Suttas for the Householder

Balancing family life and the Dhamma, in pursuit of a happy lay life.
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Suttas for the Householder

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In my personal opinion the Buddhas teachings to the laity are indespensible for any serious householders practice in daily life.

DN 2: The Fruits of the Ascetic Life
https://suttacentral.net/dn2/en/sujato? ... ript=latin

DN 3: With Ambaṭṭha
https://suttacentral.net/dn3/en/sujato? ... ript=latin

DN 4: With Soṇadaṇḍa
https://suttacentral.net/dn4/en/sujato? ... ript=latin

DN 5: With Kūṭadanta
https://suttacentral.net/dn5/en/sujato? ... ript=latin

DN 6: With Mahāli
https://suttacentral.net/dn6/en/sujato? ... ript=latin

DN 9: With Poṭṭhapāda
https://suttacentral.net/dn9/en/sujato? ... ript=latin

DN 10: With Subha
https://suttacentral.net/dn10/en/sujato ... ript=latin

DN 11: With Kevaddha
https://suttacentral.net/dn11/en/sujato ... ript=latin

DN 12: With Lohicca
https://suttacentral.net/dn12/en/sujato ... ript=latin

DN 13: The Three Knowledges
https://suttacentral.net/dn13/en/sujato ... ript=latin

DN 16: The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment
https://suttacentral.net/dn16/en/sujato ... ript=latin

DN 23: With Pāyāsi
https://suttacentral.net/dn23/en/sujato ... ript=latin

DN 27: The Origin of the World
https://suttacentral.net/dn27/en/sujato ... ript=latin

DN 28: Inspiring Confidence
https://suttacentral.net/dn28/en/sujato ... ript=latin

DN 31: Sigalovada Sutta — To Sigala/The Layperson's Code of Discipline
https://suttacentral.net/en/dn31

MN 4: 4. Fear and Dread
https://suttacentral.net/mn4/en/bodhi

MN 14: Cula-dukkhakkhandha Sutta — The Lesser Mass of Stress
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

MN 18: The Honey-Cake
https://suttacentral.net/mn18/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 27: The Shorter Discourse on the Simile of the Elephant’s Footprint
https://suttacentral.net/mn27/en/bodhi

MN 30: The Shorter Simile of the Heartwoo
https://suttacentral.net/mn30/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 35: The Shorter Discourse With Saccaka
https://suttacentral.net/mn35/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 41: Saleyyaka Sutta — The Brahmans of Sala
https://suttacentral.net/en/mn41

MN 51: With Kandaraka

https://suttacentral.net/mn51/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 52: Atthakanagara Sutta — To the Man from Atthakanagara
https://suttacentral.net/en/mn52

MN 53: Sekha-patipada Sutta — The Practice for One in Training
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

MN 54: Potaliya Sutta — To Potaliya
https://suttacentral.net/en/mn54

MN 56. Upāli, the Householder
https://suttacentral.net/mn56/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 57: Kukkuravatika Sutta — The Dog-duty Ascetic
https://suttacentral.net/en/mn57

MN 58: Abhaya Sutta — To Prince Abhaya (On Right Speech)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

MN 59: Bahuvedaniya Sutta — Many Things to be Experienced/The Many Kinds of Feeling
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .nypo.html

MN 60: Apannaka Sutta — A Safe Bet
https://suttacentral.net/en/mn60

MN 78: With Uggāhamāna Samaṇamuṇḍika
https://suttacentral.net/mn78/en/sujato

MN 81: With Ghaṭikāra
https://suttacentral.net/mn81/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 82: On Raṭṭhapāla
https://suttacentral.net/mn82/en/bodhi

MN 84: At Madhurā
https://suttacentral.net/mn84/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 85: With Prince Bodhi
https://suttacentral.net/mn85/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 86: With Aṅgulimāla
https://suttacentral.net/mn86/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 87: Born From the Beloved
https://suttacentral.net/mn87/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 88: The Imported Cloth
https://suttacentral.net/mn88/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 89: Shrines to the Teaching
https://suttacentral.net/mn89/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 90: At Kaṇṇakatthala
https://suttacentral.net/mn90/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 91: With Brahmāyu
https://suttacentral.net/mn91/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 92: With Sela
https://suttacentral.net/mn92/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 93: With Assalāyana
https://suttacentral.net/mn93/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 94: With Ghoṭamukha
https://suttacentral.net/mn94/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 95: With Cankī
https://suttacentral.net/mn95/en/bodhi

MN 96: With Esukārī
https://suttacentral.net/mn96/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 97: Dhanañjani Sutta — To Dhanañjani
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

MN 98: With Vāseṭṭha
https://suttacentral.net/mn98/en/sujato ... ript=latin

MN 99: To the Brahmin Subha
http://awake.kiev.ua/dhamma/tipitaka/2S ... ha-e1.html

MN 100: With Saṅgārava
https://suttacentral.net/mn100/en/sujat ... ript=latin

MN 105: With Sunakkhatta
https://suttacentral.net/mn105/en/sujat ... ript=latin

MN 107: With Moggallāna the Accountant
https://suttacentral.net/mn107/en/sujat ... ript=latin

MN 108: With Gopaka Moggallāna
https://suttacentral.net/mn108/en/bodhi

MN 143: Anathapindikovada Sutta — Instructions to Anathapindika
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

SN 3.19: Aputtaka Sutta — Heirless (1)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

SN 3.20: Aputtaka Sutta — Heirless (2)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

SN 22.1: Nakulapita Sutta — To Nakulapita
https://suttacentral.net/en/sn22.1

SN 22.3: Haliddakani Sutta — To Haliddakani
https://suttacentral.net/en/sn22.3

SN 22.80: Pindolya Sutta — Almsgoers
https://suttacentral.net/en/sn22.80

SN 41.3: Isidatta Sutta — About Isidatta
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

SN 41.4: Mahaka Sutta — About Mahaka
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

SN 41.6: Kamabhu Sutta — With Kamabhu (On the Cessation of Perception & Feeling)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

SN 41.7: Godatta Sutta — To Godatta (On Awareness-release)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

SN 41.10: Gilana Sutta — Sick (Citta the Householder's Last Hours)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

SN 47.29: Sirivaddha
https://staging.suttacentral.net/sn47.2 ... ight=false

SN 47.30: Manadinna
https://staging.suttacentral.net/sn47.3 ... ight=false

SN 55.30: Licchavi Sutta — To the Licchavi
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

107. [Discourse to a Householder
https://suttacentral.net/en/sa107

AN 3.65: Kalama Sutta — To the Kalamas/The Buddha's Charter of Free Inquiry
https://suttacentral.net/an3.65/en/bodh ... ight=false

AN 3.66: Salha Sutta — With Sala and his Friend
https://suttacentral.net/an3.66/en/suja ... ript=latin

AN 3.70: Muluposatha Sutta — The Roots of the Uposatha
https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN3_70.html

AN 3.92: Urgent
https://suttacentral.net/an3.92/en/suja ... ript=latin

AN 4.32: Sangaha Sutta — The Bonds of Fellowship
https://suttacentral.net/an4.32/en/bodh ... ight=false

AN 4.55: Samajivina Sutta — Living in Tune
https://suttacentral.net/an4.55/en/bodh ... ight=false

AN 4.60: The Layperson’s Proper Practice
https://suttacentral.net/an4.60/en/bodh ... ight=false

AN 4.62: Anana Sutta — Debtless
https://suttacentral.net/en/an4.62?refe ... ight=false

AN 4.255: Kula Sutta — On Families
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .than.html

AN 5.38: Saddha Sutta — Conviction
https://suttacentral.net/an5.38/en/bodh ... ight=false

AN 5.41: Adiya Sutta — Benefits to be Obtained (from Wealth)
https://suttacentral.net/an5.41/en/bodh ... ight=false

AN 5.43: Wished for
https://suttacentral.net/an5.43/en/bodh ... ight=false

AN 5.57: Upajjhatthana Sutta — Subjects for Contemplation
https://suttacentral.net/en/an5.57

AN 5.175: Candala Sutta — The Outcaste
https://suttacentral.net/an5.175/en/suj ... ript=latin

AN 5.176: Piti Sutta — Rapture
https://suttacentral.net/an5.176/en/suj ... ript=latin

AN 5.177: Vanijja Sutta — Business (Wrong Livelihood)
https://suttacentral.net/an5.177/en/suj ... ript=latin

AN 5.179: Gihi Sutta — The Householder
https://suttacentral.net/an5.179/en/suj ... ript=latin

AN 5.180: Gavesin Sutta — About Gavesin
https://suttacentral.net/an5.180/en/suj ... ript=latin

AN 6.16: Nakula’s Parents
https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN6_16.html

AN 8.25: Mahanama Sutta — Being a Lay Buddhist
https://suttacentral.net/an8.25/en/bodh ... ight=false

AN 8.26: Jivaka Sutta — To Jivaka (On Being a Lay Follower)
https://suttacentral.net/an8.26/en/bodh ... ight=false

AN 8.43: Visakhuposatha Sutta — The Discourse to Visakha on the Uposatha with the Eight Practices
https://suttacentral.net/an8.43/en/bodh ... ight=false

AN 8.54: Vyagghapajja (Dighajanu) Sutta — Conditions of Welfare/ To Dighajanu
https://suttacentral.net/an8.54/en/suja ... ript=latin

AN 10.92: Vera Sutta — Animosity
https://suttacentral.net/an10.92/en/suj ... ript=latin

AN 10.93: Ditthi Sutta — Views
https://suttacentral.net/an10.93/en/suj ... ript=latin

AN 10.94: Vajjiya Sutta — About Vajjiya
https://suttacentral.net/an10.94/en/suj ... ript=latin

AN 11.11: Mahanama Sutta — To Mahanama (1)
https://suttacentral.net/an11.11/en/suj ... ript=latin

AN 11.12: Mahanama Sutta — To Mahanama (2)
https://suttacentral.net/an11.12/en/suj ... ript=latin

Dhammapada — The Path of Dhamma
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... index.html"

Ud 8.8: Visakha Sutta — To Visakha
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

Ud 2.5: Upasaka Sutta — The Lay Follower
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html"

Ud 2.6: Gabbhini Sutta — The Pregnant Woman
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html"

Ud 2.7: Ekaputta Sutta — The Only Son
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html"

Ud 2.9: Visakha Sutta — To Visakha
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html"

Ud 5.6: Sona Sutta — About Sona
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html"

Sn 1.2: Dhaniya Sutta — Dhaniya the Cattleman
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html"

Sn 2.1: Ratana Sutta — Treasures
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .piya.html"

Sn 2.4: Maha-mangala Sutta — Protection
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .nara.html"

Sn 2.14: Dhammika Sutta — Dhammika
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .irel.html"

Further Reading:


Anathapindika: The Great Benefactor, by Hellmuth Hecker
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el334.html"

Refuge: an Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... efuge.html"

Merit: A Study Guide prepared by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/study/merit.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href)

Going for Refuge/Taking the Precepts, by Bhikkhu Bodhi
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el282.html"

The Buddhist Layman - Four essays by R. Bogoda, Susan Elbaum Jootla, and M.O'C. Walshe
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el294.html"

Dana: The Practice of Giving, edited by Bhikkhu Bodhi
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el367.html"

Buddhism and Sex, by M. O'C. Walshe
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el225.html"

The Bhikkhus' Rules — A Guide for Laypeople: The Theravadin Buddhist Monk's Rules Compiled and Explained, by Bhikkhu Ariyesako
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... guide.html"

Nourishing the Roots: Essays on Buddhist Ethics, by Bhikkhu Bodhi
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el259.html"

A Simple Guide to Life, by Robert Bogoda
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el397.html"

Buddhist Culture, The Cultured Buddhist, by Robert Bogoda
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... bl139.html"

A Happy Married Life: A Buddhist Perspective, by Ven. K. Sri Dhammananda
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... riage.html"

Kee Nanayon, Upasika (Kor Khao-suan-luang) (1901-1979)
Upasika Kee Nanayon, who wrote under the penname, K. Khao-suan-luang, was one of the foremost woman teachers of Dhamma in modern Thailand.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/kee/index

Lay Buddhist Practice, by Bhikkhu Khantipalo
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el206.html"

Dhamma for Everyone, by Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai ... ryone.html"

Everyman's Ethics, by Narada Thera
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el014.html"

Practising the Buddha-Dhamma as Laymen by Sayagyi U Chit Tin
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus ... yman2.html"

:namaste:
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Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.

- BB
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Re: Suttas for the Householder

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Hi Bodom,
bodom_bad_boy wrote:In my personal opinion the Buddhas teachings to the laity are indespensible for any householders practice in daily life.
Thanks for posting these. :smile:

Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
Rūpehi bhikkhave arūpā santatarā.
Arūpehi nirodho santataro ti.


“Bhikkhus, the formless is more peaceful than the form realms.
Cessation is more peaceful than the formless realms.”
(Santatarasutta, Iti 73)
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from this one:
To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing.
:buddha1:
Rain soddens what is kept wrapped up,
But never soddens what is open;
Uncover, then, what is concealed,
Lest it be soddened by the rain.
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For me, these are important sutta. Not only to they help our life but they help us develop knowledge & vision regarding reality. They dispell ignorance.

Many Western Buddhist students naturally tend towards dependence on 'non-duality' for external harmony because both their cultural upbringing & their knowledge & vision regarding mundane or moral reality is not strongly developed.

When we can see the world clearly like the Buddha did, we lose our dependence on 'non-duality', this notion of 'no good, no bad'. Our mind has harmony.

'Good' & 'bad' exist but are empty & suchness. Emptiness is not empty of 'good' & 'bad'.
"This was the second knowledge I attained in the second watch of the night. Ignorance was destroyed; knowledge arose; darkness was destroyed; light arose — as happens in one who is heedful, ardent, & resolute.

"When the mind was thus concentrated, purified, bright, unblemished, rid of defilement, pliant, malleable, steady, & attained to imperturbability, I directed it to the knowledge of the passing away & reappearance of beings. I saw — by means of the divine eye, purified & surpassing the human — beings passing away & re-appearing, and I discerned how they are inferior & superior, beautiful & ugly, fortunate & unfortunate in accordance with their kamma: 'These beings — who were endowed with bad conduct of body, speech & mind, who reviled noble ones, held wrong views and undertook actions under the influence of wrong views — have re-appeared in the plane of deprivation, the bad destination, the lower realms, in hell. But these beings — who were endowed with good conduct of body, speech, & mind, who did not revile noble ones, who held right views and undertook actions under the influence of right views — have re-appeared in the good destinations, in the heavenly world.' Thus — by means of the divine eye, purified & surpassing the human — I saw beings passing away & re-appearing, and I discerned how they are inferior & superior, beautiful & ugly, fortunate & unfortunate in accordance with their kamma.

MN 4
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I particularly like this advice from
AN 4.55 Samajivina Sutta - Living in Tune.
"If both husband & wife want to see one another not only in the present life but also in the life to come, they should be in tune [with each other] in conviction, in tune in virtue, in tune in generosity, and in tune in discernment. Then they will see one another not only in the present life but also in the life to come."
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mikenz66 wrote:I particularly like this advice from AN 4.55 Samajivina Sutta - Living in Tune.
I like it too. This sutta is timeless wisdom. :console:
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Would it be possible to pin this thread. I would like to continue adding to this list and form a comprehensive whole of all the buddhas teachings to householders. Thank you.

:namaste:
Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.

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bodom_bad_boy wrote:Would it be possible to pin this thread. :namaste:
Pinned.

Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
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Arūpehi nirodho santataro ti.


“Bhikkhus, the formless is more peaceful than the form realms.
Cessation is more peaceful than the formless realms.”
(Santatarasutta, Iti 73)
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Dhammanando wrote:
bodom_bad_boy wrote:Would it be possible to pin this thread. :namaste:
Pinned.

Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
Thank you Bhante.

:namaste:
Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.

- BB
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Access to Insight has noticed Bodom's great work here:

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That's awesome!

Bodom's hard work really fills a need.
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Thanks David! Thanks thereductor!

I'm glad others have found the list useful.

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Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.

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MN 99 Subha Sutta - To Subha
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www. ... r9bonKitBg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

:anjali:
Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.

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Upasaka and Upasika
http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?tit ... nd_Upasika" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

:anjali:
Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.

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Thank you for posting all these links. It certainly helps. :anjali:
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