaniya-sutta
- 3Khaggavisana-sutta
- 4Kasibharadvaga-sutta
- 5Kunda-sutta
- 6Parabhava-sutta
- 7Vasala-sutta
- 8Metta-sutta
- 9Hemavata-sutta
- 10Alavaka-sutta
- 11Vigaya-sutta
- 12Muni-sutta
- 13Ratana-sutta
- 14Amagandha-sutta
- 15Hiri-sutta
- 16Mahamangala-sutta
- 17Sukiloma-sutta
- 18Dhammakariya-sutta
- 19Brahmanadhammika-sutta
- 20Nava-sutta
- 21Kimsila-sutta
- 22Utthana-sutta
- 23Rahula-sutta
- 24Vangisa-sutta
- 25Sammaparibbaganiya-sutta
- 26Dhammika-sutta
- 27Pabbagga-sutta
- 28Padhana-sutta
- 29Subhasita-sutta
- 30Sundarikabharadvaga-sutta
- 31Magha-sutta
- 32Sabhiya-sutta
- 33Sela-sutta
- 34Salla-sutta
- 35Vasettha-sutta
- 36Kokaliya-sutta
- 37Nalaka-sutta
- 38Dvayatanupassana-sutta
- 39Kama-sutta
- 40Guhatthaka-sutta
- 41Dutthatthaka-sutta
- 42Suddhatthaka-sutta
- 43Paramatthaka-sutta
- 44Gara-sutta
- 45Tissametteyya-sutta
- 46Pasura-sutta
- 47Magandiya-sutta
- 48Purabheda-sutta
- 49Kalahavivada-sutta
- 50Kulaviyuha-sutta
- 51Mahaviyuha-sutta
- 52Tuvataka-sutta
- 53Attadanda-sutta
- 54Sariputta-sutta
- 55Vatthugatha
- 56Agitamanava-pukkha
- 57Tissametteyyamanava-pukkha
- 58Punnakamanava-pukkha
- 59Mettagumanava-pukkha
- 60Dhotakamanava-pukkha
- 61Upasivamanava-pukkha
- 62Nandamanava-pukkha
- 63Hemakamanava-pukkha
- 64Todeyyamanava-pukkha
- 65Kappamanava-pukkha
- 66Gatukannimanava-pukkha
- 67Bhadravudhamanava-pukkha
- 68Udayamanava-pukkha
- 69Posalamanava-pukkha
- 70Mogharagamanava-pukkha
- 71Pingiyamanava-pukkha
- 72Epilogue