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title: "Linked Discourses V: The Great Book · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Mahāvagga"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 102 of 105
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-5/102/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Linked Discourses V: The Great Book · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Mahāvagga, section 102. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-5/102/"
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# Linked Discourses V: The Great Book · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Mahāvagga

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

The path: the noble eightfold path, the factors of awakening, mindfulness meditation, breathing, and the first teaching, Turning the Wheel of Dhamma.

> 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.

## 102. Abbreviated Texts on Raw Grain · SN 56.72–56.79

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-5/102/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-5/102/#p-N

[¶0] SN 56.72 · Stealing

> Pali: SN 56.72 · Adinnādānasutta

[¶1] “… the sentient beings who refrain from stealing are few, while those who don’t refrain are many. …”

> Pali: … “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye adinnādānā paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye adinnādānā appaṭiviratā …pe….

[¶2] > Pali: Dutiyaṁ.

[¶3] SN 56.73 · Sexual Misconduct

> Pali: SN 56.73 · Kāmesumicchācārasutta

[¶4] “… the sentient beings who refrain from sexual misconduct are few, while those who don’t refrain are many. …”

> Pali: … “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye kāmesumicchācārā paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye kāmesumicchācārā appaṭiviratā …pe….

[¶5] > Pali: Tatiyaṁ.

[¶6] SN 56.74 · Lying

> Pali: SN 56.74 · Musāvādasutta

[¶7] “… the sentient beings who refrain from lying are few, while those who don’t refrain are many. …”

> Pali: … “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye musāvādā paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye musāvādā appaṭiviratā …pe….

[¶8] > Pali: Catutthaṁ.

[¶9] SN 56.75 · Backbiting

> Pali: SN 56.75 · Pesuññasutta

[¶10] “… the sentient beings who refrain from backbiting are few, while those who don’t refrain are many. …”

> Pali: … “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye pisuṇāya vācāya paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye pisuṇāya vācāya appaṭiviratā …pe….

[¶11] > Pali: Pañcamaṁ.

[¶12] SN 56.76 · Harsh Speech

> Pali: SN 56.76 · Pharusavācāsutta

[¶13] “… the sentient beings who refrain from harsh speech are few, while those who don’t refrain are many. …”

> Pali: … “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye pharusāya vācāya paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye pharusāya vācāya appaṭiviratā …pe….

[¶14] > Pali: Chaṭṭhaṁ.

[¶15] SN 56.77 · Nonsense

> Pali: SN 56.77 · Samphappalāpasutta

[¶16] “… the sentient beings who refrain from talking nonsense are few, while those who don’t refrain are many. …”

> Pali: … “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye samphappalāpā paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye samphappalāpā appaṭiviratā …pe….

[¶17] > Pali: Sattamaṁ.

[¶18] SN 56.78 · Plants

> Pali: SN 56.78 · Bījagāmasutta

[¶19] “… the sentient beings who refrain from injuring plants and seeds are few, while those who don’t refrain are many. …”

> Pali: … “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye bījagāmabhūtagāmasamārambhā paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye bījagāmabhūtagāmasamārambhā appaṭiviratā …pe….

[¶20] > Pali: Aṭṭhamaṁ.

[¶21] SN 56.79 · Food at the Wrong Time

> Pali: SN 56.79 · Vikālabhojanasutta

[¶22] “… the sentient beings who refrain from food at the wrong time are few, while those who don’t refrain are many. …”

> Pali: … “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye vikālabhojanā paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye vikālabhojanā appaṭiviratā …pe….

[¶23] > Pali: Navamaṁ.