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"
Suttas for the Householder
Suttas for the Householder
Last edited by bodom on Thu Apr 14, 2016 9:13 pm, edited 27 times in total.
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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Re: Suttas for the Householder
Hi Bodom,
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
Thanks for posting these.bodom_bad_boy wrote:In my personal opinion the Buddhas teachings to the laity are indespensible for any householders practice in daily life.
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
Re: Suttas for the Householder
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.
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.
But never soddens what is open;
Uncover, then, what is concealed,
Lest it be soddened by the rain.
Re: Suttas for the Householder
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'.
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
Re: Suttas for the Householder
I particularly like this advice from
AN 4.55 Samajivina Sutta - Living in Tune.
Mike
AN 4.55 Samajivina Sutta - Living in Tune.
Metta"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."
Mike
Re: Suttas for the Householder
I like it too. This sutta is timeless wisdom.mikenz66 wrote:I particularly like this advice from AN 4.55 Samajivina Sutta - Living in Tune.
Re: Suttas for the Householder
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.
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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Re: Suttas for the Householder
Pinned.bodom_bad_boy wrote:Would it be possible to pin this thread.
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
Re: Suttas for the Householder
Thank you Bhante.Dhammanando wrote:Pinned.bodom_bad_boy wrote:Would it be possible to pin this thread.
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
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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Re: Suttas for the Householder
Access to Insight has noticed Bodom's great work here:
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Re: Suttas for the Householder
That's awesome!
Bodom's hard work really fills a need.
Bodom's hard work really fills a need.
Re: Suttas for the Householder
Thanks David! Thanks thereductor!
I'm glad others have found the list useful.
I'm glad others have found the list useful.
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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Re: Suttas for the Householder
MN 99 Subha Sutta - To Subha
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www. ... r9bonKitBg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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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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Re: Suttas for the Householder
Upasaka and Upasika
http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?tit ... nd_Upasika" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?tit ... nd_Upasika" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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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Re: Suttas for the Householder
Thank you for posting all these links. It certainly helps.