SCRIPTURA

Pali Canon

Middle Discourses · Majjhima Nikāya

The Buddha

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

The 152 middle-length discourses: the simile of the saw, the snake and the raft, mindfulness of breathing, Aṅgulimāla, and the Buddha’s own account of his awakening.

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  • Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0).
  • English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included.
  • Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines.

Contents · 165

  1. 1MN 1 · The Root of All Things
  2. 2MN 2 · All the Defilements
  3. 3MN 3 · Heirs in the Teaching
  4. 4MN 4 · Fear and Dread
  5. 5MN 5 · Unblemished
  6. 6MN 6 · One Might Wish
  7. 7MN 7 · The Simile of the Cloth
  8. 8MN 8 · Self-Effacement
  9. 9MN 9 · Right View
  10. 10MN 10 · Mindfulness Meditation
  11. 11MN 11 · The Shorter Discourse on the Lion’s Roar
  12. 12MN 12 · The Longer Discourse on the Lion’s Roar · part 1
  13. 13MN 12 · The Longer Discourse on the Lion’s Roar · part 2
  14. 14MN 13 · The Longer Discourse on the Mass of Suffering
  15. 15MN 14 · The Shorter Discourse on the Mass of Suffering
  16. 16MN 16 · Hard-heartedness
  17. 17MN 17 · Jungle Thickets
  18. 18MN 18 · The Honey-Cake
  19. 19MN 19 · Two Kinds of Thought
  20. 20MN 20 · How to Stop Thinking
  21. 21MN 21 · The Simile of the Saw
  22. 22MN 22 · The Simile of the Cobra · part 1
  23. 23MN 22 · The Simile of the Cobra · part 2
  24. 24MN 23 · The Termite Mound
  25. 25MN 24 · Chariots at the Ready
  26. 26MN 25 · Sowing
  27. 27MN 26 · The Noble Quest · part 1
  28. 28MN 26 · The Noble Quest · part 2
  29. 29MN 27 · The Shorter Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint
  30. 30MN 28 · The Longer Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint
  31. 31MN 29 · The Longer Simile of the Heartwood
  32. 32MN 30 · The Shorter Simile of the Heartwood
  33. 33MN 31 · The Shorter Discourse at Gosiṅga
  34. 34MN 32 · The Longer Discourse at Gosiṅga
  35. 35MN 33 · The Longer Discourse on the Cowherd
  36. 36MN 34 · The Shorter Discourse on the Cowherd
  37. 37MN 35 · The Shorter Discourse With Saccaka
  38. 38MN 36 · The Longer Discourse With Saccaka · part 1
  39. 39MN 36 · The Longer Discourse With Saccaka · part 2
  40. 40MN 37 · The Shorter Discourse on the Ending of Craving
  41. 41MN 38 · The Longer Discourse on the Ending of Craving · part 1
  42. 42MN 38 · The Longer Discourse on the Ending of Craving · part 2
  43. 43MN 39 · The Longer Discourse at Assapura
  44. 44MN 40 · The Shorter Discourse at Assapura
  45. 45MN 41 · The People of Sālā
  46. 46MN 43 · The Great Elaboration
  47. 47MN 44 · The Shorter Elaboration
  48. 48MN 45 · The Shorter Discourse on Taking Up Practices
  49. 49MN 46 · The Great Discourse on Taking Up Practices
  50. 50MN 47 · The Inquirer
  51. 51MN 48 · The Mendicants of Kosambī
  52. 52MN 49 · On the Invitation of Divinity
  53. 53MN 50 · The Warning to Māra
  54. 54MN 51 · With Kandaraka
  55. 55MN 52 · The Wealthy Citizen
  56. 56MN 53 · A Trainee
  57. 57MN 54 · With Potaliya the Householder
  58. 58MN 55 · With Jīvaka
  59. 59MN 56 · With Upāli · part 1
  60. 60MN 56 · With Upāli · part 2
  61. 61MN 57 · The Ascetic Who Behaved Like a Dog
  62. 62MN 58 · With Prince Abhaya
  63. 63MN 59 · The Many Kinds of Feeling
  64. 64MN 60 · A Sure Bet · part 1
  65. 65MN 60 · A Sure Bet · part 2
  66. 66MN 61 · Advice to Rāhula at Ambalaṭṭhika
  67. 67MN 62 · The Longer Advice to Rāhula
  68. 68MN 63 · The Shorter Discourse With Māluṅkyaputta
  69. 69MN 64 · The Longer Discourse With Māluṅkya
  70. 70MN 65 · With Bhaddāli
  71. 71MN 66 · The Simile of the Quail
  72. 72MN 67 · At Cātumā
  73. 73MN 68 · At Naḷakapāna
  74. 74MN 69 · With Gulissāni
  75. 75MN 70 · At Kīṭāgiri
  76. 76MN 71 · To Vacchagotta on the Three Knowledges
  77. 77MN 72 · With Vacchagotta on Fire
  78. 78MN 73 · The Longer Discourse With Vacchagotta
  79. 79MN 74 · With Dīghanakha
  80. 80MN 75 · With Māgaṇḍiya
  81. 81MN 76 · With Sandaka · part 1
  82. 82MN 76 · With Sandaka · part 2
  83. 83MN 77 · The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī · part 1
  84. 84MN 77 · The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī · part 2
  85. 85MN 78 · With Uggāhamāna Samaṇamaṇḍikāputta
  86. 86MN 79 · The Shorter Discourse With Sakuludāyī
  87. 87MN 80 · With Vekhanasa
  88. 88MN 81 · With Ghaṭīkāra
  89. 89MN 82 · With Raṭṭhapāla · part 1
  90. 90MN 82 · With Raṭṭhapāla · part 2
  91. 91MN 83 · About King Maghadeva
  92. 92MN 84 · At Madhurā
  93. 93MN 85 · With Prince Bodhi · part 1
  94. 94MN 85 · With Prince Bodhi · part 2
  95. 95MN 86 · With Aṅgulimāla
  96. 96MN 87 · Born From the Beloved
  97. 97MN 88 · The Foreign Cloth
  98. 98MN 89 · Shrines to the Teaching
  99. 99MN 90 · At Kaṇṇakatthala
  100. 100MN 91 · With Brahmāyu
  101. 101MN 92 · With Sela
  102. 102MN 93 · With Assalāyana
  103. 103MN 94 · With Ghoṭamukha
  104. 104MN 95 · With Caṅkī
  105. 105MN 96 · With Esukārī
  106. 106MN 97 · With Dhanañjāni
  107. 107MN 98 · With Vāseṭṭha
  108. 108MN 99 · With Subha
  109. 109MN 100 · With Saṅgārava · part 1
  110. 110MN 100 · With Saṅgārava · part 2
  111. 111MN 101 · At Devadaha · part 1
  112. 112MN 101 · At Devadaha · part 2
  113. 113MN 102 · The Five and Three
  114. 114MN 103 · Is This What You Think Of Me?
  115. 115MN 104 · At Sāmagāma
  116. 116MN 105 · With Sunakkhatta
  117. 117MN 106 · Conducive to the Imperturbable
  118. 118MN 107 · With Moggallāna the Accountant
  119. 119MN 108 · With Moggallāna the Guardian
  120. 120MN 109 · The Longer Discourse on the Full-Moon Night
  121. 121MN 110 · The Shorter Discourse on the Full-Moon Night
  122. 122MN 111 · One by One
  123. 123MN 112 · The Sixfold Purification
  124. 124MN 113 · A True Person
  125. 125MN 114 · What Should and Should Not Be Cultivated · part 1
  126. 126MN 114 · What Should and Should Not Be Cultivated · part 2
  127. 127MN 115 · Many Elements
  128. 128MN 116 · At Isigili
  129. 129MN 117 · The Great Forty
  130. 130MN 118 · Mindfulness of Breathing
  131. 131MN 119 · Mindfulness of the Body
  132. 132MN 120 · Rebirth by Choice
  133. 133MN 121 · The Shorter Discourse on Emptiness
  134. 134MN 122 · The Longer Discourse on Emptiness
  135. 135MN 123 · Incredible and Amazing
  136. 136MN 124 · With Bakkula
  137. 137MN 125 · The Level of the Tamed
  138. 138MN 126 · With Bhūmija
  139. 139MN 127 · With Anuruddha
  140. 140MN 128 · Corruptions
  141. 141MN 129 · The Foolish and the Astute · part 1
  142. 142MN 129 · The Foolish and the Astute · part 2
  143. 143MN 130 · Messengers of the Gods
  144. 144MN 131 · One Fine Night
  145. 145MN 132 · Ānanda and One Fine Night
  146. 146MN 133 · Mahākaccāna and One Fine Night
  147. 147MN 134 · Lomasakaṅgiya and One Fine Night
  148. 148MN 135 · The Shorter Analysis of Deeds
  149. 149MN 136 · The Longer Analysis of Deeds
  150. 150MN 137 · The Analysis of the Six Sense Fields
  151. 151MN 138 · A Summary Recital and its Analysis
  152. 152MN 139 · The Analysis of No Strife
  153. 153MN 140 · The Analysis of the Elements
  154. 154MN 141 · The Analysis of the Truths
  155. 155MN 142 · The Analysis of Religious Donations
  156. 156MN 143 · Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika
  157. 157MN 144 · Advice to Channa
  158. 158MN 145 · Advice to Puṇṇa
  159. 159MN 146 · Advice from Nandaka
  160. 160MN 147 · The Shorter Advice to Rāhula
  161. 161MN 148 · Six By Six
  162. 162MN 149 · The Great Discourse on What Relates to the Six Sense Fields
  163. 163MN 150 · With the People of Nagaravinda
  164. 164MN 151 · The Purification of Alms
  165. 165MN 152 · The Development of the Faculties