KN Snp
Sutta Nipāta (book section)
5 vaggas, 12 + 14 + 12 + 16 + 19 = 73 suttas
+1 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.1 Uraga: The Snake
all
(summary of sutta)
+§1.1 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.2 Dhaniya: With Dhaniya the Cowherd
(summary of sutta)
+§1.2 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.3 Khaggavisāṇa: The Rhinoceros Horn
(summary of sutta)
+§1.3 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.4 Kasibhāradvāja: With Bhāradvāja the Farmer
(summary of sutta)
+§1.4 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.5 Cunda: With Cunda
(summary of sutta)
+§1.5 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.6 Parābhava: Downfalls
(summary of sutta)
+§1.6 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.7 Vasala: The Lowlife
(summary of sutta)
+§1.7 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.8 Metta: friendly-kindness.
+§1.8 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.9 Hemavata: With Hemavata
(summary of sutta)
+§1.9 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.10 Āḷavaka: With Āḷavaka
(summary of sutta)
+§1.10 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.11 Vijaya: Victory
(summary of sutta)
+§1.11 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.12 Muni: The Sage
(summary of sutta)
Cūla (smaller/shorter) Vagga (2 of 5)
+§1.12 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.1 Ratana: Gems
(summary of sutta)
+§1.13 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.2 Āmagandha: Carrion
(summary of sutta)
+§1.14 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.3 Hiri: Conscience
(summary of sutta)
+§1.15 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.4 Maṅgala: Blessings
(summary of sutta)
+§1.16 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.5 Sūciloma: With Spiky
(summary of sutta)
+§1.17 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.6 Kapila (dhammacariya): A Righteous Life
(summary of sutta)
+§1.18 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.7 Brāhmaṇadhammika: Brahmanical Traditions
(summary of sutta)
+§1.19 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.8 Dhamma (nāvā) : The Boat
(summary of sutta)
+§1.20 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.9 Kiṁsīla: What Morality?
(summary of sutta)
+§1.21 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.10 Uṭṭhāna: Get Up!
What’s your need for sleep?
And what sleep is there for the afflicted,
sallaviddhāna ruppataṃ.
pierced by the arrow,
+§1.22 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.11 Rāhula: With Rāhula
(summary of sutta)
+§1.23 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.12 Nigrodhakappa (vaṅgīsa) : Vaṅgīsa and his Mentor Nigrodhakappa
(summary of sutta)
+§1.24 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.13 Sammāparibbājanīya: The Right Way to Wander
(summary of sutta)
+§1.25 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.14 Dhammika: With Dhammika
(summary of sutta)
Mahā (great/large) Vagga (3 of 5)
+§1.26 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.1 Pabbajjā: Going Forth
(summary of sutta)
+§1.27 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.2 Padhāna: Striving
(summary of sutta)
+§1.28 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.3 Subhāsita: Well-Spoken Words
(summary of sutta)
+§1.29 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.4 Pūraḷāsa (sundarikabhāradvāja) : With Bhāradvāja of Sundarika on the Sacrificial Cake
(summary of sutta)
+§1.30 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.5 Māgha: With Māgha
(summary of sutta)
+§1.31 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.6 Sabhiya: With Sabhiya
(summary of sutta)
+§1.32 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.7 Sela: With Sela
(summary of sutta)
+§1.33 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.8 Salla: The Dart
(summary of sutta)
+§1.34 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.9 Vāseṭṭha: With Vāseṭṭha
+§1.35 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.10 Kokālika: With Kokālika
(summary of sutta)
+§1.36 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.11 Nālaka: About Nālaka
(summary of sutta)
+§1.37 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.12 Dvayatānupassanā: Contemplating Pairs
(summary of sutta)
Aṭṭhaka (octets) Vagga (4 of 5)
+§1.38 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.1 Kāma: Sensual Pleasures
(summary of sutta)
+§1.39 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.2 Guhaṭṭhaka: Eight on the Cave
(summary of sutta)
+§1.40 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.3 Duṭṭhaṭṭhaka: Eight on Malice
(summary of sutta)
+§1.41 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.4 Suddhaṭṭhaka: Eight on the Pure
(summary of sutta)
+§1.42 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.5 Paramaṭṭhaka: Eight on the Ultimate
(summary of sutta)
+§1.43 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.6 Jarā: Old Age
(summary of sutta)
+§1.44 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.7 Tissametteyya: With Tissametteyya
(summary of sutta)
+§1.45 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.8 Pasūra: With Pasūra
(summary of sutta)
+§1.46 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.9 Māgaṇḍiya: With Māgaṇḍiya
(summary of sutta)
+§1.47 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.10 Purābheda: Before the Breakup
(summary of sutta)
+§1.48 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.11 Kalahavivāda: Quarrels and Disputes
(summary of sutta)
+§1.49 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.12 Cūḷabyūha: The Shorter Discourse on Arrayed For Battle
(summary of sutta)
+§1.50 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.13 Mahābyūha: The Longer Discourse on Arrayed for Battle
(summary of sutta)
+§1.51 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.14 Tuvaṭaka: Speedy
(summary of sutta)
+§1.52 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.15 Attadaṇḍa: Taking Up Arms
(summary of sutta)
+§1.53 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.16 Sāriputta: With Sāriputta
+§1.54 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.1 Vatthu-gāthā: Introductory Verses
Snp 5.1.2 (Evil brahmin threatens Bāvari with curse️)
Snp 5.1.4 (Goddess tells Bāvari the evil brahmin is lying️)
Snp 5.1.6 (Goddess tells Bāvari about the Buddha️)
Snp 5.1.8 (Bāvari tells his students about the Buddha️)
Snp 5.1.10 (test Buddha’s mind reading power️)
Snp 5.1.12 (all 16 students are jhāna meditators,
with their own students️)
Snp 5.1.14 (students approach Buddha)
Snp 5.1.16 (students ask Buddha about Bāvari’s 32 great marks)
Snp 5.1.18 (students ask Buddha about head splitting curse)
+§1.55 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.2 Ajita-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Ajita
“By what is the world shrouded?”
How to block the streams?
+§1.56 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.3 Tissametteyya-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Tissametteyya
Who, having known both ends, is not stuck in the middle?
... Who here has escaped the seamstress?”
+§1.57 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.4 Puṇṇaka-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Puṇṇaka
warrior-nobles and brahmins here in the world
have performed so many different sacrifices to the gods:
all performed sacrifices bound to old age,
hoping for some state of existence.”
Have any crossed the flood?
+§1.58 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.5 Mettagū-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Mettagū
Where do all these sufferings come from,
in all their countless forms in the world?”
+§1.59 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.6 Dhotaka-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Dhotaka
"...release me, Sakyan, from my doubts.”
“I am not able to release anyone
in the world who has doubts, Dhotaka.
But when you understand the best of Dharmas,
you shall cross this flood.”
)
+§1.60 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.7 Upasīva-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Dhotaka
Tell me a support, All-seer,
depending on which I may cross this flood.”
(Buddha says:)
“[In the dimension of] nothingness, equanimously-observing and remembering [the Dharma],”
+§1.61 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.8 Nanda-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Nanda
Is someone called a sage because of their knowledge,
or because of their way of life?”
+§1.62 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.9 Hemaka-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Hemaka
“before I encountered Gotama’s teaching,
said ‘thus it was’ or ‘so it shall be’.
All that was just the testament of hearsay;
all that just fostered speculation:
I found no delight in that.
+§1.63 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.10 Todeyya-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Todeyya
“In whom sensual pleasures do not dwell,”
“and for whom there is no craving,
and who has crossed over doubts—
of what kind is their liberation?”
+§1.64 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.11 Kappa-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Kappa
The island safe from the fearsome flood,
as a simile for Nirvana.
+§1.65 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.12 Jatukaṇṇi-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Jatukaṇṇī
+§1.66 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.13 Bhadrāvudha-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Bhadrāvudha
“I have a request for you, the shelter-leaver,
the craving-cutter, the imperturbable,”
“the delight-leaver, the flood-crosser,
the freed,
the formulation-leaver, the intelligent.
Many people have gathered from different lands
+§1.67 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.14 Udaya-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Udaya
To the one sitting in jhāna— without dust,
Done the task, [an arahant with] no more asinine-inclinations.
Gone beyond all dharmas—
Please speak about the emancipation of final knowledge,
ignorance breaking up.
Buddha explains how to use fourth jhana and the thinking of first jhana to realize nirvana.
+§1.68 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.15 Posāla-māṇava-pucchā: The Question of Posala
regarding one who is devoid of form perceptions [after entering the formless dimensions],
who has abandoned their entire body [when moving beyond fourth jhāna],
[both the] Internal [consisting of their own anatomical body] and external [forms and bodies],
[for one who abides in the formless dimension of nothingness and] sees: “There (is) nothing”:
I ask [Buddha], the Sakyan, for Knowledge of this.
How should [the meditator] be led further?
+§1.69 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.16 Mogharāja-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Mogharājā
Regarding this world, the other world,
and the realm of Brahmā with its gods,
...
How to look upon the world
so the King of Death won’t see you?”
+§1.70 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.17 Piṅgiya-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Piṅgiya
“I am old, feeble, and pallid,”
“my eyes unclear, my hearing faint.
Don’t let stupid me perish meanwhile;
explain The Dharma so that I may understand
the giving up of rebirth and old age here.”
+§1.71 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.18 Pārāyanatthuti-gāthā: Homage to the Way to the Beyond
Describes the purpose of Snp pārāyana chapter,
verse and prose section mirror each other.
+§1.72 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.19 Pārāyan-ānugīti-gāthā: Preserving the Way to the Beyond
Pingiya's verse praising Snp 5 and the Buddha
misc.
AN 7.53 One of 4 heavenly great kings listening to laywoman recite paryanana to completion.
KN Snp critical: detailed study on a few suttas.
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+1 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.1 Uraga: The Snake
all
(summary of sutta)
+§1.1 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.2 Dhaniya: With Dhaniya the Cowherd
(summary of sutta)
+§1.2 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.3 Khaggavisāṇa: The Rhinoceros Horn
(summary of sutta)
+§1.3 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.4 Kasibhāradvāja: With Bhāradvāja the Farmer
(summary of sutta)
+§1.4 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.5 Cunda: With Cunda
(summary of sutta)
+§1.5 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.6 Parābhava: Downfalls
(summary of sutta)
+§1.6 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.7 Vasala: The Lowlife
(summary of sutta)
+§1.7 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.8 Metta: friendly-kindness.
+§1.8 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.9 Hemavata: With Hemavata
(summary of sutta)
+§1.9 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.10 Āḷavaka: With Āḷavaka
(summary of sutta)
+§1.10 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.11 Vijaya: Victory
(summary of sutta)
+§1.11 – ● Sutta Nipāta 1.12 Muni: The Sage
(summary of sutta)
Cūla (smaller/shorter) Vagga (2 of 5)
+§1.12 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.1 Ratana: Gems
(summary of sutta)
+§1.13 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.2 Āmagandha: Carrion
(summary of sutta)
+§1.14 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.3 Hiri: Conscience
(summary of sutta)
+§1.15 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.4 Maṅgala: Blessings
(summary of sutta)
+§1.16 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.5 Sūciloma: With Spiky
(summary of sutta)
+§1.17 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.6 Kapila (dhammacariya): A Righteous Life
(summary of sutta)
+§1.18 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.7 Brāhmaṇadhammika: Brahmanical Traditions
(summary of sutta)
+§1.19 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.8 Dhamma (nāvā) : The Boat
(summary of sutta)
+§1.20 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.9 Kiṁsīla: What Morality?
(summary of sutta)
+§1.21 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.10 Uṭṭhāna: Get Up!
What’s your need for sleep?
And what sleep is there for the afflicted,
sallaviddhāna ruppataṃ.
pierced by the arrow,
+§1.22 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.11 Rāhula: With Rāhula
(summary of sutta)
+§1.23 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.12 Nigrodhakappa (vaṅgīsa) : Vaṅgīsa and his Mentor Nigrodhakappa
(summary of sutta)
+§1.24 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.13 Sammāparibbājanīya: The Right Way to Wander
(summary of sutta)
+§1.25 – ● Sutta Nipāta 2.14 Dhammika: With Dhammika
(summary of sutta)
Mahā (great/large) Vagga (3 of 5)
+§1.26 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.1 Pabbajjā: Going Forth
(summary of sutta)
+§1.27 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.2 Padhāna: Striving
(summary of sutta)
+§1.28 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.3 Subhāsita: Well-Spoken Words
(summary of sutta)
+§1.29 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.4 Pūraḷāsa (sundarikabhāradvāja) : With Bhāradvāja of Sundarika on the Sacrificial Cake
(summary of sutta)
+§1.30 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.5 Māgha: With Māgha
(summary of sutta)
+§1.31 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.6 Sabhiya: With Sabhiya
(summary of sutta)
+§1.32 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.7 Sela: With Sela
(summary of sutta)
+§1.33 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.8 Salla: The Dart
(summary of sutta)
+§1.34 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.9 Vāseṭṭha: With Vāseṭṭha
+§1.35 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.10 Kokālika: With Kokālika
(summary of sutta)
+§1.36 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.11 Nālaka: About Nālaka
(summary of sutta)
+§1.37 – ● Sutta Nipāta 3.12 Dvayatānupassanā: Contemplating Pairs
(summary of sutta)
Aṭṭhaka (octets) Vagga (4 of 5)
+§1.38 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.1 Kāma: Sensual Pleasures
(summary of sutta)
+§1.39 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.2 Guhaṭṭhaka: Eight on the Cave
(summary of sutta)
+§1.40 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.3 Duṭṭhaṭṭhaka: Eight on Malice
(summary of sutta)
+§1.41 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.4 Suddhaṭṭhaka: Eight on the Pure
(summary of sutta)
+§1.42 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.5 Paramaṭṭhaka: Eight on the Ultimate
(summary of sutta)
+§1.43 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.6 Jarā: Old Age
(summary of sutta)
+§1.44 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.7 Tissametteyya: With Tissametteyya
(summary of sutta)
+§1.45 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.8 Pasūra: With Pasūra
(summary of sutta)
+§1.46 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.9 Māgaṇḍiya: With Māgaṇḍiya
(summary of sutta)
+§1.47 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.10 Purābheda: Before the Breakup
(summary of sutta)
+§1.48 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.11 Kalahavivāda: Quarrels and Disputes
(summary of sutta)
+§1.49 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.12 Cūḷabyūha: The Shorter Discourse on Arrayed For Battle
(summary of sutta)
+§1.50 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.13 Mahābyūha: The Longer Discourse on Arrayed for Battle
(summary of sutta)
+§1.51 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.14 Tuvaṭaka: Speedy
(summary of sutta)
+§1.52 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.15 Attadaṇḍa: Taking Up Arms
(summary of sutta)
+§1.53 – ● Sutta Nipāta 4.16 Sāriputta: With Sāriputta
+§1.54 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.1 Vatthu-gāthā: Introductory Verses
Snp 5.1.2 (Evil brahmin threatens Bāvari with curse️)
Snp 5.1.4 (Goddess tells Bāvari the evil brahmin is lying️)
Snp 5.1.6 (Goddess tells Bāvari about the Buddha️)
Snp 5.1.8 (Bāvari tells his students about the Buddha️)
Snp 5.1.10 (test Buddha’s mind reading power️)
Snp 5.1.12 (all 16 students are jhāna meditators,
with their own students️)
Snp 5.1.14 (students approach Buddha)
Snp 5.1.16 (students ask Buddha about Bāvari’s 32 great marks)
Snp 5.1.18 (students ask Buddha about head splitting curse)
+§1.55 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.2 Ajita-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Ajita
“By what is the world shrouded?”
How to block the streams?
+§1.56 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.3 Tissametteyya-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Tissametteyya
Who, having known both ends, is not stuck in the middle?
... Who here has escaped the seamstress?”
+§1.57 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.4 Puṇṇaka-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Puṇṇaka
warrior-nobles and brahmins here in the world
have performed so many different sacrifices to the gods:
all performed sacrifices bound to old age,
hoping for some state of existence.”
Have any crossed the flood?
+§1.58 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.5 Mettagū-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Mettagū
Where do all these sufferings come from,
in all their countless forms in the world?”
+§1.59 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.6 Dhotaka-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Dhotaka
"...release me, Sakyan, from my doubts.”
“I am not able to release anyone
in the world who has doubts, Dhotaka.
But when you understand the best of Dharmas,
you shall cross this flood.”
)
+§1.60 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.7 Upasīva-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Dhotaka
Tell me a support, All-seer,
depending on which I may cross this flood.”
(Buddha says:)
“[In the dimension of] nothingness, equanimously-observing and remembering [the Dharma],”
+§1.61 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.8 Nanda-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Nanda
Is someone called a sage because of their knowledge,
or because of their way of life?”
+§1.62 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.9 Hemaka-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Hemaka
“before I encountered Gotama’s teaching,
said ‘thus it was’ or ‘so it shall be’.
All that was just the testament of hearsay;
all that just fostered speculation:
I found no delight in that.
+§1.63 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.10 Todeyya-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Todeyya
“In whom sensual pleasures do not dwell,”
“and for whom there is no craving,
and who has crossed over doubts—
of what kind is their liberation?”
+§1.64 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.11 Kappa-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Kappa
The island safe from the fearsome flood,
as a simile for Nirvana.
+§1.65 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.12 Jatukaṇṇi-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Jatukaṇṇī
+§1.66 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.13 Bhadrāvudha-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Bhadrāvudha
“I have a request for you, the shelter-leaver,
the craving-cutter, the imperturbable,”
“the delight-leaver, the flood-crosser,
the freed,
the formulation-leaver, the intelligent.
Many people have gathered from different lands
+§1.67 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.14 Udaya-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Udaya
To the one sitting in jhāna— without dust,
Done the task, [an arahant with] no more asinine-inclinations.
Gone beyond all dharmas—
Please speak about the emancipation of final knowledge,
ignorance breaking up.
Buddha explains how to use fourth jhana and the thinking of first jhana to realize nirvana.
+§1.68 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.15 Posāla-māṇava-pucchā: The Question of Posala
regarding one who is devoid of form perceptions [after entering the formless dimensions],
who has abandoned their entire body [when moving beyond fourth jhāna],
[both the] Internal [consisting of their own anatomical body] and external [forms and bodies],
[for one who abides in the formless dimension of nothingness and] sees: “There (is) nothing”:
I ask [Buddha], the Sakyan, for Knowledge of this.
How should [the meditator] be led further?
+§1.69 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.16 Mogharāja-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Mogharājā
Regarding this world, the other world,
and the realm of Brahmā with its gods,
...
How to look upon the world
so the King of Death won’t see you?”
+§1.70 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.17 Piṅgiya-māṇava-pucchā: The Questions of Piṅgiya
“I am old, feeble, and pallid,”
“my eyes unclear, my hearing faint.
Don’t let stupid me perish meanwhile;
explain The Dharma so that I may understand
the giving up of rebirth and old age here.”
+§1.71 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.18 Pārāyanatthuti-gāthā: Homage to the Way to the Beyond
Describes the purpose of Snp pārāyana chapter,
verse and prose section mirror each other.
+§1.72 – ● Sutta Nipāta 5.19 Pārāyan-ānugīti-gāthā: Preserving the Way to the Beyond
Pingiya's verse praising Snp 5 and the Buddha
misc.
AN 7.53 One of 4 heavenly great kings listening to laywoman recite paryanana to completion.
KN Snp critical: detailed study on a few suttas.
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